Board of Advisors:
Dr. Marvin J. Cetron
Dr. Marvin Cetron serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Dr. Cetron is one of the preeminent forecaster-futurists in the world. For more than 50 years, he has pioneered corporate and government forecasting, developing many of the techniques that other forecasters now use daily. He remains one of the most active and respected practitioners in this field.
During this long and productive career, Dr. Cetron has consulted for 400 of the Fortune 500 firms, 150 professional and academic associations, and more than 100 government agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). His overseas clients have included the European Community; planning and finance ministries of Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia; and companies such as Saab-Scandia and World Travel Market. He served as an advisor to the White House for every administration, Republican and Democratic, from the time of John Kennedy through the Clinton years.
Dr. Cetron, together with Peter Probst of the Central Intelligence Agency, coauthored the 1994 study, Terror 2000: The Future Face of Terror. This landmark study predicted virtually the entire course of terrorism in the years since. Specific forecasts included the rise of large-scale terrorist attacks by Muslim extremists, coordinated attacks on widely distant targets, a devastating assault on the World Trade Center, and the deliberate crash of an airplane into the Pentagon.
During his 20-year career in research and development planning and forecasting with the U.S. Navy, Dr. Cetron was in charge of the design, development, and implementation of the largest, most comprehensive technological forecast of the United States ever conducted.
Dr. Cetron has a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, a MS degree in Production Management from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Research and Development Management from American University.
He is a member of the Board of Advisors of both Pennsylvania State University and the University of Delaware.
The Honorable Jay M. Cohen serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Hon. Cohen joins NSAWW after a 38-year career with the US Navy and, most recently, the Department of Homeland Security. After retiring from the Navy in February 2006 with the rank of Rear Admiral, Hon. Cohen was unanimously confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as Undersecretary for Science and Technology for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS S&T) in August of that year.
As a testament to his force of personality and management prowess, in two short years Hon. Cohen transformed DHS S&T. At the time of his assuming the position, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 U.S. Senate Appropriations Report described DHS S&T as “a rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course”. Through Hon. Cohen’s leadership and the people and programs he put in place, the FY 2008 Senate Appropriations Report stated the committee “is pleased with the rapid progress S&T appears to be making…” and in FY 2009 the Congress added $63M to the nearly $1B DHS S&T budget and directed that Hon. Cohen be given acquisition authority over his responsible programs. The output focused, customer oriented makeover of DHS S&T (from the lowest morale federal government component in 2006 to amongst the highest in 2008) is a success story that is captured in Hill testimony, press articles, international partnerships, and a recent National Geographic TV special “Hi-Tech War on Terror” that documents the high risk/high gain innovation portfolio which Hon. Cohen put in place to make the nation safer.
Prior to his role with DHS, Hon. Cohen held positions of increasing responsibility with the US Navy. In June 2000, he became the 20th Chief of Naval Research. He served as CNR for nearly six years during Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Department of the Navy’s Chief Technology Officer, reporting directly to the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. In that capacity, he was responsible for the $2B+/year Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology (S&T) Program (involving basic research to applied technology portfolios and contracting), and coordinated investments with other U.S. and international S&T providers to rapidly meet war fighter combat needs. Before that, from 1999 to 2000, he acted as Director of the Navy Y2K Project, the organization responsible for transitioning all Navy computer systems into the 21st century. In October 1997 he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral following four years as Deputy Chief of Navy Legislative Affairs. His first Flag officer assignment was as Deputy Director for Operations for the Joint Staff, and was responsible to the President and Department of Defense leaders for strategic weapons release authority.
His earlier Navy assignments included service on conventional and nuclear submarines. From 1985 to 1988 Cohen commanded USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER, and from 1991 to 1993 he commanded the submarine tender USS L.Y. SPEAR, including a deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation DESERT STORM. Between commands he served on the U.S. Atlantic Fleet as a senior member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board, responsible for certifying the safe operation of nuclear powered ships and crews.
Hon. Cohen holds Master of Science in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a joint Ocean Engineering degree from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was commissioned into the Navy in 1968 upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy.
Daniel Costello serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat'l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Mr. Costello has more than a decade of experience reporting on business coverage, focusing mainly on the healthcare industry. He has extensive background and contacts within hospital and insurance enterprises and has a strong and comprehensive knowledge of healthcare policy, state & federal regulation, as well as the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
As a reporter for renowned publications, such as The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Costello frequently interviewed high-profile business leaders, policy makers and civil leaders. Highlights include personal interviews with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as many members of the US Congress.
Mr. Costello's most recent work experience includes assignments with National Public Radio (NPR), where he covered Wall Street, provided general financial coverage and generated content for the NPR.org blog.
In 2008, Mr. Costello covered the Lehman Brothers and subsequent Wall Street collapse for National Public Radio, in addition to providing editorial guidance for on-air reporters and producers.
From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Costello worked for The Los Angeles Times, where he served as Editor and as an investigative reporter, focusing mainly on the healthcare industry. In 2005 he was selected to be a Healthcare Media Fellow. Mr. Costello was selected out of over 5000 well-qualified applicants to receive a year-long fellowship, the purpose of which was to propose and implement research projects on the effects of rising insurance costs. While at the Times, he also reported on and wrote a year-long series on homelessness in the Los Angeles area, culminating in two dozen editorials that sparked widespread local reform. In 2007, Mr. Costello won the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger & Homelessness Award in recognition of the impact of his editorials.
Previously, he served as a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, writing feature articles and weekly columns on topics ranging from social, cultural and economical issues to the entertainment industry.
Mr. Costello has also worked for the Kaiser Family Foundation, where he expanded industry and related financial impact knowledge through non-partisan research and article generation regarding issues surrounding the healthcare industry, and Amerindo Investment Advisors, where he advised on billion dollar Wall Street firms specializing in small cap biotechnology and technology stocks.
Mr. Costello graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and a concentration in Japanese. He is currently finishing up a Master of Business Administration degree at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business Global Executive Program.
Lieutenant General Robert T. Dail serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat'l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
General Dail retired from the United States Army in November of 2008 after 33 years of service. His last tour on active duty was as the 15th Director of the Defense Logistics Agency. General Dail served in that capacity from August 2006 to November 2008. The Defense Logistics Agency, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with the full range of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war.
Prior to DLA, General Dail served as the deputy commander of the United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. USTRANSCOM is a Unified Command responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the nation's global defense transportation system, commanding components of the Army, Navy and Air Force. During his military career, General Dail commanded and led logistics and transportation units at every level, from platoon to corps, across the full range of Army combat capabilities. He also had extensive experience in joint operations and strategic level logistics.
During his military career, General Dail commanded and led logistics and transportation units at every level, from platoon to corps, across the full range of Army combat capabilities. He also had extensive experience in joint operations and strategic level logistics.
After retiring from the Army, General Dail joined Supreme Group, Inc, a global logistics services company headquartered in The Netherlands with 2009 revenues of $3.2B, and serves as President of Supreme Group USA, located in Fairfax, Virginia. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of LMI Consulting in Alexandria, Virginia; and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of ADS Technology, Inc. in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
General Dail graduated from the University of Richmond in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He also holds Master's Degrees from Boston University, the National Defense University, and the United States Army Command and General Staff College. His military education includes the Transportation Officers Basic and Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
General Dail's military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Ranger Tab, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Australian Parachutist Badge and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
Steven Pomerantz serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
In January of 2005 he joined the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) as Director of Counter Terrorism, and in December of 2007 he assumed the responsibilities of JINSA’s Associate Executive Director. Mr. Pomerantz is the architect of the JINSA Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP) which brings high ranking American Law Enforcement Executives to Israel to study best practice counter terrorism methodology. The Law Enforcement Exchange Program also sponsors conferences in the United States featuring Israeli security experts. To date over 8,000 American Law enforcement officers have benefited from LEEP conferences.
Mr. Pomerantz retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in June 1995 after a career spanning 27 years. During that period he rose from a field investigative Special Agent to the rank of Assistant Director, the third highest position in the FBI at the time.
Mr. Pomerantz served three separate tours of duty at FBI Headquarters and held various field assignments including Special Agent in Charge of all FBI operations in the state of Washington. Among his Headquarters assignments Mr. Pomerantz, served as chief, Counter-Terrorism Section. In that capacity, Mr. Pomerantz was responsible for supervision of all FBI counter-terrorism investigations both domestically and abroad. He was also involved extensively in law enforcement and intelligence service liaison as part of the worldwide effort to combat terrorism.
Mr. Pomerantz also served successively as Assistant Director in Charge of two of the FBI’s Headquarters Divisions; The Administrative Services Division, which oversees all of the FBI’s Personnel and Financial matters and the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, the largest single organizational entity in the FBI. The CJIS Division provides technical and criminal justice information services to virtually every criminal justice agency in the United States as well as having extensive dealings abroad.
Mr. Pomerantz has represented the FBI and the law enforcement community on numerous occasions in a variety of settings both domestically and internationally. He is an expert in the area of terrorism as well as criminal justice information and technical matters. He has testified before Congress on both issues and is regularly called upon by the media to comment on issues involving terrorism and law enforcement. Mr. Pomerantz was the recipient of numerous awards and commendations during his career.
Mr. Pomerantz holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and attended post graduate school at the University of Southern California and Detroit University. Prior to entering the FBI he served five years in the United States Air Force, attaining rank of Captain. He is married to Ms. Karen Tandy, former Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), US Department of Justice.
Mario Possamai serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Mr. Possamai is an experienced independent consultant, a sought-after speaker and a noted lecturer on security issues ranging from emergency management and pandemic planning to terrorism, organized crime, black market economies, and money laundering.
Prior to joining the NSAWW Board of Advisors, Mr. Possamai acted as Senior Advisor to Ontario Superior Court Justice Archie Campbell, who headed the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Commission, the judicial inquiry into the outbreak of SARS in Ontario in 2003. In that capacity, Mr. Possamai was responsible for issues related to pandemic planning, emergency management and occupational health and safety. In addition, Mr. Possamai was the SARS Commission’s liaison on a pandemic research project conducted by the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at Fort Belvoir, and was an invited participant at the DTRA’s conference in 2006 on “Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions to Control the Spread of Pandemic Influenza: Relevance and Applicability of Lessons from 1918 to Current Pandemic Planning.”
Previously, Mr. Possamai served as an investigative consultant from 2001 to 2003 to a Western European corporation overseeing the multi-phase forensic financial investigation of a number of counterfeiting gangs in the Middle East and the Balkans. These investigations led to the identification of illicit production sites, staging areas, supply chains and distribution networks, and the resulting evidence was effectively used in multi-jurisdictional civil and criminal actions.
Prior to this, Mr. Possamai served as lead investigative consultant in a complex investigation into counterfeiting operations in Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil. Through the use of sophisticated undercover operations, Mr. Possamai and his team identified counterfeiting factories, warehouses and smuggling routes. The resulting evidence led to criminal prosecutions and civil actions. The results of his investigation also led to public policy discussion papers aimed at addressing the root causes of underground economic activity.
Mr Possamai was also an integral participant in the forensic team that investigated the Bre-X gold mining fraud in Indonesia in 1997, identifying and tracing criminal proceeds. The investigation identified the complex conspiracy behind the $1 billion USD fraud (the largest gold fraud in history) and how it had defied detection over a multi-year period. It also located the source of the gold deep in the Borneo jungle that had been used to fraudulently “salt” core samples.
From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Possamai provided independent forensic financial consulting services to the Director of Public Prosecutions in a southern African country in connection with a number of fraud, corruption and money laundering investigations. Mr. Possamai managed a multi-disciplinary team whose activities included tracing corruptly acquired assets, locating and interviewing witnesses, analyzing documents and preparing legal briefs. He briefed, on an ongoing basis, the country’s Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Finance.
Mr. Possamai holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Applied Arts from Ryerson Polytechnic University. Mr. Possamai also holds the designation of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) and sits on its Global Terrorism, Political Instability, and International Crime Council. He resides in Toronto, Canada.
Frank P. Pugliese, Jr. serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat'l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Pugliese held the position of Managing Director for Government Business Development at the DuPont Corporation. DuPont Corporation is a global corporation operating in more than 70 countries with 79,000 employees and $24 billion in sales. As Managing Director, his primary responsibility was to create and lead a team of marketing executives to help build and expand business opportunities for DuPont in the Federal Marketplace. A major emphasis was placed on the identification and creation of new sustainable streams of revenue for many of DuPont’s available products and services.
Prior to joining the DuPont Corporation, Mr. Pugliese served as Managing Associate at O’Conner and Fierce Associates, a government affairs firm specializing in government procurement. In this position, he represented a broad range of companies – both domestic and international – all looking to do business with the U.S. government. His client base was evenly distributed between defense and civilian agencies, from fast attack vehicles to top-secret facilities management services.
Prior to his work at O’Conner and Fierce Associates, Mr. Pugliese was President and Chief Executive Officer of Star Mountain, Inc. a 605-person operating company with over $45 million in revenue.
Prior to Star Mountain, Mr. Pugliese was the Commissioner of the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Federal Supply Service (FSS). During his 28 years with GSA, Mr. Pugliese worked in all major GSA program areas. He brought broad management experience to FSS when he joined the organization as the Deputy Commissioner from 1994-2000. During this time, he led his organization through a period of unprecedented growth and reinvention.
Mr. Pugliese and his organization received numerous awards and acknowledgments for their contributions to better government. His commitment to deficit reduction and cost effectiveness in Government earned him the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award for 1995. During this time FSS was recognized with a Computerworld Smithsonian Award for development of GSA Advantage!, a state-of-the-art electronic ordering system. The Coalition for Government Procurement honored Mr. Pugliese on June 27, 1996, with their “Common Sense in Government Award,” marking the first time this award was bestowed on an official of an executive agency.
Mr. Pugliese’s other achievements include his selection by Government Computer News magazine as the 1997 “Government Executive of the Year” for information technology. This award is presented to only one civilian and one military Federal government executive and one civilian executive (private industry) each year. In 1998 Mr. Pugliese received GSA’s Distinguished Service Award, the agency’s most prestigious award. Presented to only the most exceptional employees with sustained outstanding performance, Mr. Pugliese received this award in September 1998. Mr. Pugliese was honored by President Clinton when he received the 1999 Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive. This award went to only 58 members of the Senior Executive Service, out of a total of 6,000 Senior Executives in the Federal government.
Mr. Pugliese has a Bachelor of the Sciences in Accounting from Seton Hall University and an Associates of the Arts from Union College.
Oliver “Buck” Revell serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW). Mr. Revell is President of Revell Group International, Inc., Rowlett, Texas; Chairman of Visiphor Corp. of Vancouver, Canada, Senior Advisor to Synfuels International of Dallas, Texas; a Director of Athlone Global Security Inc, Toronto, Canada and Vance Security USA, Inc., Oakton Virginia.
He served for five years as an Officer and Aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps, leaving active duty in 1964 as a Captain. He then served 30 years as a Special Agent and Senior Executive of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1964-1994). From 1980 until 1991 he served in FBI Headquarters first as Assistant Director in charge of Criminal Investigations (including terrorism); then as Associate Deputy Director he was in charge of the Investigative, Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and International programs of the Bureau (1985-91). He served as a member of the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency (1980-91), the National Foreign Intelligence Board (1987-91), and the Senior Review Group, Vice President’s Task Force on Terrorism (1985-1986).
Mr. Revell also served as Vice Chairman of the Interagency Group for Counter-Intelligence (1985-91), and on the Terrorist Crisis Management Committee of the National Security Council. In September 1987, Mr. Revell was placed in charge of a joint FBI/CIA/U.S. military operation (Operation Goldenrod) which led to the first apprehension overseas of an international terrorist. President Reagan commended him for his leadership of this endeavor. On May 1, 1992 the US Attorney General ordered Mr. Revell to Los Angeles placing him in command of joint Federal law enforcement efforts to suppress the riots and civil disorder; he also coordinated the law enforcement activities of the assigned Military Forces. He received the Attorney General’s Special Commendation Award for this endeavor. He was in charge of the Dallas Division of the FBI at the time of his retirement in September 1994. He retired with the rank of Associate Deputy Director.
In 1989, President Bush awarded Mr. Revell the Presidential Distinguished Senior Executive Award and in 1990 the Meritorious Senior Executive Award. In 1991 he was awarded The FBI Medal for Meritorious Achievement and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. In October 1994 Mr. Revell was awarded the Albert J. Wood Public Affairs Award by the Middle East Forum for his “efforts in the fight against International Terrorism”.
Mr. Revell was President of the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) 1999-2003; is past Chairman of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission; current President of the Institute for the Study of Terrorism & Political Violence, Washington, D.C.; a member of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), U.S. State Department; the International Policy Roundtable, and the Steering Committee, Trans-National Threat Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and a member of CSIS’s Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) for the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Trustee of the Center for American & International Law and its Institute for Law Enforcement; a member of the Dallas Council on World Affairs & the Committee on Foreign Relations; a Life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and was the founding Chairman of its Committee on Terrorism. He is a member of the North Texas InfraGard Program and a commentator for the news media and National & International Television on Terrorism, National Security & Criminal Justice Issues.
Mr. Revell is a graduate of East Tennessee State University and holds a Masters Degree in Government & Public Administration from Temple University, and is a graduate of the Senior Executive Program in National and International Security, Kennedy School, Harvard University.
Dr. Patricia Sanders serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Dr. Sanders is a senior executive and career professional with over 34 years experience in the federal government including the management of complex technical programs, leadership of large and diverse organizations, and development and execution of policy at the Department of Defense.
Dr. Sanders recently retired from government service as the Executive Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). She was the senior civilian in the Agency responsible for its management and operations, strategic planning, legislative affairs, external communications, and all issues related to worldwide personnel administration and development. Previously she was the System Executive Officer and Deputy Director for Integration of MDA, managing program content, schedule, cost and technical performance for the Agency’s $9 Billion USD per year program of work. Dr. Sanders also participated in the establishment of the Missile Defense Agency, was responsible for creating its robust test organization, initiated the Sensors Directorate, and accomplished pioneering work in managing integration of the Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Prior to this, Dr. Sanders held a number of positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, culminating with service as the Director of Test, Systems Engineering, and Evaluation. In this capacity she was responsible for policy development and enforcement for all engineering and tests of DoD weapon systems, oversight of all DoD test and evaluation ranges and facilities, critical air and sea space, over $30 Billion USD capital investment, and 55,000 personnel.
Dr. Sanders began her national security career with the United States Army in Germany in 1974. She progressed through a number of challenging positions including the management of several Defense acquisition programs including the Space Computational Center replacement for space tracking and surveillance in Cheyenne Mountain; numerous positions with the Air Force Operational Test Center in space system and aircraft avionics testing; a tour as the Chief Scientist for the Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures Joint Test Force; and serving as the Director of Analysis for the United States Space Command.
Dr. Sanders actively supports professional, academic, and civic organizations, serving on numerous executive boards including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the International Test and Evaluation Association, the Military Operations Research Society, and the Advisory Boards for the University of Tennessee Space Institute, the Naval Post Graduate School Software Engineering Department, and the Devotion to Children Foundation. She is active in Women in Defense and with the Metropolitan Washington USO and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Conference and participates in NASA’s mentorship program for young female professionals.
Dr. Sanders has been recognized throughout her career with various honors and awards. She has received two Presidential Rank Awards for executive achievements; was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; presented the Allen R. Matthews Award for lasting and significant accomplishments to the field of test and evaluation; and received the DeFlorez Award for Modeling and Simulation for outstanding achievement in the application of modeling and simulation to aerospace training, research, and development.
Dr. Sanders was a National Science Foundation Fellow at Wayne State University where she earned Bachelors degrees in mathematics and physics including a Ph.D. in mathematics, graduating Summa Cum Laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Rear Admiral Norm Saunders serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat'l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
Rear Admiral Saunders is President and CEO of Norm Saunders Associates, Inc., a small Virginia corporation that consults on homeland security, port, border and maritime security, maritime domain awareness and homeland defense.
Prior to creating his own company he was Vice President for Corporate Development with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), with responsibility for a number of Homeland Defense/Homeland Security programs, to include Maritime and Port Security matters, U.S. Coast Guard programs, and a range of supporting technology efforts.
Prior to joining SAIC in May, 2002, Rear Admiral Saunders served as Vice President in the strategic defense consulting firm Technology Strategies & Alliances of Burke, Virginia.
Rear Admiral Saunders is a veteran of 35 years of Coast Guard service. Before retiring in June 1999, Saunders served as Commander, 7th Coast Guard District, where he exercised direct responsibility for the full spectrum of Coast Guard activities in the Southeast United States and the Caribbean, to include lifesaving, law enforcement, and environmental missions. Previously he served as Assistant Commandant for Operations for the U.S. Coast Guard, where he was responsible for direct oversight of policy development and facilities management for Coast Guard operating programs. In this role, he was the Senior CG Military Intelligence Officer, representing the organization on the Military Intelligence Board. Among other responsibilities, he directed studies to identify future operating requirements, and was a key member of senior management teams that devised and implemented changes to Coast Guard planning processes. During this tour, he served as Department of Transportation to the National Security Council for interagency coordination of the migrant crises in 1994 and the shoot down of civil aircraft in 1996. Prior to these postings, he served in a variety of sea and shore assignments, including senior level staff assignments and eight years in command, afloat and ashore. He is a Vietnam veteran.
Rear Admiral Saunders serves on the Independent Strategic Assessment Group to Commander, Northern Command where he provides advice on organization, policy, intelligence, and reserve forces. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for a small, high end IT company in Northern Virginia.
Rear Admiral Saunders has a Master of the Sciences in Operations Research from the Naval Post Graduate School, a Bachelor of Sciences in Engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy, and is a graduate of the National War College. He is a member of Sigma Xi.
Lt. Gen. Harry Soyster serves on the Board of Advisors at Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW).
General Soyster completed his military career in a series of intelligence assignments. In his final assignment he was appointed as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Concurrently, he was the program manager for the General Defense Intelligence Program and Defense Department representative to the National Foreign Intelligence Board. As the senior military intelligence officer for the Department of Defense he was the intelligence advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and responsible for providing military intelligence support to the National Command Authority during Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama and DESERT SHIELD/STORM in the Gulf War.
Prior to that he served in many senior positions; they included, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army and Commanding General, U. S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) where he was responsible for all Army intelligence collection and counterintelligence operations. As Commanding General, INSCOM he was the Army Chief of the Central Security Service at the National Security Agency, coordinated counterintelligence operations with the FBI and human intelligence with the CIA and DIA.
His military awards and decorations include: Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star for Valor with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint and Army Commendation Medals, and was Airborne and Ranger qualified. He also received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. General Soyster also served in the Vietnam War as a field artillery battalion operations officer and battalion executive officer.
General Soyster graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned in the field artillery. He also holds Master of Science Degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in Chemistry and the University of Southern California in Systems Management. His military schooling includes the Field Artillery School, the United States Army Command and Staff College, and the National War College.
He is currently on the board of directors of several companies and he served in the Senior Executive Service as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for WWII 60th Anniversary Observances around the world from 2004 until February of 2006.
Major General Henry “Hank” Stratman serves on the Board of Advisors for Nat’l Security Associates WorldWide (NSAWW). He joins NSAWW after a distinguished career with the United States Army.
Gen. Stratman’s last assignment in the military before retiring in 2006 was as the Chief of Staff for Political, Military, and Economic Integration/Strategic Effects, Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in Bahgdad. In this position he was deeply involved in US Embassy and interagency policy developments and DOD/military operations. He conducted strategic assessments and diplomatic engagements with the US Ambassador and the Embassy’s political, military and economic counselors, and worked closely with the Director of the Iraq Reconstruction and Management Office to secure funding for security activities and to prioritize MNF-I’s execution of Commander’s Emergency Response Program Funds worth $700M. Gen. Stratman also developed security strategies for the Interim and Transitional Iraqi Government and facilitated Iraq’s regional engagement and cooperative border security activities with Syria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Prior to this assignment, Gen. Stratman served as the Deputy Commander of NATO’s Joint Command Southeast. As Deputy Commander from 2003 to 2004, he commanded US Forces assigned to NATO in Turkey and facilitated transformation of NATO organizations, missions and doctrine for the region. He also advised and assisted the NATO’s Turkish 4-Star Commander with operational contingency planning, joint and combined training and operational readiness of military forces.
Gen. Stratman was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he held the position of Deputy Commanding General for the Third United States Army & Coalition Forces, Land Component Command, in Kuwait. In this position he was responsible for managing the expansion of US security operations in the Middle East and operational enhancements to key command and control, transportation and logistics bases supporting Operation Iraq Freedom. He also coordinated logistical support for 25,000 US forces engaged in combat operations in Afghanistan, while simultaneously developing plans and preparing the theater infrastructure for military operations to liberate Iraq. Gen. Stratman also directed counter-terrorism/security operations at Army installations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Djibouti and Pakistan. He skillfully served as the primary military liaison with the US Embassy and Kuwait Ministers of Defense & Interior overseeing execution of $550 Million in Army construction contracts that enabled the efficient reception, staging, onward movement, and integration of combat forces in theater to defeat Saddam’s Regime in Iraq.
From 2000 to 2001, Gen. Stratman served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Doctrine, Headquarters, Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe in Virginia, charged with the development of Joint Services warfighting concepts and doctrine, and integration with new Army weapon systems.
Other key assignments include: Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the Multi-national Stabilization Forces (SFOR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia; Assistant Division Commander (Support) of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia; and as the Deputy Director of Operations, Defense Security Cooperation Agency in Washington, D.C.
Gen. Stratman holds a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education and Physical Fitness from Lincoln University in Missouri. He is a graduate of the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Today he works as an independent consultant for anti-terrorism and force protection training on crisis response and consequence management procedures for the leadership and staff of Army Installations worldwide.