Ms. Elaine Duke, former Under Secretary for Management at DHS. Ms. Duke served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for TSA, DHS chief procurement officer, and deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management before serving as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management for two administrations. She has extensive and in-depth understanding of DHS and the nation’s entire homeland security enterprise.

Dr. Stephen Flynn, President, Center for National Policy. Dr. Flynn spent a decade as a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as the lead policy advisor on homeland security for President Obama’s transition team. He also currently serves as a member of the bipartisan National Security Preparedness Group, is a consulting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and is a senior fellow at the Wharton School’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Larry Castro, Managing Director, Chertoff Group. Mr. Castro served as the National Security Agency/Central Security Service representative to DHS since its inception in 2003. He also led the Defensive Information Operations Group within NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate. Mr. Castro now focuses on cyber security; information sharing across federal, state, and local governments; and intelligence support for crises and special events

Dr. David McIntyre, former Director of the Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University. Dr. McIntyre served as a member of the National Security Education Board, the National Board of Directors of the FBI’s InfraGard National Members Alliance, an academic advisor to the University and Colleges Committee of the International Association of Emergency Managers, and on the Steering Committee of the Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Association.

Col. Terry Ebbert (USMC, retired), CEO, Ebbert & Associates. Colonel Ebbert is the former director of homeland security for the City of New Orleans. He served as the incident commander and coordinated all local, state, and federal responses to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He provides consulting, training, and education in emergency preparedness, public safety, disaster management, and security. During his distinguished career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Col. Ebbert received the Navy Cross.