Members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

William “Bill” Webster (Chair) served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1987 to 1991. Prior to his service as CIA Director, he served as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Judge Webster has been awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, Presi­ dential Medal of Freedom, and the National Security Medal. Following his tenure as CIA Director, Judge Webster worked with the Law Firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy.

Gary Hart (Vice Chair) is the Chairman for the Council for a Livable World and Chairman of the American Security Project. The former Senator from Colorado served on the Hart-Rudman Commission and is an Advisory Board member for the Partner­ ship for a Secure America. He is currently a Scholar in Resi­ dence at the University of Colorado.

Norman “Norm” Augustine is the retired President and CEO of Lockheed Martin. He served as assistant director of defense research and engineering to the Secretary of Defense and both assistant secretary and under secretary of the Army, consecu­ tively. He was a member of the Hart-Rudman Commission and was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the Presi­ dent, as well as being five times honored with the Distinguished Service Medal.

Leroy “Lee” Baca is Sheriff of Los Angeles County. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Optimist Youth Homes and Ranch, Puente Learning Center, Buena Nueva Foundation, EMEK Hebrew Academy, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, and serves on the Board of Governors of the USC Alumni Association. Sheriff Baca commands the largest Sheriff's De­ partment in the world and supervises more than 13,000 sworn and civilian personnel. Richard “Dick” Cañas is the Director of the New Jersey Of­ fice of Homeland Security and Preparedness. Cañas has served as Director of the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC); Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Admini­ stration’s (DEA’s) Phoenix, Arizona Divisional Office; Special Assistant to the Latin American section of the Central Intelli­ gence Agency; and on the White House’s National Security Council (NSC). He has received eight Excellence in Manage­ ment Awards from the DEA, and three Presidential Letters of Commendation.

Kenneth “Chuck” Canterbury is the National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police labor organization in the country. Prior to his Service as President, Mr. Canterbury spent 25 years with the Horry County Police Department of Conway, South Carolina. Mr. Canterbury worked in the Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations Division, and served as the Training Division Supervisor. Most recently, he served as Chief of the Operations Bureau. Mr. Canterbury has testified before Congress on a number of law enforcement issues and is a mem­ ber of the National Medal of Valor Board.

Jared “Jerry” Cohon is the President of Carnegie Mellon Uni­ versity in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Cohon served as a Legislative Assistant for en­ ergy and the environment for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. President Bill Clinton appointed him to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board in 1995 and appointed him to serve as Chair in 1997. Dr. Cohon has taught at Johns Hopkins Univer­ sity and was the Dean of the School of Forestry and Environ­ mental Science at Yale University prior to being appointed President of Carnegie Mellon in 1997.

Ruth David is President and CEO of ANSER. Dr. David served as Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency. She represented the CIA on nu­ merous national committees and advisory bodies, including the National Science and Technology Council and the Committee on National Security. Manny Diaz is the Mayor of Miami, Florida. Mayor Diaz is also president of the United States Conference of Mayors. He serves on the advisory boards for the Manhattan Institute’s Cen­ ter for Civic Innovation, the University of Pennsylvania’s Insti­ tute for Urban Research, and the Mayors’ Institute on City De­ sign. Mayor Diaz is a partner in the law firm of Diaz & O’Na­ ghten, L.L.P.

Clark Kent Ervin is the Director of the Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program. Before joining the Institute in 2005, he served as the first Inspector General for the United States Department of Homeland Security. Prior to his service at DHS, he was the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Ervin was Associate Director of Policy in the White House Office of National Service in the administration of Presi­ dent George H.W. Bush and has practiced law twice in the pri­ vate sector.

Louis Freeh served as the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1993 through 2001. Before becom­ ing Director, he was an FBI Special Agent, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, and as a Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Following his service as Director, Judge Freeh was employed as Senior Vice Chairman and General Counsel of MBNA. Judge Freeh cur­ rently serves as Senior Managing Partner of the Freeh Group International.

Ellen Gordon is an Associate Director and Faculty for the Na­ val Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Se­ curity. Ms. Gordon previously served as the Governor’s Home­ land Security Advisor and the Homeland Security and Emer­ gency Management Administrator for the state of Iowa. She is the former President of the National Emergency Management Association. Ms. Gordon is the 2004 recipient of the Curtis H. “Butch” Straub Award, for exemplary academic achievement and leadership from the Naval Postgraduate School. Lee Hamilton is President and Director of the Woodrow Wil­ son International Center for Scholars and director of The Cen­ ter on Congress at Indiana University. Hamilton served for 34 years in Congress, representing Indiana's Ninth District. Since leaving the House, Hamilton has served as a commissioner on the Hart-Rudman Commission, the Commission to Investigate Certain Security Issues at Los Alamos, and the 9/11 Commis­ sion.

Raymond Kelly is the Police Commissioner of the City of New York. Commissioner Kelly formerly served as Senior Managing Director, Global Corporate Security, at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Before that, he served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service and as Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department. He also served on the executive commit­ tee and was elected Vice President for the Americas of Interpol.

John Magaw is a self-employed domestic and international se­ curity consultant who most recently served as the Under Secre­ tary for Security at the Department of Transportation. Magaw has served as the Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and led the Office of National Preparedness with FEMA. Mr. Magaw has also served as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Director of the Secret Service.

Jeff Moss is the Founder and Director of Black Hat and DEF­ CON Computer Hacker Conferences. Prior to Black Hat, Mr. Moss was a director at Secure Computing Corporation where he helped establish the Professional Services Department in the United States, Asia, and Australia. He has also worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division. Martin O’Malley is the Governor of Maryland. He started his career as the Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, as a member of the Baltimore City Council, and eventually as Mayor of Baltimore City.

Sonny Perdue was sworn in as Georgia’s 81st Governor in 2003. Governor Perdue immediately began to work on reform­ ing the state budget and cutting wasteful spending. During his first term, Georgia created 200,000 new jobs and posted the highest graduation rates and SAT scores in state history. He easily won re-election to a second term in 2006. Prior to his service as Governor, he was a Captain in the United States Air Force, a member of the Houston County Planning and Zoning Board and a member of the Georgia State Senate.

Harold Schaitberger is the General President of the Interna­ tional Association of Firefighters. He also serves as a vice presi­ dent of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and on the AFL­ CIO Executive Committee, where he is a vice president of the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council.

Joe Shirley Jr. is the President of the Navajo Nation. He served as Executive Director of the Navajo Division of Social Services and on various committees of the Navajo Nation Council. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Counties (NACo). He also served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the President's Commis­ sion of Sustainable Communities in Washington, D.C. Kareem Shora is the National Executive Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). He received the American Immigration Lawyers Association “Arthur C. Helton Human Rights Award.” He has been pub­ lished in multiple law journals and is a frequent guest on Al- Jazeera, BBC, and numerous American television programs. In 2008, he was selected by the Ford Foundation as a member of the Foreign Policy Task Force designing their Laboratory for New Thinking on Foreign Policy. Mr. Shora is a regular guest lecturer at Yale University School of Law.

Lydia Thomas is a trustee and former President and CEO of Noblis, Inc. Prior to Noblis, Dr. Thomas was with the MITRE Corporation where she held a series of technical and manage­ ment positions spanning the areas of energy, environment, health, and communication systems. She is a member of the Virginia Governor’s Commission on Climate Change and serves on the Board of Directors of the Cabot Corporation, the United States Energy Association, and the Northern Virginia Technol­ ogy Council. Dr. Thomas also serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of The George Washington University.

Frances Fragos Townsend is a partner at Baker Botts, L.L.P. She is the former Assistant to the President for Homeland Secu­ rity and Counterterrorism and Assistant District Attorney. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Dep­ uty National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism. She came to the White House from the United States Coast Guard, where she had served as Assistant Commandant for Intelligence.

Chuck Wexler is Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum. Mr. Wexler worked as an assistant to the na­ tion’s first Director of the Office of National Drug Control Pol­ icy and Operations Assistant to the Police Commissioner. He was instrumental in the development and management of the Community Disorders Unit, which earned a national reputation for successfully prosecuting and preventing racially motivated crime. In February 2006, he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for his extensive work with British and Ameri­ can police agencies. John “Skip” Williams is the Provost of The George Washing­ ton University (GWU) and serves as the Vice President for Health Affairs at the GWU Medical Center. In 2002, The Re­ public of Panama bestowed the Order of Vasco Nunez de Bal­ boa on Dr. Williams for his efforts to create the International Center for Tropical Diseases and Genomic Studies. He has also received a commendation from the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation for “Lifelong com­ mitment to Health in the United States.”

Ex Officio Members

Edward Mueller is Chairman and CEO of Qwest. Prior to joining Williams-Sonoma as CEO, Mr. Mueller held a variety of executive level positions with several telecommunications com­ panies, including Ameritech, SBC International Operations, Pa­ cific Bell and Southwestern Bell Telephone. Mr. Mueller was named by President George W. Bush in April 2008, to chair the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Mr. Mueller currently serves as a director of The Clorox Com­ pany and McKesson Corporation.

Erle Nye is the chairman emeritus of TXU Corp. Nye serves on the board of directors of the Edison Electric Institute and is past chairman of the board of directors of the Electric Power Research Institute, North American Electric Reliability Council, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and the Nuclear En­ ergy Institute. Nye served on the advisory committee to the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and on the U. S. Department of Energy’s Electric System Reli­ ability Task Force. He is also a member of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.