- Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff , Secretary of Homeland Security, stated in a speech that "in setting up the new center, we've reorganized the way we combat these criminal organizations. And we really emphasized and facilitated a team approach at all levels of government and with the private sector to make sure we're bringing all the elements of national power to bear in dealing with what is a national and transnational problem."
- Robert Gates
Robert Michael Gates, born September 25 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards.
- Michael D. Brown
Michael DeWayne Brown (born November 8, 1954) was Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a position generally referred to as the director or administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He was appointed in January 2003 by President George W. Bush and resigned September 2005 following his poor handling of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
- Asa Hutchinson
Asa Hutchinson (born December 3, 1950) is a former U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the first-ever Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. A graduate of Bob Jones University and with a law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, …
- R. David Paulison
Robert David Paulison (b. 1947) was a firefighter who is currently serving as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Paulison was appointed by President George W. Bush on September 12, 2005 to replace the embattled Michael D. Brown, who resigned amid controversy over his handling of disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
- Kip Hawley
Editor's note: Today we unveil a new regular feature called "Five Good Questions." We'll interview an industry newsmaker about current issues and events. Our first interview is with Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley . He has served as administrator since July 27, 2005. Hawley brings more than 20 years of transportation and technology experience to TSA, now part of the Dept.
- Amit Yoran
Amit Yoran Former Director of National Cyber Security Department of Homeland Security Amit Yoran serves as an independent director and advisor to several early stage security technology companies and large corporations. He was appointed by President George W Bush as the Administration’s cyber chief, responsible for coordinating the national activities in cyber security.
- James Loy
James M. Loy, Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
- Joe Allbaugh
Joe M. Allbaugh (born July 27, 1952) is an American political figure in the Republican Party. After spending most of his career in Oklahoma and Texas, Allbaugh came to national prominence working for Texas governor George W. Bush and helping manage his 2000 presidential election campaign. Allbaugh then became a member of Bush's cabinet as Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) beginning in February 2001.
- Richard L. Skinner
Richard L. Skinner is the current Department of Homeland Security Inspector General (since July 28, 2005). He has served the U.S. Federal government since 1969, starting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Gordon Johndroe
Gordon Johndroe is Special Assistant to the President of the United States, George W. Bush and Press Secretary of the National Security Council. Mr. Johndroe previously served as Director of Strategic Communications and Planning at the State Department, Press Secretary to the First Lady, Laura Bush and as the Press Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security.
- Thad W. Allen
Admiral Thad William Allen (born January 16, 1949) is the twenty-third Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. Allen is most well known for his widely-praised performance directing the federal response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast region from September 2005 to January 2006. Allen served as the Coast Guard's chief of staff from May 2002 until May 2006. As chief of staff, Allen was third in the Coast Guard's command structure, …
- Hugo Teufel III
Hugo Teufel III (born July 25, 1961 in Albuquerque, NM, and raised in Wichita, KS and Denver, CO) was appointed as Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by Secretary Michael Chertoff on 21 July 2006, after a ten-month vacancy that was filled by acting Chief Privacy Officer, Maureen C. Cooney. Teufel is the second chief privacy officer for the DHS, after Nuala O'Connor Kelly, appointed by Secretary Tom Ridge.
- Michael P. Jackson
On March 10, 2005, Michael P. Jackson was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this role, Mr. Jackson serves as DHS’ chief operating officer, with responsibility for managing day-to-day operations. Mr. Jackson served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from May 2001 to August 2003. As Deputy Secretary, Mr.
- Michael Osterholm
Michael Osterholm Ph.D, MPH is a distinguished professor in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), and associate director of the Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD). Dr. Osterholm has served in many other public health capacities and is active in raising awareness of a potential influenza pandemic.
- Walid Shoebat
Walid Shoebat is an American citizen, born to Palestinian father and American mother. By self definition, he is a former PLO terrorist. Shoebat came to public attention by becoming an ardent critic of Islam and supporter of Israel. He describes himself as a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation who took part in terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. He is the founder of the Walid Shoebat Foundation, …
- Frank Figueroa
Frank Figueroa is a high ranking agent of the Department of Homeland Security. Figueroa was special agent who worked with Operation Predator, an anti-child-predator program from the Department of Homeland Security. Figueroa is in charge of the Tampa office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the department. On April 5, 2006, Figueroa pleaded guilty to exposing himself to an under-age girl.
- Butch Kinerney
Butch Kinerney is key national spokesperson for the National Flood Insurance Program and served as acting press secretary for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Kinerney rose to the position immediately following landfall of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. During Katrina and the ongoing recovery in the Gulf Coast, …
- Faisal Gill
Faisal Gill. [Source: Salon] It is discovered that the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence division policy director has disturbing associations with known radical militants. Faisal Gill, a White House political appointee with close ties to powerful Republican lobbyist Grover Norquist and no background in intelligence, failed to disclose on security clearance documents that he had worked with Abdurahman Alamoudi , a lobbyist with suspected terrorist ties.
- Tracy A. Henke
Tracy A. Henke, a native of Moscow Hills, Missouri, was a government official holding held high-level positions in the United States Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security -- both tenures which had some controversy. After earning a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Missouri, Columbia, Henke joined the Justice Department on June 25, 2001, as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General (PDAAG) of the Office of Justice Programs, …
- İbrahim Parlak
İbrahim Parlak is a Kurdish-American who has been accused by the U.S. Government of being a former member of the PKK, a rebel group that sought to win independence for Parlak's native Northern Kurdistan from Turkish rule. He was taken into custody by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on July 29 2004, based on his alleged past ties to the PKK. Parlak won his writ of habeas corpus and was released from prison on June 3 2005, …
- Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr.
Alfonso ("Al") Martinez-Fonts Jr. has been since November 27, 2005 the Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office at the United States Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Martinez-Fonts is responsible for the Private Sector Office, which provides a link between the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector of the United States.
- Laura Callahan
Laura Callahan is a former senior director at the United States Department of Homeland Security who was forced to resign after an investigation revealed that she and numerous other federal employees had obtained high-ranking government jobs through use of fabricated academic degrees received from diploma mills.
- Mike Carona
Michael S. Carona (born May 23 1955) is the Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California, the elected head of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, who gained national prominence began during the hunt for the killer of Samantha Runnion. After the quick capture of her murderer, Alejandro Avila, late night television host Larry King dubbed him "America's Sheriff" during an interview. Born in Santa Monica in Los Angeles County, …
- William Jeffrey
Dr. William Jeffrey is the 13th Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), sworn into the office on July 26, 2005. He was nominated by President Bush on May 25, 2005, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 22, 2005. He is a member of the Election Assistance Commission's Technical Guidelines Development Committee, tasked with assisting the EAC in drafting the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.
- T. Alexander Aleinikoff
T. Alexander Aleinikoff was the Executive Associate Commissioner for Programs during CUSA. Following a shakeup that resulted in the departure of the EAC for Programs in June 1995, Meissner asked Aleinikoff, who had been INS General Counsel since 1994 (and had previously co-authored a textbook on Immigration Law 21 ), to assume the position. 22
- Frank Terreri
United States Federal Air Marshal (FAM) Frank Terreri filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Central District of California against Senior Executive Managers of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Air Marshal Service for establishing policies that prohibit him from speaking publicly about his job or saying anything in connection with the FAM Service.
- Steven Best
Steven Best (born December 1955) is an American animal rights activist, author, talk-show host, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been described as "one of the leading scholarly voices on animal rights." Best is co-founder of the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA), the first group dedicated to the philosophical discussion of animal liberation.
- George Naccara
George Naccara is currently serving as the Federal Security Director (FSD) for the Transportation Security Administration under the Department of Homeland Security at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to his appointment as FSD in May 2002, Admiral Naccara served in the U.S. Coast Guard for over 33 years, retiring as a Rear Admiral from a position as the First Coast Guard District Commander in Boston.
- Lance Hoffman
Lance J. Hoffman is Distinguished Research Professor of Computer Science at The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, DC. He initiated and taught the first course on computer security in a regular accredited degree program in the United States at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970 and established the computer security program there and at GW and led GW’s to national recognition as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
- Jake Brahm
Jake Joseph Brahm (born 1986) is an American grocery store clerk, blogger, and alleged terrorist. He attained notoriety when a post he made on the 4chan imageboard was interpreted as a terrorist threat by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Although doubting the credibility of the threat, the DHS warned the National Football League (NFL) of this threat via a memo which was later leaked to the press.
- Stephen Rademaker
Stephen G. Rademaker joined Barbour Griffith and Rogers in January 2007 following a distinguished career in all three branches of government. He came to the firm from the staff of Senate majority Leader Bill Frist, where he served as Policy Director for National Security Affairs and Senior Counsel. In 2002 he was confirmed by the Senate as an Assistant Secretary of State, and from then until 2006 he headed at various times three bureaus of the Department of State, …
- Melvin Bernstein
Melvin Bernstein (b. ?), PhD is acting director of the Office of Research and Development, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Vice President for Research at the University of Maryland. Bernstein holds a doctorate in Metallurgy and Material Science at Columbia University.
- Edmund C. Moy
Edmund C. Moy is an American government official. He is currently serving as the 38th Director of the United States Mint, where he oversees the world’s largest manufacturer of coins, medals, and numismatic products. A native of Wisconsin, Moy is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There he joined Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity.
- Amer El-Maati
Amer el-Maati is a suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization. His original full name might be Amro Badr-Eldin Abou el-Maati. He had a Canadian passport (now expired) in the name Amro Badr Abouelmaati. The Arabic surname is properly "Abu al-Maati" (أبو المعاطي) and not just "al-Maati".
- Larry J. Kolb
Larry J. Kolb is the author of "Overworld: The LIfe and Times of a Reluctant Spy" (New York: Riverhead Books, 2004) and "America at Night: The True Story of Two Rogue CIA Operatives, Homeland Security Failures,Dirty Money, and a Plot to Steal the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election- by the Former Intelliigence Agent Who Foiled Their Plan" (New York: Riverhead Books, 2007). Prior to his career as an author, Kolb, by his own account, …
- Marisa Lino
Marisa Lino (1950) is an American diplomat. She was born in Portland, Oregon, and received an M.A. in international affairs from The George Washington University in 1972 and B.A. in political science from Portland State University in 1971. In May 1999, she received an honorary doctorate of international affairs from John Cabot University. Her career at the State Department included overseas positions in Albania, Italy, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq and Peru.
- Delon Dotson
Delon Dotson is an expatriate American technologist and businessman who has played key roles in several businesses, including Netscape Communications and MP3.com. He is currently CEO and founder of PalmTree Technology. Dotson's entrepenuerial career begin as a founder and CEO of a technical outsourcing firm located in southern California. He moved on from that to Netscape Communications, …
- Roger Macklin
Roger Macklin was appointed, on March 25, 2003, to the position of Department of Homeland Security Counternarcotics Officer by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, John P. Walters.
- Ryan Fraser
Ryan Fraser works for the Department of Homeland Security and is a referee for the American Hockey League, the minor league associated with the National Hockey League. He is the son of referee Kerry Fraser. Ryan Fraser wears number 14.