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 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
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TWO MEMBERS
ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Becraft, Senior Vice President, Federal Civilian Services Group, Serco
Patrick Schambach
Vice President/General Manager, Homeland Security & Law Enforcement, CSC
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| FEATURED PIECE FROM OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY |  | | Deloitte's White Paper on Information Sharing |
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SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY'S WHITE PAPERS TODAY! |
The Council is compiling a Digital Library on our website that features our members' white papers and thought leadership pieces. We invite you to submit documents, podcasts, and speeches of senior executives you would like included in this comprehensive resource of private sector thought leadership. Please contact Kristina Tanasichuk to submit material. |
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THANK YOU SPONSORS
The Council thanks all of our members for their support and participation throughout 2010. We'd like to recognize and thank those members and companies for their sponsorships that supported our programs and monographs. Thank you!
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Marc Pearl
President & CEO
Joe Carden
Vice President
Membership | Government Affairs
Kristina Tanasichuk
Vice President
Thought Leadership | Strategic Partnerships | Communications
Melissa Middlesworth
Manager
Events | Public Affairs
Homeland Security & Defense Business Council 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1008 Washington, DC 20036 202-470-6440 |
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR | |
Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing all of you soon at our upcoming events and participating on our committees. Your continued support and active involvement in the Council's programs and initiatives is greatly appreciated. Our world-class membership of the best and brightest homeland security/homeland defense minds have made the Council what it is today and we are excited for continued progress throughout the new year. Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and successful 2011! |
| UPCOMING EVENTS | |
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - January 28 - Government Affairs Luncheon with James McCament, Chief of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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February 9 - Executive Roundtable with Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol
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Seating is limited - one senior executive per member company
March 16 - Annual Members Meeting
REGISTER
Members only
March 22 - Executive Roundtable with Nick Nayak, Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Seating is limited - one senior executive per member company. Please note that this is a dinner event. |
| DHS/ODNI - PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS PROGRAM | | DHS and ODNI are looking for assistance in identifying candidates for a six month joint project between the private sector and intelligence community analysts. The goal of the project is to establish collaborative partnerships between subject matter experts in the private sector and intelligence community analysts, and will be focused on the following topic areas: Emerging Technologies; Biodefense; Supply Chain Security; Southwest Border Security; and Telecommunications. If you would like to nominate mid or senior level SMEs from your company to participate in this program, please contact Melissa Middlesworth no later than Monday, January 10, and we will provide you with additional information. |
| ANNUAL DINNER | |
 Council members and friends attended our Annual Dinner on December 9 at the Willard Hotel. The Council presented Mark Sullivan, Director, U.S. Secret Service, with our Lifetime Distinguished Service Award, and recognized IBM as the Corporate Member of the Year and Optelecom-NFK, Inc. as the Small Business Member of the Year.
 Council Chairman, Jack Mayer, Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton, challenged members to increase thought leadership work on critical challenges in homeland security and to continue building a reputation as a true, value-added resource for the Department of Homeland Security and other public organizations. Click here to read the press release and remarks from the event.
The Council thanks the following generous members for sponsoring our Dinner:
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| THE 9/10/11 PROJECT | |
Upcoming Monographs Need a Sponsor!
As you know, on the 10th of every month, the Council publishes a new monograph on critical topics to homeland security. If your company is interested in sponsoring a monograph, you will be interviewed extensively, have final approval over the document and receive two full page color ads in the piece.
Sponsorships are available for the following upcoming monographs:
Disaster Preparedness - March
Maritime and Port Security - April
Biometrics and ID Authentication - May
If your company is interested in being a sole sponsor please contact Kristina Tanasichuk.
 The Council would like to thank those members who were interviewed and Telcordia for sponsoring our next monograph on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Check the web for its release on January 10. |
| EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE WITH DR. TARA O'TOOLE | |
 Dr. Tara O'Toole, DHS Under Secretary for Science & Technology, spoke to a group of Council members at our December Executive Roundtable. Dr. O'Toole discussed biodefense initiatives, S&T's role in supporting the Department's components, and their efforts to identify future problems and threats. The Council thanks Mike Kelly for moderating the discussion.
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