Speaker Biographies | Homeland Security Law Institute | August 24-25, 2016
Joe D. Whitley, Program Chair
Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Coldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC;
Former Section Chair, ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice;
Former and first General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern (Macon) and Middle
(Atlanta) Districts of Georgia, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); Former Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Joe D. Whitley chairs the Firm's Government Enforcement and Investigations Group. He represents clients nationally and
internationally in white collar criminal matters and regulatory enforcement, corporate internal investigations, Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act (FCPA) and U.S. export controls and compliance. He also advises clients on corporate compliance, health care
fraud and FDA-related matters.
Joe has had a wide-ranging career in the Department of Justice. During the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
administrations, Joe served as the Acting Associate Attorney General, the thirdranking position at Main Justice in the
Department of Justice. He was appointed by Presidents Reagan and Bush, respectively, to serve as the United States
Attorney in the Middle (Macon) and Northern (Atlanta) Federal Districts of Georgia. Throughout his career, Joe served under
five United States Attorneys General and four Presidents in a number of key operational and policy positions. Earlier in his
career, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit in Columbus, Georgia.
In 2003, Joe was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), the highest ranking legal official in DHS. He held that position for two years working for Secretary Tom Ridge and Secretary Michael
Chertoff, before his departure and return to private practice. Joe continues to have a Homeland Security practice and he has chaired the ABA's
Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Homeland Security Law Institute for the last nine years.
Corporate defense and representation of clients in complex civil and criminal enforcement matters brought by the Department of Justice, other
federal agencies, State Attorneys General and local prosecutors are the focus of Joe Whitley's practice. Joe has represented numerous
individuals and corporations in major government investigations throughout the United States and internationally. He is a frequent speaker and
lecturer on white collar, compliance and corporate governance issues.
Michael F. Kennedy
Program Vice-Chair
Attorney, Kennedy Law & Policy, Washington, DC
Kennedy spent most of his career developing and evolving homeland security laws to adapt to the private sector.
He’s advised three trade associations on critical infrastructure issues, served twice as the assistant chair of the
Chemical Sector Coordinating Counsel and was a liaison to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Homeland Security and Department of Defense.
He's a recognized expert in Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism law in all aspects of the regulation. On the hill, Kennedy
was the main contributor to the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 which
was signed by President Obama and became law on December 18, 2014.
Emily B. Montgomery
Program Vice-Chair
Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC
Emily Barber Montgomery works at Booz Allen Hamilton in the Law Department’s Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)
Program Office. She provides OCI advice to Booz Allen account groups, including the Justice and Homeland Security
account. Ms. Montgomery previously worked at Booz Allen as a government contractor for Federal Government clients in the
Homeland Security and Defense Intelligence markets. Prior to attending law school and working at Booz Allen, Ms.
Montgomery worked as a litigation legal assistant at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Ms. Montgomery graduated cum laude from George Mason University School of Law, where she served as a Notes Editor for
the Journal of Law Economics and Policy. While in law school, Ms. Montgomery received an award for Excellence in Written
Advocacy in the George Washington University's McKenna Long & Aldridge ‘Gilbert A. Cuneo’ Government Contracts Moot
Court Competition. Ms. Montgomery graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College. She is a member of the Virginia Bar.
Joshua M. Snavely
Program Vice-Chair
Dean & Professor, School of Business, Langston University, Langston, OK
Joshua M. Snavely was appointed Dean for Langston University’s School of Business in March of 2016. Langston University,
Oklahoma’s only Historically Black College/University (HBCU), sought Snavely’s leadership and vision to direct a
transformational change on its campus community in order to build a cutting-edge cybersecurity program and an
interdisciplinary University-wide homeland security effort.
Prior to assuming the Deanship, Snavely served as the Dean for Advancement & External Relations at Oklahoma City
University School of Law. In that capacity, Snavely directed all facets of law school fundraising, alumni relations, special
events, marketing and communications, business development and legislative affairs. Snavely also served as the inaugural
director of the Judge Alfred P. Murrah Center for Homeland Security Law and Policy. The Murrah Center for Homeland
Security Law examines the unique legal issues central to protecting and securing our nation, with a focus on the prevention of
domestic terrorism and defending the homeland.
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Snavely later earned a Masters of Law degree in National Security and Foreign Relations from the George Washington University Law School,
where his work and studies focused on counterterrorism, military justice, the law of armed conflict, homeland and cyber security law. While at
GW, Snavely worked in the Government Appellate Division of the United States Army. Snavely currently works nationally in homeland security
policy and teaches in areas of national security law, the law of war, and cybersecurity and business law.
Active in the community, Snavely currently serves as a trustee for the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum and on various committees
and task-forces for the American Bar Association, including most recently as the national Co-Chair of the Homeland and National Security Law
Committee for the Young Lawyers Division. He also helped create and served on the inaugural Oklahoma Justice Commission - an organization
dedicated to identifying the causes of wrongful convictions and implementing criminal justice reforms in the state of Oklahoma.
Ernie B. Abbott
Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Washington, DC
Ernest Abbott, of counsel in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office, concentrates his practice in the areas of emergency
management and disaster recovery. Mr. Abbott has extensive experience with the laws, regulations, policies and
procedures relating to eligibility for federal disaster and mitigation assistance, the coordination of federal, state, local,
non-profit and private sector responders in catastrophic events, and the elements of the National Flood Insurance
Program, including insurance, floodplain mapping and floodplain management. Mr. Abbott assists his clients with
issues pertaining to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Program, homeland
security, the Hazard Mitigation Disaster Grant Program, flood insurance rate maps, public health emergency laws,
disallowance and Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits. He is well versed in the administrative appeals process
under FEMA's Public Assistance program, and he regularly represents applicants for public assistance in the
arbitration process promulgated by Section 601 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and can advise
clients on the new dispute resolution pilot process pursuant to the Sandy Recovery and Improvement Act of 2013.
Mr. Abbott is a former general counsel of FEMA. In that role, he managed all FEMA regulatory development and coordinated the legislative
program for all FEMA agencies. He led expedited development of regulations to implement the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act, which created
a new $500 million FEMA compensation program. Mr. Abbott developed and implemented an integrated litigation and regulatory program to
protect the National Flood Insurance Program from punitive damage awards. He also created the FEMA Office of Dispute Resolution in the
Office of General Counsel, which received special mention by the Justice Department. He has extensive regulatory experience with the
management of critical infrastructure.
Prior to his role at FEMA, Mr. Abbott worked as managing deputy general counsel of a $3 billion diversified natural gas company, where he led
negotiations on a 275 billion cubic-foot international natural gas purchase contract and on the gas processing and liquids transportation aspects
of the $500 million sale of a gas liquids business. He has experience in toxic tort litigation and environmental corporate compliance programs.
Mr. Abbott has also worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Akmal Ali
Principal, Catalyst Partners, Washington, DC
As a principal at Catalyst Partners, Akmal Ali supports domestic and international clients in their work in the homeland
security enterprise. With more than four years of SAFETY Act experience at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(“DHS”), Akmal fulfilled the duties and responsibilities of a Deputy Director of the Office of SAFETY Act Implementation, and
offers extensive knowledge of public-private partnerships, private sector preparedness and resiliency, and risk
management.
During his time at DHS, Akmal was integral in both strengthening DHS’ private sector relationships and evaluating hundreds
of SAFETY Act applications. Akmal has represented DHS at numerous speaking engagements before the homeland
security enterprise, collaborating with the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, U.S. Secret Service,
Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Akmal previously served at the Institute for
Defense Analyses, where he assisted in the improving the economic and insurance modeling used for determining SAFETY Act insurance
requirements set by DHS.
Currently, Akmal assists companies seeking SAFETY Act protections that range from a variety of industries, including global supply chain,
aviation, transportation, critical infrastructure, professional sports leagues and venues, technology and even explosive detection canine services.
Akmal successfully represented the first two professional sports venues to ever receive SAFETY Act protections, which include the New York
Yankees and New York Mets. Akmal earned a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, where he received distinguished honors as a
member of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He and his wife reside in Arlington, Virginia.
Rear Admiral Steven J. Andersen
Judge Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, DC
Rear Admiral Steve Andersen assumed duties as the Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard in
July 2016. He previously served as the Assistant Commandant for Intelligence. A 1985 graduate of the United States
Coast Guard Academy, RDML Andersen began his career as a cutterman, serving in three Coast Guard cutters and
commanding two of them. He received his Juris Doctor from George Mason University and has since served in a broad
range of Coast Guard legal assignments, including command of the Coast Guard's nationwide field legal office, as a
military judge, and as Chief of Anti-Corruption at NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan.
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Jocelyn A. Aqua
Counsel to the Office of Law and Policy, National Security Division, Department of Justice (DOJ)
Jocelyn Aqua is the Senior Component Official for Privacy for the National Security Division, Department of Justice and an attorney with the
Division's Office of Law and Policy. She provides legal guidance regarding cybersecurity and other national security matters, with a focus on
safeguarding privacy and civil liberties. Previously, Ms. Aqua was a Senior Associate General Counsel for the Office of the Director or National
Intelligence from 2009-2011, where she was the primary legal advisor to the General Counsel on all matters relating to federal criminal and
intelligence surveillance law. From 2006-2009, she was an attorney with the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division and
served as an Antiterrorism Advisory Council Regional Coordinator, providing guidance to 11 U.S. Attorneys' Offices on counterterrorism policy
and litigation matters. From 2002-2006, she was an attorney-advisor in the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review where, among other things,
she brought cases before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Ms. Aqua was an attorney with
Patton Boggs, LLP and White and Case, LLP. Ms. Aqua is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School and is a Certified
Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/G).
Leonard Bailey
Special Counsel for National Security for the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division, U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ), Washington, DC
Mr. Bailey joined the Department of Justice’s Terrorism and Violent Crime Section (TVCS) in 1991 and served as Special
Counsel and Special Investigative Counsel to the Department’s Inspector General in the late 1990’s. In 2000, he joined
the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) where he has prosecuted computer crime and intellectual
property cases; advised on matters related to searching and seizing electronic evidence and conducting electronic
surveillance; and chaired the Organization of American States’ Group of Government Experts on Cybercrime. Between
2009 and 2012, he focused on DOJ cyber policy while serving as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for
the National Security Division and an Associate Deputy Attorney General. He returned to the Criminal Division in 2013
where he is currently Special Counsel for National Security in CCIPS.
Mr. Bailey is a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School. He has taught law courses at Georgetown Law School
and Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.
Leonard Bailey joined the Department of Justice’s Terrorism and Violent Crime Section (TVCS) in 1991 and served as Special Counsel and
Special Investigative Counsel to the Department’s Inspector General in the late 1990’s. In 2000, he joined the Computer Crime and Intellectual
Property Section (CCIPS) where he has prosecuted computer crime and intellectual property cases; advised on matters related to searching and
seizing electronic evidence and conducting electronic surveillance; and chaired the Organization of American States’ Group of Government
Experts on Cybercrime. Between 2009 and 2012, he focused on DOJ cyber policy while serving as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney
General for the National Security Division and an Associate Deputy Attorney General. He returned to the Criminal Division in 2013 where he is
currently Special Counsel for National Security in CCIPS.
Mr. Bailey is a graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School. He has taught law courses at Georgetown Law School and Columbus School
of Law in Washington, D.C.
William Banks
Interim Dean; Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT); Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor, Syracuse
University College of Law, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY
William C. Banks is Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor and SU Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs. During 2015-2016,
Banks was Interim Dean of Syracuse Law. The Founding Director of the Institute for National Security and
Counterterrorism at SU, under his leadership, INSCT has risen from its inception in 2003 to become a recognized leader
in research and education on national and international security and terrorism. Banks is the co-author of leading books in
the field of national security and counterterrorism law and policy, including Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic
Role of the American Military (Harvard, 2016); New Battlefields/Old Laws: Critical Debates on Asymmetric Warfare
(Columbia, 2011); and the textbooks National Security Law (Aspen, 2012) and Counterterrorism Law (Aspen, 2011).
Thomas Brzozowski
Counsel for Domestic Terrorism Matters, National Security Division - Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Thomas E. Brzozowski currently serves as the Counsel for Domestic Terrorism in the Counterterrorism Section of the U.S. Department of
Justice. He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the College of William & Mary in 1996, after which he was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Tom spent three years as an artillery officer at Fort Bragg, North Carolina before he
was selected to attend William & Mary Law School under the auspices of the U.S. Army Funded Legal Education Program. After law school,
Tom spent six years in Europe serving as an officer in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. He then left active duty and clerked for Judge Stanley Birch,
Jr. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to taking up his present position, Tom was an Assistant
General Counsel in the FBI’s Office of General Counsel. Tom also holds a Master of Laws degree in National Security Law from the Georgetown
University Law Center and serves as a Deputy Legal Advisor to the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the U.S. Army
Reserves. He is married and has three sons.
James C. Burd
Senior Privacy Analyst, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
James Burd is a Senior Privacy Analyst for the Office of Privacy within the Office of the Undersecretary at the National Protection and Programs
Directorate (NPPD) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mr. Burd’s portfolio includes responsibility for privacy compliance and
oversight of NPPD’s information sharing, cybersecurity, and communications activities and programs.
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In his work for the NPPD Office of Privacy, Mr. Burd was responsible for privacy input and guidance for the Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Act (CISA) of 2015 Guideline documents. In addition to work on the guidelines, he served as the privacy lead in the development of DHS’s
Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) initiative, ensuring privacy considerations were implemented into the design of AIS—as well as ensuring AIS
met privacy requirement stipulated by CISA.
Previously, Mr. Burd served as the Senior Privacy Analyst for the Office of Biometric Identity Management, an office within NPPD, and covered
privacy issues related to biometric collections, sharing, and usage by decision makers in Federal, state, and local law enforcement, immigration,
and intelligence agencies.
Prior to joining NPPD in January 2011, Mr. Burd was a lead research analyst for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator
Technology (US-VISIT) Program, did information assurance work for a telecommunications company, and served in a staff position at the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Additionally, Mr. Burd majored in Computer Science at the
University of Maryland, College Park.
Jonathan Cantor
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Mr. Cantor became the Acting Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer in July 2016 upon
the departure of the Chief Privacy Officer. He previously served in this capacity from August 2012 to October 2013. In this
role, Mr. Cantor serves as the principal advisor to the DHS Secretary on privacy policy, and is responsible for evaluating
department-wide programs, systems, technologies, and rule-makings for potential privacy impacts, and for providing
mitigation strategies to reduce those impacts. Mr. Cantor joined DHS as Deputy Chief Privacy Officer on July 1, 2012. He is
a member of the Senior Executive Service, with nearly 20 years of experience in privacy, transparency, and information
access.
John Carlin
Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Washington, DC
Angeline (Angie) G. Chen
VP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Siemens Government Technologies, Arlington, VA
Angeline Chen serves currently as VP, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for Siemens Government
Technologies (SGT), where she also serves as the company’s Corporate Secretary. In this role, Ms. Chen oversees all
legal, contracting, and compliance activities, and also serves as SGT’s Corporate Secretary and lead Ethics Officer. Prior to
joining SGT, Ms. Chen most recently served as VP, GC, and Chief Compliance Officer for Marinette Marine Corporation
(MMC) and Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), and as an appointed Director on MMC’s Board of Directors. Her previous
career experience includes service as Associate General Counsel for Technology and Advanced Concepts with Lockheed
Martin (LM), as well as International Launch Services (ILS), a LM-Russian international joint venture; Deputy Associate
General Counsel for Information Security with the NSA; Assistant General Counsel with INTELSAT; and in private practice,
where she specialized in complex litigation focused on antitrust and high technology sectors. From 2000 to 2013, as an
Adjunct Professor at George Mason University Law School, Ms. Chen co-taught a seminar focused on national security,
technology and terrorism, with former Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh. Ms. Chen holds a J.D. and BA (Honors Program) from Villanova
University, an LL.M in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown Law Center, and an MBA from University of Maryland.
Alisa L. Chestler
Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Washington, DC
Alisa Chestler, shareholder in the Nashville and Washington, D.C. offices of Baker Donelson, is chair of the Firm's
Privacy and Information Security Team and a Certified Information Privacy Professional. Ms. Chestler concentrates
her practice in privacy, security and records management issues. She joined Baker Donelson after a distinguished
career as in-house counsel and privacy officer to several large public and private companies.
Ms. Chestler routinely counsels clients on data privacy and security matters that arise from federal and state laws,
including HIPAA, HITECH, GLB, FCRA/FACTA, state data breach laws and the Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS)
requirements. She assists clients in identifying, evaluating and managing risks associated with privacy and
information security practices of companies and third parties. She has significant experience assisting companies in
developing comprehensive privacy and security programs. Her experience with HIPAA/HITECH compliance includes
preparing and negotiating business associate agreements, developing policies and procedures, and advising clients on data breaches and
notification obligations.
Ms. Chestler assists clients with negotiating complex information technology and partnership agreements, including health information exchange
(HIE) participation, EHR negotiation, adoption and compliance with HITECH and meaningful use requirements, and audits. She has also
assisted clients in analyzing and negotiating cloud computing issues and agreements. Follow her on Twitter @alchestler.
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Sheila C. Cheston
Corporate Vice President and General Counsel, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Falls Church, VA
Sheila C. Cheston is corporate vice president and general counsel for Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in global
security. She is also a member of the company’s corporate policy council.
Cheston joined Northrop Grumman from BAE Systems, Inc., where she was executive vice president responsible for
strategy and planning, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and all legal matters associated with BAE Systems Inc.; she
also served as a member of its board of directors. Previously, Cheston was a partner at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, where she was chair of the firm's International Aviation, Defense and Aerospace Group.
She has held key leadership positions in the U.S. government, including general counsel of the United States Air Force
where she oversaw approximately 1,500 lawyers stationed worldwide, and special associate counsel to the President of
the United States.
Cheston earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law. She is a
fellow of the American Bar and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Cheston serves on the Board of Advisors for the National Military
Family Association and is on the Board of Directors for Equal Justice Works, the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, the National
Partnership for Women and Families and the ABA Rule of Law Initiative.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber,
C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more
information.
Jeannette Chu
PwC, McLean, VA
Jeannette is a Managing Director and leads PwC's Export Controls and Trade Sanctions practice in the United States. She
leads a team of subject matter specialists in assisting U.S. and multinational companies with understanding and managing
compliance risks relating to export controls, sanctions, embargoes and antiboycott requirements.
Jeannette has led numerous export controls and sanctions assessments for multinational companies in the aerospace and
defense, life sciences and industrial products sectors. The ECTS team also helps companies enhance compliance policies,
processes and controls and remediate identified risks and gaps. Jeannette leverages years of government experience in
helping clients address and resolve enforcement matters and navigate interagency processes relating to licensing and
compliance.
Prior to joining PwC, Jeannette served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), US
Department of Commerce where she worked on export control reform and foreign policy matters. Her public service career includes over 25
years of federal investigation and enforcement experience. From 2005 through 2010, Jeannette represented BIS as the Senior Export Control
Attaché at the US Embassy, Beijing, where she conducted more than 250 on-site risk assessments at companies throughout China to assess
the bonafides of recipients of US-origin controlled items and technology. She also negotiated a landmark agreement with the Chinese
government to permit company visits by US government officials and established a high-level working group on export control cooperation.
Jeannette has been named by World ECR as “Highly Commended” in the category of “Export Control Practitioner of the Year 2016”. She brings
deep knowledge of US and foreign regulatory requirements including the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) policies and regulations on trade
sanctions and embargoes, as well as multilateral export control regimes. Jeannette speaks regularly on export controls and China business
issues; she has served on the faculty for American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute and the American Conference Institute, where
she also serves on the Advisory Board for Export Controls and Sanctions. She also serves on the American Bar Association's Business Law
Section Working Group on Human Trafficking where she brings insights from more than ten years of enforcement experience with the former
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Jeannette received her BA in Political Science from American University in Washington, DC and speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Frank J. Cilluffo
Associate Vice President and Director, The George Washington University Center for Cyber & Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Mr. Cilluffo leads a number of policy and research initiatives at The George Washington University (GWU), where he directs the Center for
Cyber and Homeland Security. Mr. Cilluffo, along with the GWU School of Business, launched the university's World Executive M.B.A. in
cybersecurity. He routinely advises senior officials in industry and government, and he has testified before Congress more than 30 times. He has
presented at numerous international summits, including the U.N. Security Council. Mr. Cilluffo’s work has been published extensively in journals
and newspapers, and he is a regular guest on major media networks. Prior to his affiliation with GWU, he served as a special assistant to
President George W. Bush, a post to which he was appointed immediately following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Shawn Cooley
Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management for the Office of Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Mr. Cooley is currently serving as the Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management for the Office of Policy at the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). In this role, Mr. Cooley is the principal manager of DHS’s membership and participation in the interagency Committee
on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews foreign acquisitions of U.S. businesses for possible national security
implications, as well as DHS's participation in the informal working group known as Team Telecom, which reviews Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) license applications for national security, law enforcement, and public interest implications. In addition to managing the
review of all active CFIUS and Team Telecom cases, Mr. Cooley is responsible for negotiating any necessary risk mitigation measures on behalf
of DHS and maintaining a robust compliance monitoring program to ensure ongoing compliance with new and existing CFIUS and Team
Telecom mitigation agreements. Prior to joining DHS in 2008, Mr. Cooley’s legal practice at WilmerHale focused on managing Securities and
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Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other federal and state securities regulators’
proceedings, ranging from informal inquiries and formal investigations to administrative proceedings and judicial enforcement actions.
Tim Cronin
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Center for Law and Military Operations, Washington, DC
Nova Daly
Senior Public Policy Advisor, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC
Mr. Daly is an international investment, trade and cyber security policy expert who has held senior leadership
positions at the White House, the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Commerce and the U.S. Senate. At Wiley Rein,
he provides both high-level insight and deep operational expertise to help clients navigate the policy and regulatory
environments affecting cross-border business, particularly with regard to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS).
As the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security and Policy at the Treasury Department (20062009), Mr. Daly led the interagency CFIUS process. In that capacity, he oversaw the reviews of over 350
transactions worth over $300 billion, negotiated the current CFIUS law, wrote and implemented CFIUS regulations,
and restructured the CFIUS process. He created and chaired investment dialogues with China and the EU, and led
Treasury Department efforts to attract foreign investment and reduce international and domestic investment barriers. He also represented
Treasury in the Administration’s cyber security policy formulation. Prior to Treasury, Mr. Daly served as the Director for International Trade at
the National Security Council where his responsibilities included multiple trade, investment and national security policy matters. Mr. Daly also
served as the Senior Advisor for Trade Policy to the Secretary of Commerce, and worked for the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.
Mr. Daly holds an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of California, Irvine and a graduate degree in international law
and organizations from American University.
Jennifer Daskal
Associate Professor, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
Jennifer Daskal is an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, where she teaches
and writes in the fields of criminal law, national security law, and constitutional law. From 2009-2011, Daskal was counsel to
the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice and, among other things, served on the
Secretary of Defense and Attorney General-led Detention Policy Task Force. Prior to joining DOJ, she was the senior
counterterrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, worked as a staff attorney for the Public Defender Service for the District
of Columbia, and clerked for the Honorable Jed S. Rakoff. She spent two years before joining WCL’s faculty as a national
security law fellow and adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center.
Daskal is a graduate of Brown University, Harvard Law School, and Cambridge University, where she was a Marshall
Scholar. Recent publications include Data’s Un-Territoriality (Yale Law Journal 2015); After the AUMF (Harvard National
Security Journal 2014) (co-authored with Stephen Vladeck); Pre-Crime Restraints: The Explosion of Targeted, Non-Custodial Prevention
(Cornell L. Rev. 2014); and The Geography of the Battlefield: A Framework for Detention and Targeting Outside the ‘Hot’ Conflict Zone (Penn. L.
Rev. 2013). Daskal has published op-eds in the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, and L.A. Times, and she has
appeared on BBC, C-Span, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR, among other media outlets. She is an Executive Editor of and frequent contributor to the
Just Security blog.
Bruce Davidson
Director, Office of SAFETY Act Implementation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Bruce B. Davidson is the Director of the Office of SAFETY Act Implementation, part of the Research & Development
Partnerships Group in the Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security. The purpose of the
SAFETY Act Program is to provide risk and litigation management incentives to the private sector to develop and deploy
effective antiterrorism technologies and services to the maximum extent possible. As the Program Director, Mr. Davidson
provides strategic vision and ensures aggressive program execution for a front-line statutory program designed to encourage
the private sector to make consequential investments to strengthen our homeland security. Driven and compelled to make a
difference, his central focus is to build and sustain a world class, nationally significant program, and consistently deliver
outcomes far exceeding expectations. Mr. Davidson draws on his background in law and economics in contributing to the
activities of this multi-disciplinary office. Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security and the SAFETY Act Program
in 2006, Mr. Davidson was a member in a Metropolitan D.C. area law firm, with an emphasis on federal practice. He also had
a distinguished career as a surface warfare officer and judge advocate in the U.S. Navy, which included service as a staff assistant (1993-97) to
the Honorable Walter B. Slocombe, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and the Honorable Jan M. Lodal, Principal Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Mr. Davidson earned a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University, an M.A. from the U.S. Naval War College, a J.D. from the University of South
Carolina and an LL.M. in International Law from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.
John Geresk
Operations and Enforcement Law Division, U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
David Gersten
Deputy Director of the Office of Community Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
David Gersten is a Senior Executive in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) serving as the Department’s Deputy Director for the
Office for Community Partnerships (OCP) since October, 2015. David’s mission is to engage local communities and faith-based organizations
and to build partnership endeavors between these groups and the private and public sector, technology firms, and other stakeholders to support
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local efforts to counter violent extremism (CVE). David was the first Senior Executive in the United States government to work exclusively on
countering violent extremism when he served as the DHS CVE Coordinator beginning in July of 2014. He was the CVE point of contact for
interaction with the White House, Congress, and interagency and international partners. David provided unity of effort for the Department’s
ongoing CVE policy formation, strategic CVE activities, CVE support activities and CVE relevant activities.
From 2006-2014, David served as Director of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Programs Branch in the DHS Office for Civil Rights and
Civil Liberties. He was responsible for promoting respect for civil rights and civil liberties by advising Department leadership and personnel, and
state and local partners. Gersten led efforts to communicate with individuals and communities whose civil rights and civil liberties may be
affected by DHS activities, informing them about policies and avenues of redress, and promoting appropriate attention within the Department to
their experiences and concerns. The CRCL Programs Branch included units dedicated to conducting Impact Assessments, engagement with
American Arab, Muslim and other religious and ethnic communities affected by DHS security policies, training for DHS personnel and partners,
appraisal of immigration and refugee policy, fulfillment of international civil rights and human rights treaties, and review of how the Department's
use of technology and its approach to information sharing, screening and Intelligence gathering impact civil liberties. He has personally led
scores of discussions with community leaders in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Denver. Gersten has
testified before the United States Congress on the subjects of Intelligence Fusion Centers and Homegrown Violent Extremism and has worked
closely with the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis to provide onsite training to Intelligence fusion centers.
Before joining DHS he held a variety of leadership roles in government, private sector and non-profit organizations. Mr. Gersten’s work
included education, immigration and assimilation policy making; human resources, recruitment and training for a data communications industry
leader; and nationwide efforts to identify, train and place young people in public policy positions. In the mid-1990s he directed human resources,
recruitment and training for a data communications and government services company. Mr. Gersten also spent four years as Director of
Education for an educational foundation. Gersten is a native of Denver, Colorado and is the proud parent of five children, including thirteen year
old triplets.
Aimee Ghosh
Associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC
Aimee Priya Ghosh is an associate in the law firm’s Public Policy practice and is based in the Washington, DC office. She
focuses her practice on global security, cyber security, and government affairs, with an emphasis on assisting companies in
obtaining
liability protections under the SAFETY Act.
Aimee advises clients on state, federal, and industry compliance obligations and best practices with respect to physical and
cyber security planning, incident response, and recovery, as well as liability mitigation strategies in the event of a serious
physical or cyber incident. Aimee also represents clients on regulatory and government affairs before the Department of
Homeland Security and Congress.
In addition to her work on security issues, Aimee provides legal and advocacy advice to national organizations navigating state and local
regulations across the country. She also has a background in political law.
Prior to joining Pillsbury, Aimee worked as an associate for another law firm where she handled public policy, political law, and insurance
coverage matters. Before entering law school, she worked as press secretary to Representative Louise M. Slaughter (NY).
Jeffrey Gorsky
Senior Counsel, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP, Washington, DC
Jeffrey Gorsky is Senior Counsel with Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP. Before joining BAL, Mr. Gorsky served as Chief of the Legal Advisory
Opinion section of the Visa Office in the Department of State. For almost two decades, Mr. Gorsky led the team that provides legal guidance to
consular officers worldwide on visa matters.
During his tenure in Washington, DC, Mr. Gorsky was a trusted advisor to senior policymakers and worked closely with counterparts at the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Justice. He assisted the Department of Justice on civil and
criminal visa matters and testified for the government as an expert witness on visas. He twice earned the State Department’s Superior Honor
Award.
Before assuming his position in Washington, DC, Mr. Gorsky served in various positions at US consulates around the world. Mr. Gorsky worked
as a criminal defense lawyer before joining the government.
Reginald (Reggie) C. Govan
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington, DC
Reggie Govan is the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Chief Counsel. The Office of the Chief Counsel provides
legal advice in support of the FAA Administrator and all aspects of agency operations at headquarters, regions, and
centers and works closely with the Department of Transportation’s Office of General Counsel on issues of national
significance to the aviation industry.
Mr. Govan previously served as a corporate counsel, litigator, and legislative counsel. Prior to joining the FAA, he
served as Managing Associate General Counsel of Freddie Mac. He also served as Counsel to Chairmen Augustus H.
Hawkins and William D. Ford of the United States (U.S.) House of Representatives Committee on Education and
Labor, and as Counsel to the then-Chairman (now Vice President) Joseph R. Biden of the U.S. Senate Committee on
the Judiciary. His litigation experience includes service as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan and as plaintiffs’
counsel in federal civil rights litigation, including school desegregation and voting rights cases.
After acquiring a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Philosophy from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Juris Doctor from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School, he clerked for the Honorable Nathaniel Jones of U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit.
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Mr. Govan is the author of several professional journal and law review articles. He lives in the District of Columbia.
Christopher (Chris) Graham
Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA
Chris Graham leads the Compliance, Safety and Investigations group in the Georgia-Pacific law department. In
addition to his legal role, Chris also manages the corporate security capability. Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's
leading international manufacturers of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, and building products with more than 300
manufacturing facilities worldwide. Prior to working at GP, Chris was the General Counsel for INVISTA and an in
house lawyer for Koch Industries in Wichita, Kansas. Before working for the Koch family of companies, Chris was a
partner with Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia. He came to Hunton & Williams after serving as a Captain in
the United States Army as a Judge Advocate at Fort Benning, Georgia. Chris attended Tulane Law School and
Cornell University.
Jeffrey Greene
Director, Government Affairs for North America, Symantec Corporation, Washington, DC
Christopher (Chris) D. Hale
Cybersecurity Counsel, Raytheon Corporation, Sterling, VA
Christopher Hale serves as Cybersecurity Counsel at Raytheon Company, where he advises on legal issues relating to cybersecurity and
provides general business counsel to Raytheon Intelligence, Information, and Services. Previously, he served as a cybersecurity attorney at
Microsoft Corporation, an attorney-advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice's National Security Division, an advisor in the Treasury
Department's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and an associate with the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr. Hale
is a Vice Chairman of the ABA Public Contract Law Section's Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection Committee, a Certified Information
Privacy Professional, and a former Fulbright and Korea Foundation research fellow. He received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he
was Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.
Tamsin Harrington
Assistant General Counsel for Chemical Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Tamsin Harrington is the Assistant General Counsel for Chemical Security in the Department of Homeland Security, Office
of the General Counsel, National Protection and Programs Law Division. In this capacity, she oversees a team of lawyers
who provide legal advice to the Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, which is primarily charged with implementing
the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulatory program. Prior to joining DHS, Ms. Harrington was a
Senior Attorney at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in the Department of Justice (DOJ),
where she worked on a variety of legal issues including federal information law, criminal procedure, and asset forfeiture and
seized property. Ms. Harrington was also a DOJ Attorney General’s Honors Program Attorney and a graduate of DOJ’s
Leadership Excellence and Achievement Program (LEAP). She holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a
B.A. from Davidson College.
John Havranek
Associate General Counsel for the Operations and Enforcement Law, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
John F. Havranek is the Associate General Counsel for Operations and Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security, Office of General
Counsel. John is responsible for providing legal advice concerning DHS enforcement matters, international law, national security matters,
operations, and all-hazards incident management, including the provision of legal support to aid in the development and management of
policies, plans, exercises, training, crises, and incident management.
John is also an Appellate Judge for the U.S. Coast Guard Court of Criminal. Secretary Napolitano appointed John to the U.S. Coast Guard Court
of Criminal Appeals on May 2, 2011.
John retired from the U.S. Marine Corps where his last assignment on active duty was serving as the Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, specializing in operational law, the law of war, and detention operations. During his military career, John served as a
Staff Judge Advocate, prosecutor, defense counsel, appellate counsel, and Military Judge.
John is originally from Fremont, Nebraska and is a graduate of Creighton University and the Creighton University School of Law.
Adam Hickey
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), Washington, DC
Seamus Hughes
Deputy Director of the Program on Extremism at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security Law, George Washington University, Washington,
DC
Seamus Hughes is the Deputy Director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security.
He is a recognized expert on homegrown violent extremism and countering violent extremism (CVE).
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Hughes previously worked at the National Counterterrorism Center, serving as a lead staffer on the U.S. government’s efforts to implement the
national CVE strategy. He regularly led engagements with Muslim American communities across the country, provided counsel to civic leaders
after high-profile terror-related incidents, and met with families of individuals who joined terrorist organizations. Hughes created a
groundbreaking intervention program to help steer individuals away from violence through non-law enforcement means and worked closely with
FBI Joint Terrorism Taskforces, Fusion Centers, and U.S. Attorney Offices. He has briefed numerous foreign governments and helped
coordinate the 2015 White House Summit on CVE.
Prior to NCTC, Hughes served as the Senior Counterterrorism Advisor for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee. He organized over a dozen congressional hearings on the threat of homegrown violent extremism and led fact-finding delegations to
the various European and Middle Eastern countries. He authored two reports for the Senate: “A Ticking Time Bomb: Counterterrorism Lessons
from the U.S. Government’s Failure to Prevent the Fort Hood Attack” and “Zachary Chesser: A Case Study in Online Islamist Radicalization and
Its Meaning for the Threat of Homegrown Terrorism.”
Hughes was also a lead congressional investigator, uncovering evidence of widespread government funding of inaccurate counterterrorism
training, which directly lead to the creation of federal standards. He has authored numerous legislative bills, including sections of the 9/11
Commission Recommendations Act and the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act. He is a graduate of the University of
Maryland and the recipient of National Security Council Outstanding Service and two NCTC Director’s Awards for outstanding service.
Amy Jeffress
Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC
Brian Kamoie
Assistant Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, DC
Brian Kamoie was appointed by President Obama as Assistant Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency for Grant Programs in April 2013. In that capacity, he oversees over $17 billion in grant programs to build, sustain,
and improve our national capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. Prior
to his appointment, Mr. Kamoie served as Senior Director for Preparedness Policy on the White House National Security
Council from 2009 to 2013. Mr. Kamoie received his bachelor’s degree in Policy Studies and Political Science from
Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and a law degree and master’s degrees in Public Health and Political Science from The
George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was managing editor of The George Washington Law
Review.
Alice Alexandra Kipel
Executive Director, Regulations & Rulings (RR), Office of International Trade, U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP), Washington, DC
Ms. Kipel is an attorney with over 30 years of experience in international trade and customs litigation. She started her legal career in 1982 at
Plaia & Schaumberg, in Washington, DC, focusing primarily on Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission,
involving various intellectual property right (IPR) issues, related appeals, and ancillary proceedings before Customs and the U.S. Court of
International Trade (CIT). In 1986, she joined Howrey & Simon, expanding her work to antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, both at
the administrative and appellate levels, before the CIT and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit). In 1999, Ms. Kipel
moved to Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where she continued to focus on Section 337 IPR litigation, complex antidumping cases, and related appeals
and customs issues. Her work in the private sector included close collaboration with the financial, legal, sales/marketing and logistics personnel
at various multi-national corporations to successfully integrate antidumping and border enforcement compliance controls into the companies’
business practices. Ms. Kipel also represented asylum seekers in her pro bono work at Steptoe.
In 2015, Ms. Kipel left private practice and entered into federal government service. Before coming to CBP, she served as an Attorney-Advisor in
the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor. In this capacity, Ms. Kipel provided counsel to the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) on issues related to the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. She also defended BOEM in legal
challenges brought against the bureau before the Interior Board of Land Appeals.
Ms. Kipel was appointed as a member of CIT’s Advisory Committee in 1993 and served as the Advisory Committee’s chair from 2008 to 2015.
She has also served in leadership roles in the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, the Federal Circuit Bar Association,
and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA). While in private practice, she authored numerous publications regarding
Section 337 and antidumping proceedings and was a frequent speaker at continuing legal education programs.
Ms. Kipel earned her A.B. in history, with honors, as well as a Russian Studies Certificate, from Princeton University in 1979, and her J.D. from
Georgetown University Law Center in 1982.
Ms. Kipel is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, CIT, and U.S. District Court for
the District of Columbia.
Robert Kolasky
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, Washington, DC
Bob Kolasky was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of
Infrastructure Protection (IP) in June of 2015. In his role, he works closely across all levels of government and with the
private sector on the national effort to reduce the risk to the nation’s critical infrastructure posed by acts of terrorism and
cyber attacks and to strengthen national preparedness, timely response, and rapid recovery in the event of an incident.
Amongst his areas of focus are public-private partnerships, future year risk and resilience planning for critical
infrastructure, threat information sharing, and critical infrastructure innovation.
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Prior to serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Mr. Kolasky served as the Director of Strategy and Policy for the Office of Infrastructure
Protection, where he led strategic planning, performance management, and budgeting.
Previously, he served as Director of DHS Cyber-Physical Integrated Task Force where he oversaw implementation of Presidential Policy
Directive 21 and Executive Order 13636 on behalf of the Secretary of Homeland Security as well as the development of the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan and cyber security risk management and information sharing advancements. Bob also led the conduct of the first
ever Strategic National Risk Assessment for DHS and the development of the Department’s risk management doctrine.
Mr. Kolasky joined the Federal government in 2008 after six years as a management consultant. He graduated from the Harvard Kennedy
School in 2002, concentrating on Business and Government Policy and Microeconomics.
Mr. Kolasky is a former Internet entrepreneur, who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1994. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife,
Carrie, and three children.
Joshua (Josh) Kussman
CEO, Sentinel Strategy and Policy Consulting, Vienna, VA
Joseph Maher
Principal Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Joseph Maher currently serves as the Principal Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Maher first joined
the Department as a staff attorney the year it was created. In his current position he advises the Secretary and other senior leaders on a wide
array of homeland security and other matters. He has served as the Acting General Counsel a number of times, and he has overseen all
aspects of the Department’s legal office during his tenure. Prior to joining the Department in 2003, Mr. Maher practiced law in the private sector,
litigating in both trial and appellate courts. Immediately after law school, he clerked for the Honorable E. Grady Jolly on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Maher graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School where he served on the Law Review.
He also holds a master oflaws degree (with a focus on National Security Law) from Georgetown University .
Prior to law school, Mr. Maher worked in the private sector as an engineer and holds an undergraduate degree in materials science and
engineering from Northwestern University.
Mr. Maher also currently serves as the Department's Designated Agency Ethics Official.
Dominic Mancini
Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
James W. McCament
Deputy Associate Director, Service Center Operations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
Washington, DC
Since March 2016, James McCament has served as deputy associate director, Service Center Operations, overseeing the
work of the 5 USCIS Service Centers in their processing of more than 4 million applications annually. He served in an
acting capacity since August 2015, while continuing to serve as the chief of the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA) since
January 2009.
During his seven-year tenure as chief of OLA, McCament oversaw the work of 160 employees who manage USCIS’s
interaction with members of Congress and their staff for matters of legislative development, immigration policy, agency
operations and individual cases of interest.
From May 2013 to August 2015, McCament served in the Office of the Director as acting Chief of Staff and acting Deputy
Chief of Staff. From 2008 to 2009, he served as DHS Field Office Director (FOD) in Havana, Cuba. From 2006 to 2008,
McCament served as the senior counselor to the Director of USCIS. From September 2003 until joining USCIS in 2006, McCament served as a
special advisor to Department of Homeland Security Secretaries Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff. Prior to joining DHS upon its first day in
2003, from 2001-2003 McCament served as an honors attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury. From
2000-2001 McCament served as law clerk to the Honorable William C. Lee, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana.
McCament received his Juris Doctor from the University of Notre Dame Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene
College. A Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executive Fellow and Federal Executive Institute graduate, McCament is bar licensed in Ohio and
is adjunct professor of law for the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.
Mary McCord
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of Justice (DOJ), Washington, DC
Thomas M. McDermott
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy (Acting), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Thomas McDermott is acting as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security (DHS). He advises senior department officials and oversees the development of policy positions related to the full
range of cyber, technology, infrastructure, and resilience issues.
Mr. McDermott has previously served in a variety of capacities at DHS, including an assignment as Deputy Director for
Strategy at the National Cybersecuritiy and Communication Integrations Center (NCCIC). He also spent more than seven
years in the DHS Office of the General Counsel, including tenures acting as Deputy Associate General Counsel and as the
Assistant General Counsel for Infrastructure Programs. In those roles, he oversaw the provision of legal advice in
connection with the Department’s programmatic efforts to protect U.S. critical infrastructure, including in the areas of
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cybersecurity and voluntary efforts to enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure from terrorism and all hazards.
Mr. McDermott has advised senior DHS and White House officials in connection with departmental and Administration priorities, including the
development and implementation of several executive orders that seek to strengthen information sharing, critical infrastructure cybersecurity,
and the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against physical and cyber threats. Mr. McDermott worked closely on several pieces of
major cybersecurity legislation, including the Cybersecurity Act of 2015, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014, and the
National Cybersecurity Protection Act of 2014. In 2012, he received the DHS General Counsel’s Excellence Award for his leadership in the
development of the Administration’s comprehensive cybersecurity legislative proposal. He has also advised on the development of major DHS
cybersecurity programs, including the EINSTEIN and Enhanced Cybersecurity Services programs, and provided operational legal support to the
NCCIC as well as the DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC).
Mr. McDermott was previously an attorney in the DHS Office of the General Counsel’s Legal Counsel division and acted as the Assistant
General Counsel for Strategic Oversight and Review. Prior to joining DHS in March 2007, Mr. McDermott was an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis
LLP’s Washington office where he focused on matters involving complex and commercial litigation. Mr. McDermott graduated from the Duke
University School of Law and the University of Notre Dame, and clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Christina E. McDonald
Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Christina E. McDonald is the Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In that role, she advises the General Counsel, Secretary, and other senior Department leaders on
legal issues associated with DHS rulemaking actions; and she manages and oversees DHS’s regulatory program. Ms. McDonald previously
served as the Deputy, and as an attorney-advisor, in the Regulatory Affairs Law Division at DHS OGC. Prior to joining DHS, Ms. McDonald
served as a trial attorney at the Federal Railroad Administration. Ms. McDonald began her legal career as an honors attorney at the U.S.
Department of Transportation. Ms. McDonald graduated, with distinction, from the Georgetown University Law Center with an LL.M in National
Security Law. She graduated, with honor, from the University of Maryland School of Law. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in sociology,
magna cum laude, from Franklin & Marshall College and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. Ms. McDonald is currently an Adjunct Professor at the
American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. She is a member of, and represents DHS, on the Administrative
Conference of the United States.
Gary Merson
Chief Democratic Counsel, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, House Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC
Gary N. Merson currently serves as the Chief Counsel (Minority) for the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, Committee on the
Judiciary, and previously served in 2012 as a Counsel for the Subcommittee. Gary’s permanent position is Chief of Staff for the Office of the
Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, an independent component of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining the
Ombudsman’s Office, Gary was Government Affairs Counsel at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy from 1999 to 2005, and an Advocacy
Associate with the American Immigration Lawyers Association from 1998 to 1999. Gary graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1994 and
Tulane Law School in 1998.
Vince Micone
DHS Presidential Transition Officer and Senior Counselor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Kristina Neal
Associate Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Washington, DC
David S. Newman
Director, Office of Legal Affairs, Visa Services Directorate, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
David S. Newman, Director of Legal Affairs, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Mr. Newman began his legal
career as a litigation associate in the Boston law firm of Nutter, McClennan & Fish, which he left to join the Department of Justice as a Trial
Attorney in 1988. He then served from 1993 to 2011 in the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser, rotating through several sections
serving a broad range of bureaus within the Department. His last rotation was with the section of the Office of the Legal Adviser supporting the
Bureau of Consular Affairs. In 2011, he assumed his current position in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Amy M. Nice
Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Amy Marmer Nice is an Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, providing legal advice
concerning immigration policies and rulemakings. She was the Executive Director of Immigration Policy at the US Chamber of Commerce from
December 2010 to September 2015, where she worked on representing the business community before Congress in efforts to move immigration
reforms. She practiced immigration law at the Washington, DC firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP from October 1989 to December 2010, where she
managed the immigration practice for the last 13 years she was at the firm. Prior to her government service, Ms. Nice served as the chair, cochair or member of various national committees of the American Immigration Lawyers Association including the USIA Liaison, Vermont Service
Center Liaison, State Department Liaison, Social Security Administration Liaison, Verification Documentation, and Business committees. Ms.
Nice has three times been the recipient of an AILA Presidential Award (2000, 2004, 2012) for excellence in government liaison. While in private
practice she was named one of the Best Lawyers in America, one of the Lawdragon 3000, and one of Chambers USA's Leading Lawyers for
Business. Ms. Nice is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tulane University, where she earned a Bachelors degree in Medieval History, manga cum
laude. She earned her law degree from George Washington University.
Joan V. O'Hara
General Counsel, House Homeland Security Committee, Washington, DC
Joan O’Hara joined the Committee on Homeland Security as Counsel in August 2011. In 2013, she was named Deputy General Counsel under
Chairman Michael McCaul, and became General Counsel in 2014.
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As General Counsel, Joan helps to develop and implement the Committee’s legislative agenda. She also serves as the Chairman’s primary
legal advisor. During Chairman McCaul’s tenure to date, Joan has helped the Committee to pass more than 100 bills through the House,
several of which have become public law, including measures on cybersecurity, aviation and border security, and the efficient management of
the Department of Homeland Security. Joan also serves as lead on special Committee projects. Currently, she is coordinating the committee’s
efforts on digital security and encryption, and was named to Congressional Quarterly’s (CQ) “25 Most Influential on Capitol Hill, 2016” for her
work on those issues.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Joan spent more than a decade in professional athletics. A Resident Athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in
San Diego, CA, Joan was a sculler training with the U.S. National Rowing Team, and was United States National Champion in the single and
quadruple sculls. Upon retiring, Joan began a career an award-winning NCAA Division I rowing coach. She was Head Coach at both Wellesley
College in Boston, and the University of San Diego.
A Long Island native, Joan earned her JD, cum laude from New York Law School, and delivered the commencement address at her class
graduation. During law school, Joan served as Research Assistant to Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU from 1991-2008, and clerked for
both the New York State Appellate Division, First Department, and the New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division, in Manhattan. In
addition to her JD, Joan holds a MA from San Diego State University and a BA from Loyola College in Maryland.
David Palmer
Associate General Counsel, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
David Palmer currently serves as the Associate General Counsel, Legal Counsel Division, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security. As head of the Legal Counsel Division, Mr. Palmer provides legal advice and guidance on significant litigation, legislative
affairs, civil rights, the Freedom of Information Act, privacy issues, and oversight matters that involve the Government Accountability Office and
the Office of the Inspector General. Before joining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Palmer served at the U.S. Department of
Justice. While at the Department of Justice, Mr. Palmer held a number of positions including Trial Attorney, Special Assistant to the Assistant
Attorney General for Civil Rights, and Chief of the Employment Litigation Section. Mr. Palmer is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia
University, and the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Dana Pashkoff
Partner, Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC
Dana B. Pashkoff provides government contracts counseling for a variety of clients, including those in the information
technology, telecommunications, homeland security and aerospace/defense industries. She has significant experience
litigating contract claims and bid protests before federal district courts, the US Court of Federal Claims and the General
Accounting Office.
Ms. Pashkoff also routinely advises clients on aspects of risk management associated with the sale of products and
services to the Government. She is widely recognized as an expert in the SAFETY Act, a statute that is part of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, which protects companies from tort lawsuits arising out of the sale of homeland security
products and services. Ms. Pashkoff provides counseling on the regulatory process for obtaining SAFETY Act coverage
and assists clients in preparing SAFETY Act applications for submission and review by the Department of Homeland
Security.
Ms. Pashkoff clerked for the Honorable Nancy B. Firestone at the United States Court of Federal Claims. While in law school, she served as the
Senior Managing Editor of the Public Contract Law Journal.
Hon. Amy Pope
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, The White House, Washington, DC
Amy Pope is the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor on the National Security
Council staff of the White House. Ms. Pope also serves as the White House Ebola Response Coordinator, where she
manages the President’s “whole of government” effort to combat Ebola in West Africa and protect the American people
from the threat of Ebola here in the United States. Prior to this position, Ms. Pope was the Special Assistant to the
President and Senior Director of the Transborder Security Directorate.
Before joining the National Security Council staff, Ms. Pope worked in several positions at the U.S. Department of Justice
including as Deputy Chief of Staff & Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, as Counsel in
the Criminal Division’s Office of Policy and Legislation, and as a federal prosecutor in the Civil Rights Division.
Ms. Pope has served twice as Senate staff: first, as Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security and later, detailed as counsel to the office of Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid, where she served as the liaison between Senate leadership and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ms. Pope is a graduate of Haverford College and a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University School of Law. She clerked for the
Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Kiran Raj
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Kiran S. Raj currently serves as the Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Raj oversees and handles
cybersecurity and technology legal issues for the Department. He advises the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and other senior leaders in the
Department on these high priority and rapidly evolving areas.
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Mr. Raj previously worked at the Department of Justice, where he served as a senior counsel to the Deputy Attorney General. He advised the
Department of Justice’s senior leadership on significant issues and managed policy-related matters, with particular focus on national security,
cyber security, and civil litigation. Mr. Raj also serves as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law where he teaches
National Security Law, Surveillance Law, and Cybersecurity Law. Immediately prior to joining the federal government, Mr. Raj worked at Kellogg
Huber, a Washington, D.C.-based trial litigation firm where he focused on intellectual property and patent litigation. Mr. Raj served as a law clerk
to the Honorable Pierre N. Leval of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Before entering the legal profession, Mr. Raj was a lead program manager at Microsoft Corporation. In that capacity, he had responsibility for
developing and deploying software tools and technologies that improved the security, compatibility, and overall application experience of the
Windows operating system. Mr. Raj is a co-inventor of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,562,297 & 6,874,125 (Method for Providing Feedback on Windows,
Messages, and Dialog Boxes).
Mr. Raj holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and the Emory
University School of Law (J.D., First Honors Graduate).
Sue Ramanathan
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Senate Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Ira H. Raphaelson
Former General Counsel, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Las Vegas, NV
Ira H. Raphaelson has participated in the governance aspects of law from the perspective of General Counsel, defense
attorney, author, lecturer and prosecutor. For almost five years ending August 21, 2016, he served as the Executive Vice
President and Global General Counsel of Las Vegas Sands Corp where he was responsible for the legal and compliance
functions of the global leader in developing and managing integrated resorts. For six years before that, he was VP, GC
and Secretary of Scientific Games. Before that, Ira practiced as a law firm partner and as a state and federal prosecutor.
In private practice, he represented some of the world’s largest companies, executives, and prominent public officials. A
state then federal prosecutor, in 1991, he was appointed by the first President Bush as Special Counsel for Financial
Institutions. He has worked extensively on cross-border compliance issues for much of his career and is a nationally
recognized author and lecturer on corporate governance.
Benjamin C. Richardson
Deputy Director, Security Policy and Oversight, Counterintelligence and Security Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence, Department of Defense, Washington, DC
Paul S. Rosenzweig
Red Branch Law and Consulting, Washington, DC
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company, and a Senior
Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department
of Homeland Security. He is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute. He
also serves as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Editor of the Journal of National
Security Law & Policy, and as a Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He is an advisor to and former member of the
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security and a Contributing Editor of the Lawfare blog.
In 2011 he was a Carnegie Fellow in National Security Journalism at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern
University, where he now serves as an Adjunct Lecturer.
Mr. Rosenzweig is a cum laude graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. He has an M.S. in Chemical
Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego and a B.A from Haverford College. Following
graduation from law school he served as a law clerk to the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III of the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit.
He is the author of Cyber Warfare: How Conflicts in Cyberspace are Challenging America and Changing the World and of two video lecture
series from The Great Courses, Thinking About Cybersecurity: From Cyber Crime to Cyber Warfare and The Surveillance State: Big Data,
Freedom, and You.
He is the coauthor (with James Jay Carafano) of Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving
Freedom and co-editor (with Timothy McNulty and Ellen Shearer) of two books, Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The First Amendment
and National Security, and National Security Law in the News: A Guide for Journalists, Scholars, and Policymakers. He is also a member of the
Literary Society of Washington.
Mary Beth Schultz
Minority Chief Counsel, Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, Washington, DC
Mary Beth Schultz is the Minority Chief Counsel for the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. While on the
Committee, Mary Beth has been involved with overseeing a wide range of homeland security issues including cyber security, FEMA and
emergency preparedness, as well as numerous Committee investigations. Mary Beth helped to develop and worked to pass numerous pieces of
legislation, including the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006, and the Improving America's Security Act of 2007. Mary Beth also was involved in the Committee's
investigation of the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Prior to joining the staff of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,
Mary Beth was an attorney at the Department of Justice. While at the Justice Department, Mary Beth handled both civil and criminal cases in
the Office of Consumer Litigation. Mary Beth is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Nebraska.
Timothy (Tim) Scott
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CPP, CSO & Global Director, Emergency Services & Security, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX
Timothy J. Scott is the Chief Security Officer & Corporate Director of Emergency Services & Security (ES&S) for The Dow Chemical Company,
and a member of Dow’s Corporate Crisis Management Team. In this role Scott provides functional leadership to Dow’s global Emergency
Services & Security expertise and operational organizations around the world.
Scott served on the executive committee of the Chemical Sector Coordinating Council of the Department of Homeland Security, was a member
of the inaugural US Coast Guard National Maritime Security Advisory Committee, and co-chaired a Chemical Sector Case Study on Information
Sharing sponsored by the US National Infrastructure Advisory Council. Scott has testified as a subject matter expert before several
congressional committees. Scott has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Center for Chemical Safety & Security, the
Global Security Advisory Group for the Transnational Threat Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the DHS Chemical
Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Risk Methodology External Expert Group and as an industry representative on the US delegation to the G7
Chemical Security Sub-Working Group.
Scott participated in the development and implementation of the former Chemical Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) - now the American
Chemistry Council (ACC) - Community Awareness & Emergency Response (CAER) initiative and the TRANSCAER initiative created by Union
Pacific Railroad and Dow. Scott was named by Security Magazine as one of the 25 most influential security executives in the U.S.; and was a
finalist for the Leadership Excellence Award sponsored by the Harvard Business Review and the United States Naval Academy’s Stockdale
Center for Ethical Leadership. Most recently Scott was recognized by Frost & Sullivan's Manufacturing Leadership Council as a 2016 recipient
of the Visionary Leadership award.
Scott joined Dow in 1979 and progressed through assignments in public affairs, emergency services and security. Before joining Dow Scott was
an officer in the U. S. Navy serving on the first crew of the USS Nimitz and in the Navy’s New York Information Office.
Scott is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy earning a Bachelor of Science degree in international relations; with post graduate and
executive education courses taken at the Joint Armed Services Defense Information School, New York Institute of Technology and Kellogg
School of Business at Northwestern University.
Adrian Sevier
Chief Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Washington, DC
Adrian Sevier has served as the Chief Counsel of FEMA since 2014. As the principal legal officer for the agency, Mr. Sevier is legal advisor to
the FEMA Administrator and FEMA senior leadership, serves as the agency Ethics Official, and is responsible for the direction and management
of the FEMA Office of Chief Counsel and the FEMA Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Mr. Sevier joined FEMA in 2000. Prior to becoming Chief Counsel he served as a field attorney deployed to disaster field offices, a staff attorney
at FEMA Headquarters and, for eight years, Deputy Chief Counsel.
Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. Sevier was a litigator in private practice in Boston, specializing in the areas of employment, civil rights and
constitutional law. Mr. Sevier received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.
Hon. Suzanne Spaulding
Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Washington, DC
Jeffrey Stern
State Coordinator, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Richmond, VA
Jeff Stern comes to VDEM from leadership positions in emergency management, public safety, and homeland security, having served in local
and federal government, the private sector, and academia. His career spans operational, policy-making, and advisory roles, from the
neighborhood firehouse to the White House. He helped lead incident management teams to Hurricanes Charley in Florida (2004) and Katrina in
New Orleans (2005) and supported medical relief efforts in Haiti and the Dominican Republic after the 2010 earthquake. After Hurricane Katrina,
he was selected as a White House Fellow and was later appointed by the president as Executive Director of the Homeland Security Advisory
Council at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Jeff has a Ph.D. in Public Administration/Public Affairs from Virginia Tech’s Center for Public Administration and Policy, an MPA from the
American University School of Public Affairs, and a B.A. in government from the College of William & Mary. He serves in advisory roles as a
non-resident Senior Fellow with the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute at Louisiana State University, as a member of the InterAgency
Board, and is a lecturer at Georgetown University’s graduate program in emergency and disaster management. He is the chair of the Virginia E911 Services Board and the State Administrative Agent for all federal homeland security and emergency management grant programs in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Gabriel Taran
Assistant General Counsel for Cyber and Infrastructure Programs (Acting), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
Gabriel Taran is the acting Assistant General Counsel for Cyber and Infrastructure Programs at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of
General Counsel, National Protection and Programs Law Division. During his six years at DHS, Mr. Taran has advised on the full range of
NPPD's cyber mission, including the deployment of technologies that protect federal Executive Branch systems, information sharing and incident
response engagements with the private sector, and cybersecurity legislation pertaining to DHS authorities and information sharing. Mr. Taran
has extensive experience working with attorneys and policymakers across the interagency as well as Congress and the private sector. Before
joining DHS in 2010, Mr. Taran was a senior associate at WilmerHale, LLP, in Washington, DC, where his matters involved cyber and
communications law, constitutional law, intellectual property and international issues. Before law school, Mr. Taran worked for five years as a
computer programmer. Mr. Taran graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and Harvard University, and clerked for the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Ed Thomas
President, Natural Hazard Mitigation Association, Quincy, MA
Ed Thomas is the President of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association. He is both an elected Fellow of the American
Bar Association Foundation and an elected member of the Council of the State and Local Government Section of the
American Bar Association (ABA). He is also the Chair of the Hazards Sub-Committee of the Land Use Planning and
Zoning Committee, of the ABA. In addition, Ed serves on the Advisory Committee of the Natural Hazards Center of the
University of Colorado and is an Instructor at the Harvard University School of Executive Education. He is an active
member of the Association of State Wetland Managers, and the American Planning Association. He is a former board
Member of the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
Ed retired from the Department of Homeland Security-Federal Emergency Management Agency after nearly thirty-five
years of Public Service. During his time in government, he worked primarily in Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and
Response. He also was extensively involved in Community Development, during his nearly 10 years with the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Ed also worked for the Michael Baker Jr. Engineering firm for over eight years.
Ed worked on about two hundred disasters and emergencies, serving as the President’s on scene representative, the Federal Coordinating
Officer, dozens of times.
Attorney Thomas is a graduate of Fordham College and a magna cum laude graduate of the New England School of Law in Boston. He a
frequent lecturer on Emergency Management issues, especially the Constitutional and Legal Aspects of Floodplain Regulations. He has
authored dozens of publications and articles on various Disaster related issues and regularly participates as a member of National Task Forces
and other boards in developing National disaster-related and floodplain management policies.
Ed has received numerous national and international awards including the nation’s highest award for Floodplain Management: The GoddardWhite Award from the Association of State Floodplain Managers. In addition, he received the Gulf of Maine Visionary Award from the
International Gulf of Maine Council, for his efforts in helping develop the NOAA StormSmart Coasts Program; as well as the first lifetime
achievement award from the Georgia Association of Floodplain Management. He also received the Arkansas Floodplain Management
Association Superior Excellence Award as well as twice receiving their “Silver Sandbag” Award.
He manages a private practice of Law, Edward A. Thomas Esq., LLC and lives with his wife in the floodplain of beautiful Marina Bay in Quincy,
Massachusetts.
Lucy L. Thomson
Founding Principal, Livingston PLLC, Washington, DC
Lucy Thomson, Esq. CISSP, is the founding principal of Livingston PLLC, a Washington, D.C. law firm that advises
government and private sector clients on legal and technology issues related to cybersecurity, global data privacy, and
compliance and risk management. She develops practical solutions to help companies prevent data breaches and address
the multitude of complex security challenges arising from new technologies. She is chief counsel to Bright Plaza, Inc., a
company that provides innovative encryption solutions through its operation of the Drive Trust Alliance (www.DriveTrust.com).
Appointed Consumer Privacy Ombudsman in 20 federal bankruptcy cases, she has overseen the disposition of more than
240 million electronic records.
Previously a senior engineer at CSC, a global technology company, she worked on two of the government’s largest
technology modernization projects: Customs and Border Protection and the IRS. While at CSC she was appointed a DHS
Information System Security Officer (ISSO) where she gained extensive hands-on experience conducting privacy and risk assessments and
developing FISMA security plans. A career attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Ms. Thomson managed and conducted complex
litigation in the Criminal and Civil Rights Divisions where she obtained convictions in complex white-collar crime cases, including Medicare and
consumer fraud, and landmark decisions in civil rights cases.
In the ABA Ms. Thomson has served in the House of Delegates since 2004. She is a past chair of the ABA Section of Science & Technology
Law (SciTech), a member of the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force, co-chair of SciTech’s Security, Privacy and Information Law Division and a
founder and past co-chair of its Homeland Security Committee. She is editor of the ABA Data Breach and Encryption Handbook (2011) that
analyzes the security failures of major data breaches and demystifies encryption, a contributing author to the ABA Cybersecurity Handbook, and
author of articles and book chapters on homeland security, emergency management, big data and IoT security, mobile device security, and
health care, bioinformatics and authentication of digital evidence.
As an APEC legal advisor, she focused on implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework through the development of Accountability Agents
and Enforcement Authorities in Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines and Vietnam. She received a Master’s degree from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 2001, earned the CISSP and CIPP/US/G certifications, and holds a J.D. degree from the Georgetown University
Law Center. An avid sailor, she races her J80 sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay.
Malcolm Tuesley
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC
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Congressman Jim Turner
Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC
Former Congressman Jim Turner brings nearly a quarter century of public service experience at the federal, state, and
local level to the clients of Arnold & Porter. During his four terms in the US House of Representatives, Mr. Turner, a
former Captain in the US Army Reserve, served as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security,
Ranking Member of the Terrorism Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee, and Ranking Member of the
Government Management and Technology Subcommittee of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. His
work after September 11, 2001, won praise from members of both parties for his leadership on critical issues affecting
US security and his vigorous oversight of the agencies under the jurisdiction of his committees.
Andrew Walker
Managing Director, Accenture, Washington, DC
Jody Westby
CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC, Washington, DC
Drawing upon a unique combination of more than twenty years of technical, legal, policy, and business experience, Ms.
Westby provides consulting and legal services to public and private sector clients around the world in the areas of privacy,
security, cybercrime, breach management, and IT governance. She also serves as Adjunct Professor to the Georgia Institute
of Technology’s School of Computer Science and is a professional blogger for Forbes.
Ms. Westby is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. She serves as co-chair of the
American Bar Association’s (ABA) Privacy and Computer Crime Committee (Science & Technology Law Section) and
Cybercrime Committee (Criminal Justice Section) and served three terms on the ABA President’s Cybersecurity Task Force.
She co-chaired the World Federation of Scientists’ (WFS) Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security and served on
the ITU Secretary-General’s High Level Experts Group on Cybersecurity.
Ms. Westby led the development of the International Toolkit on Cybercrime Legislation and is an editor and co-author of the 2010 WFS-ITU
publication, The Quest for Cyber Peace. Ms. Westby is co-author and editor of four books on privacy, security, cybercrime, and enterprise
security programs and author of two books on legal issues associated with cybersecurity research, all published by the ABA. She speaks
globally on these issues.
Previously, she launched In-Q-Tel, was senior managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was senior fellow and director of IT Studies for
the Progress and Freedom Foundation, and was director of domestic policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Westby practiced law at
Shearman & Sterling and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. B.A., summa cum laude, University of Tulsa; J.D., magna cum laude,
Georgetown University Law Center; Order of the Coif. Ms. Westby is a member of the American Bar Foundation and the Cosmos Club.
Brad Wiegmann
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, overseeing NSD’s Law and Policy Section, National Security Division, Department of Justice (DOJ),
Washington, DC
Thomas S. Winkowski
President, Global Border Solutions, LLC (former Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection), Washington, DC
Evan D. Wolff
Partner, Crowell & Morning, Washington, DC
Evan D. Wolff is a partner in Crowell & Moring's Washington, D.C. office where he helps lead the Privacy & Cybersecurity
practice. His practice focuses on homeland security, privacy, and data security including chemical security regulatory
compliance, SAFETY Act, corporate internal investigations, corporate compliance and governance, congressional
investigations, cyber security, and environmental audits. He has significant experience in the area of infrastructure
protection and a broad background in the areas of homeland security, environmental regulation and compliance, and
national security. Evan also advises companies on computer network security, general security issues, investigation
coordination after intrusions, data breaches, and insurance related issues.
Prior to entering private practice, Evan served as an advisor to the senior leadership at the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and other U.S. government agencies and was involved in the development of DHS. Previously, he held the
position of principal homeland security policy analyst/project manager to The MITRE Corporation. Evan has also served as general counsel and
senior geospatial analyst for lsciences LLC; vice president and principal of Environmental Protection International; and senior geologist at the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Adding to his credentials, Evan also serves on the Sandia National Lab External Advisory Board, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce National
Security Task Force, as a panel member on the Defense Science Board at the Department of Defense, senior adviser at the Homeland Security
and Defense Business Council. Evan is very involved with the ABA and is currently the co-chair of the ABA Homeland Security Law Institute,
senior adviser to the ABA committee on law and national Security. In 2011, Evan was invited to serve as a member of the Aspen Institute's
Homeland Security Group. Evan also serves as a senior associate (Non-Resident), Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program at the
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
In 2014, Evan co-authored an ABA Section of Criminal Justice article titled, "Industry Collaborations on Cybersecurity: Protecting Against
Antitrust Violations," which was selected as one of the "Best Articles" for the Business category, Anticompetitive Practice section at the 2015
Antitrust Writing Awards in Washington, D.C.
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Evan's experiences as a scientist, lawyer, and program manager help bring credibility and foundation to these important areas. He is one of the
few legal practitioners in Washington that has real, hands-on practical experience in the policies, programs, rules, and regulations that govern
them.
Evan is an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law and a global fellow with the Wilson Center. In addition to his role at
Crowell & Moring, Evan is also a managing director at The Chertoff Group, a global security advisory firm based in Washington, D.C.
David M. Wulf
Director, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington, DC
David “Dave” Wulf joined the Department of Homeland Security in July 2011, and currently serves as the Director of the Infrastructure Security
Compliance Division (ISCD), within the Office of Infrastructure Protection. ISCD leads the national implementation of the Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) to assess high-risk chemical facilities, promote collaborative security planning, and ensure that covered facilities
meet risk-based performance standards. In addition, ISCD manages the Department’s efforts to establish and implement a regulatory regime for
detonable ammonium nitrate products. Director Wulf serves as one of the co-chairs of the Chemical Security Sub-Working Group in support of
the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
Prior to joining DHS, Mr. Wulf held a number of positions at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), serving—among
other roles—as Chief of the Bureau’s Office of Regulatory Affairs and as Director of the National Center for Explosives Training and Research
(NCETR). As Chief of ATF’s Office of Regulatory Affairs, Mr. Wulf oversaw the establishment and implementation of regulatory frameworks in
the areas of firearms and explosives. As Director of the NCETR, Mr. Wulf managed ATF’s explosives-related training initiatives and built training
and research partnerships with Federal, State, local, tribal, and international law enforcement agencies, as well as with private-sector and
academic institutions. He was also responsible for establishing a permanent site for the NCETR in Huntsville, Alabama, and for managing the
activities of the Bureau’s National Canine Training and Operations Center.
Before becoming Director of the NCETR, Mr. Wulf spent nine years in ATF’s Office of the Chief Counsel, including service as ATF’s Senior
Counsel for Field Operations and as Acting Associate Chief Counsel for the Office’s Firearms, Explosives, and Arson Division. He also served
as Acting Deputy Assistant Director of ATF’s Office of Public and Governmental Affairs.
During his time at ATF, Mr. Wulf focused on a variety of initiatives to prevent and respond to bombings and other major incidents, working
closely with partners from across the law enforcement and homeland security communities. He worked to advance a National Strategy to
Combat Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States, to develop ATF’s Explosives Threat Assessment and Prevention Strategy, to address
issues relating to the threats posed by detonable ammonium nitrate fertilizers, and high-power rocket motors, and to manage efforts to evaluate
the efficacy of explosives-tagging technologies. He also served as a member of the interagency team that drafted the National Response Plan
and chaired the Emergency Support Function 13 (“ESF-13”—Public Safety and Security) National Steering Committee. Additionally, as co-chair
of the National Explosives Detection Canine Advisory Board, Mr. Wulf played an important role in establishing national standards for the
certification of bomb-sniffing dogs.
Prior to joining ATF, Mr. Wulf worked in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and also served as Associate Counsel at the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Raised in Peabody, Massachusetts, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Government and History from
Georgetown University and his law degree from the Emory University School of Law.
Col. Dawn Zoldi
General Counsel, Staff Judge Advocate, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
Col. Dawn M.K. Zoldi, United States Air Force (USAF), is the Staff Judge Advocate at Headquarters, United States Air
Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. As such, she acts as the senior legal advisor to the Superintendent,
Commandant of Cadets, Dean of Faculty, Athletic Director, 10th Air Base Wing Commander and staffs and supervises 26
attorneys and paralegals ,providing advice on all military justice and disciplinary issues, operations law, ethics, admin/civil
law, procurement, fiscal law, information/privacy law, Division I intercollegiate athletics, research projects/funding,
diversity, admissions, and recruiting at a premier institution focused on developing leaders of character for the United
States Air Force and the nation. In 1989, Colonel Zoldi simultaneously attained her B.A. degrees in history and
philosophy and M.A. degree in history from the University of Scranton. After attaining her J.D. from the Villanova
University School of Law in 1992, she was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and subsequently commissioned as a direct appointee in the Air Force. In 2010, the Colonel received her
M.S. with Academic Distinction in Military Strategic Studies from the Air War College. In her more than 20 years as a member of the USAF
JAGC, Colonel Zoldi has performed myriad duties at various echelons, including Wing, Headquarters Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force,
Combatant Command, and Major Command and has deployed forward in support of OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM,
and other HQ U.S. Central Command requirements. Throughout her career, Colonel Zoldi has frequently lectured and published, including as
an Assistant Professor of Law at the U.S. Air Force Academy and adjunct faculty to the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School. Her
publications include several Air Force guides used worldwide. She is widely published in scholarly journals on the topic of unmanned aerial
systems. Colonel Zoldi is the recipient of numerous awards and decorations, including the Defense Superior Service Medal. Her notable
recognition include the: 2008 American Bar Association Air Force Outstanding Military Career Service Judge Advocate Award; 2013 Thomas P.
Keenan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Operations Law; and the 2013 Air Combat Command Outstanding Senior Attorney of the Year.
Col Zoldi was recently appointed to the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Armed Forces and the Law (SCAFL) as an advisor in the area of
operations law.
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