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Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness and Response
Daniel Kaniewski Kaniewski's homeland security experience in the executive and legislative branches makes him uniquely qualified to analyze the homeland security policymaking process. His published works calling for a House Select Committee on Homeland Security were circulated widely in the months before the eventual creation of this committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kaniewski also has extensive first responder experience, both as a firefighter/paramedic and as well as a policy advisor to first responder organizations.
Office: (202) 994-2437
Frank
Cilluffo
Cilluffo joined GW from the White House where he served as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Shortly following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Cilluffo was appointed by President George W. Bush to the newly created Office of Homeland Security. In his capacity as Special Assistant to the President for External Affairs, Cilluffo was responsible for engaging and building partnerships with the private sector, academic, and state and local officials and emergency responders on homeland security policies and initiatives. He was a principal advisor to Governor Tom Ridge and directed the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council and its four Senior Advisory Committees. Prior to his White House appointment, Cilluffo spent eight years in senior policy positions with the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a Washington based "think tank.” At CSIS he chaired or directed numerous committees and task forces on homeland defense, counterterrorism, transnational crime, and information warfare and information assurance.
Jack Harrald
Professor Harrald has been actively engaged in the fields of maritime safety, emergency
management, and crisis management, as a researcher in his academic career and as
a practitioner during his 22-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. He has written
and published in the fields of crisis management, management science, risk and
vulnerability analysis, and maritime safety. Dr. Harrald is the co-coordinator
of the Corporate Crisis Management Roundtable and is a founding member,
director, and president of The International Emergency Management Society
(TIEMS). Office: (202) 994-7153
Joseph A. Barbera Professor Barbera is residency trained in emergency medicine and family medicine and has been involved in disaster response and emergency management since 1986. He has participated in responses to hurricanes, the Oklahoma City bombing, mine disasters, earthquakes (Baguio City Philippines, Northridge California), and biological terrorism threats. Dr. Barbera has been the lead medical consultant for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and provides emergency management expertise to multiple other organizations, including the White House Medical Staff, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Washington Veterans Administration Medical Center. He is a national and international lecturer on emergency management and medical contingency planning. Office: (202) 994-8424 Keith Holtermann Professor
Holtermann's areas of expertise include emergency services dispatch;
disaster preparation; and emergency management of nuclear, biologic,
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