The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council is fortunate to attract the highest level senior executive to take on an active role in leading the organization. Our leadership represents the leading national and global companies whose senior executives are responsible for their homeland security division. Our member companies employ thousands of individuals throughout the world who deliver innovative and effective products and services in support of the homeland security mission to ensure a safer and more secure America.
The Council’s Board of Directors manages the organization’s overarching policy and programs. Its daily operational activities are directed by its president and CEO.
Jack Mayer
Chairman
Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Dave Abel
Vice Chairman
Vice President and Partner, IBM Global Business Services
Mark Johnson
Secretary
Senior Vice President for Public Sector, Oracle
Linda Keene Solomon
Director
Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Cos DiMaggio
Director
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Tauri Group
Marcus Collier
Director
Senior Vice President, Civilian and Homeland Security Solutions, General Dynamics Information Technology
Marc Pearl
Ex Officio Director
President & CEO, Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council has also been fortunate and honored to have senior advisors who provide substantive policy input to the Council.
Michelle Mrdeza, Chair
President, MXM Consulting
Former Appropriations Clerk for the Subcommittee on Homeland Security, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
Partner, The Monument Group
Former Staff Director, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
Greg Rothwell
President, Everymay Consulting
Former Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Gary Shiffman, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor at Georgetown University in the Graduate School of Foreign Service
Former Chief of Staff, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Scott Weber
Partner, Patton Boggs
Former Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Evan Wolff
Counselor and Director of the Homeland Security Practice, Hunton and Williams
Former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Members on the Thought Leadership Committee work to identify and address trends that confront the homeland security industry and develop long- and short- term strategic goals and initiatives to address them. Building on these goals, the committee works to ensure that the private sector's expertise contributes to the homeland security discussions about prevention, preparedness and response.
The committee regularly meets and invites former DHS and congressional officials, and other experts to brief them on the critical issues that impact the relationship between the industry and government in the homeland security space. For more information on the work of the committee, please contact
Kristina Tanasichuk.
Chair:
Gerald Buckwalter, Vice President, Homeland Security, Northrop Grumman
Vice Chair:
Dave Patterson, President, Optelecom
The Programs Committee develops and facilitates activities that further the short- and long-term strategic goals identified by the Thought Leadership Committee. Through white papers, roundtables or events, the Programs Committee designs focused programs to move the industry toward an active, central role to contribute to the nation's "culture of preparedness." For more information on the work of the committee, please contact
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Chair: Courtney Bromley, Vice President, IBM
The Council recognizes the tremendous impact that the legisltaive and regulatory branches have on the industry. Members work with both branches to ensure that the Council has the opportunity to educate and coordinate with the public sector.
Chair: Charles Cantus, Vice President, CSC
Vice Chairman: Craig Sharman, Director, Federal Government Relations, Tyco
Companies that have distinguished themselves as leaders in the evolving homeland security market have found relevance and value in being part of the work of the Council. The key component of the Council's success is its member companies who understand the roles and responsibilities of the private sector and further the credibility and viability of private sector input to the conversation on the evolving industry.
For more information on membership in the Council, please contact
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Chair: Evan Scott, President, ESGI
