The Honorable B. Robert Okun

Chairman & CEO

Bob joined NBC in February 1995 as Vice President Washington. As head of NBC's Washington office, his responsibilities include coordinating the development of NBC's policy positions on legislative and regulatory issues and representing NBC's positions to the Congress, the Administration and the FCC.

Bob has served as Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs at the U. S. Department of Education (1991-1992) and was Floor Assistant to former House Republican Leader, Robert Michel. In this position, he served as principal liaison to the Senate, as well as to governors, mayors and other leaders and groups involved in the legislative process.

In the House of Representatives, he has long experience as Executive Director of the Republican Conference (1989-1991), Executive Director of the Republican Policy Committee (1987-1988), and Executive Director of the House Republican Research Committee (1983-1986). He also served in the House as Staff Director for the Task Force on Regulatory Reform (1981-1983) that focused on telecommunications regulation reform.

Bob is summa cum laude graduate of Duke University with an honors degree in economics. He studied economic history at New College, Oxford, England. He serves on the Boards of the Washington Tennis and Education Foundation, So Others Might Eat, the Children's National Medical Center Foundation and ThanksUSA. Bob is married to Deanna Okun, has two daughters, Rachel and Kelsi, and resides in Virginia.

Carolyn Ferek

Secretary

Carolyn is the eldest daughter of four children. Her parents met while her father was stationed in the Air Force in England. She and her brother were both born in England; later another brother and sister were born in Florida. Her father served twenty years in the Air Force and her energetic mother maintained the family. During this period she moved with her family to such locations as Florida, Alaska, Washington DC and then back to England.

Carolyn completed high school at an American Air Force base in England and then moved to Florida where she worked her way through college at the University of West Florida, earning a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education in 1978. More recently she received her Master's degree from George Mason University in Initiatives in Educational Transformation.

She has been teaching for approximately fifteen years, with a break to raise her own two children. During those early childrearing years she became involved in the environment and worked for the Washington State Energy Office and specifically with an outreach program to teach conservation topics. When she moved to the east coast with her family, she resumed her teaching career. She currently teaches third grade at Franklin Sherman Elementary School in McLean Virginia. She has been involved in many school activities including the Student Council Association, the ESOL program, and environmental issues and currently, in the school renovation committee.

She lives in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband of twenty years, Ron. She is extremely proud of her two boys, Peter and Mark who are students at Virginia Tech majoring in Mechanical Engineering. She enjoys exercising, knitting, reading, racquetball and gardening when she has free time, and traveling to warm climates with sugary white sand beaches.

Timothy H. Gillis

Treasurer

Timothy H. Gillis serves as national partner-in-charge of KPMG LLP's State & Local Tax practice. Prior to joining KPMG in the summer of 1998, Tim represented clients in federal and multi-state tax planning, controversy, and litigation with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP. In the mid-1980s, prior to attending law school, Tim also practiced as a certified public accountant and auditor in the Atlanta office of Arthur Young & Company.

Tim graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Accounting from Pensacola Christian College in 1985 and magna cum laude with a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. At Georgetown, Tim was a member of the Order of the Coif, served on the Georgetown Law Journal, and received the Tamm Memorial Award for his article entitled "Collecting the Use Tax on Mail-Order Sales."

In 1996, Tim co-authored the Tax Management Portfolio entitled State Taxation of Service Providers, and he presently authors the Georgia Chapter of the ABA Sales and Use Tax Deskbook. He has also authored articles that have appeared in such sources as the Journal of Taxation, the Journal of Multistate Taxation, the Committee on State Taxation's State Tax Report, Tax Management's Multistate Tax Report, and International Legal Strategy. In the Fall of 2003, he co-authored a law review article comparing international and subnational jurisdictional standards, published in the University of Georgia Law Review under the title "It's a Small World After All: The Intersection of Tax Jurisdiction at International, National, and Subnational Levels."

Tim's professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, State & Local Tax Committee, and the AICPA. He previously taught Tax Accounting Methods as an adjunct professor the Emory Law School LL.M. program.

Tim and his wife, Linda, have four children (three boys and a girl!), ages 7 through 14. An avid baseball and long-time Atlanta Braves fan, he coaches Little League baseball in the Spring and Fall seasons. In his spare time, he can be found as a spectator at school plays, soccer games, and swim meets. And if any other time remains, he enjoys a relaxing round of golf, preferably when the temperature is warmer than 50 and lower than 90 degrees!

Jorge Adeler

Fred Cannon

As Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Fred Cannon is responsible for coordinating and overseeing BMI's legislative efforts in conjunction with all departments, as well as with the company's lobbying firms in Washington, DC and in states across the country. He is the Vice Chair of BMI's political action committee, the BMI Legislative Fund for Authors, Composers and Publishers. A lobbyist, hit songwriter and record producer, Cannon is based in BMI's New York office.

Cannon has led the company's efforts in protecting the rights of BMI's songwriters, composers and music publishers at all levels of government. Combining his experience and insight into the creative process with his knowledge of government relations, Cannon has been one of the industry's most effective lobbyists on copyright, creative freedoms, censorship, and the threat posed by unauthorized download of music over the Internet. He works with key congressional staff as an experienced music industry advisor in drafting legislation on music on the Internet. He has played a similar role as an advisor to state legislators dealing with local public policy issues including creative freedom for songwriters, intellectual property rights and public performance of music.

His wide scope of professional relationships among government relations professionals and fellow lobbyists has afforded him the opportunity to spread awareness of the threat to American culture and the economy posed by the unrestricted misappropriation of copyrights in music and filmed entertainment by companies and individuals. His international experience has helped him graphically illustrate the global impact of theft of intellectual property. His close working relationships with world-class artists have made it possible to dramatize and humanize often hard-to-understand intellectual property issues by escorting stars on personal visits to legislators both in the nation's capital and in state governments.

Cannon joined BMI as a consultant in 1994, serving as Event Coordinator of the CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) 39th World Congress in Washington, DC. Later that year, he was named Legislative Liaison. He was then promoted to Vice President, Government Relations in 1996 and to his current position as Senior Vice President in 2002.

Prior to joining BMI, Cannon held senior management positions with EMI Records in Italy and England, where he worked with such superstars as Paul McCartney, Queen, Elton John and Michael Jackson. He was Managing Director of The Voice of the Daily American where he was also a popular radio personality in Rome, Italy. From 1979 to 1988, he was Managing Director and CEO of Carrere Records in the UK, signing such international acts as the Buggles and Rose Tattoo, and assisting with the production of many hit records. From 1988 to 1992, he was International Director of British record and music publishing company, PWL, which charted over 100 top 40 hits and 16 number ones. In addition, Cannon served as Supervising Producer of the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo from 1989 to 2001.

Cannon served as a member of the British Institute of Marketing from 1977 to 1988, and was named a Fellow of the British Institute of Directors in 1985.

From 2006 to 2008, Cannon served as President of the Recording Academy's Washington, DC Chapter. He is a board member of the Copyright Alliance and the Songwriters Guild of America Foundation. He sits on the board of directors for both the Songwriters Association of Washington and the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center. He is on the advisory boards of the National Music Museum in Washington, DC, the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and the George Washington University Creative and Innovative Economy Center. In 1997, Cannon was appointed Honorary State Representative of the State of Louisiana. Under the Clinton Administration, he served on the "America Goes Back to School" task force for the Department of Education. He sat on the board of directors for the State Government Affairs Council from 1998 to 2002. He also served as a member of the Council's Public Relations/Communications Committee. He a member of the Public Affairs Council, the Country Music Association and the Washington Area Music Association.

Cannon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Whittier College in California.

Maj. Gen. Jack Catton

USAF (Retired)

Jack Catton is the Vice President for Precision Engagement Systems for Boeing. He reports to the Vice President for Air Force Programs, IDS Business Development. Jack is responsible for sustaining and improving Air Force customer relationships and shaping both DoD and Air Force decisions on Boeing Precision Engagement Systems. He leads Air Force business development efforts and strategies to keep programs sold, capture new programs, and grow IDS businesses in Precision Engagement and Advanced Systems. Jack coordinates program, congressional, and public policy interaction to ensure full funding for Air Force programs. He is also responsible for synchronization of customer engagement by field offices and senior advisors for all Air Force Precision Engagement campaigns.

Prior to joining Boeing in February 2008, Jack served over 31 years in the USAF, retiring in the rank of Major General. A command pilot and instructor, Jack logged over 2,650 flying hours in single seat fighter aircraft. He commanded at the squadron, group and wing level with tours in the CONUS, Europe and Pacific. In addition to his operational assignments, he served on the Air Staff, NATO Staff, Joint Staff, and as Inspector General of Pacific Air Forces. Jack culminated his Air Force career at Air Combat Command as the Director of Requirements, where he was responsible for the definition of operational requirements for the Combat Air Forces, and the oversight of 260 modernization programs.

Jack and his wife, Jan, reside in Springfield, Virginia.

Thomas E. Cooper

Tom graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering. From 1970-1971 he was Assistant Professor of M.E. at UC Berkeley and from 1971 - 1976 he was Associate Professor of M.E. at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Chosen to be a Congressional Science Fellow in 1976, he worked with the House Armed Services Committee, becoming a permanent member of the Committee Staff in 1977. In 1982, he became the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics. He joined GE in his present position in 1987.

Alex Ehrlich

Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

Alex Ehrlich is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, and is globally responsible for the firm's Prime Brokerage business. He is also a member of the firm's Equity Operating Committee.

Alex joined Morgan Stanley in August 2009 following six years as Global Head of Prime Services at UBS. He spent the prior 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served as global co-head of that firm's Prime Brokerage business from 1998-2003.

Alex is married with three children, and lives in Chappaqua, New York.

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., is president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA). In his role as the chief executive of the AGA, Fahrenkopf is the national advocate for the commercial casino industry and is responsible for positioning the association to address regulatory, political and educational issues affecting the industry.

A lawyer by profession, Fahrenkopf gained national prominence during the 1980s when he served as chairman of the Republican Party for six of President Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House (1983 to 1989). When Fahrenkopf retired in January 1989, he had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee longer than any person in the 20th century (and second-longest in the history of the party) and led the party through two successful presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988.

He has been a frequent commentator on political and gaming issues on such network television programs as Crossfire, Inside Politics, Meet The Press, Hardball, Face the Nation, The Today Show, This Week and Good Morning America.

Fahrenkopf continues to serve in a variety of political capacities. He presently is co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which conducts the general election presidential and vice presidential debates in presidential election years. He co-founded the commission in 1986 with Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Kirk. He also was a founder of the National Endowment for Democracy, where he served as vice chairman and a board member from 1983 to 1993. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the International Republican Institute (IRI), which he founded in 1984. He served for many years as chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and vice chairman of the International Democrat Union, a worldwide association of conservative political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia and 20 other nations.

Prior to becoming the AGA's first chief executive on June 1, 1995, Fahrenkopf was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan & Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group. Fahrenkopf specialized in regulatory, legislative and corporate matters for multi-national, foreign and domestic clients. His early legal career included 17 years of practice as a trial and gaming lawyer in Nevada, his home state. In that capacity, he represented clients before Nevada gaming regulatory authorities. Fahrenkopf served as the first chairman of the American Bar Association (ABA) Committee on Gaming Law and was a founding trustee and president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, a worldwide organization of government gaming regulators and private attorneys acting on behalf of licensed gaming enterprises.

Fahrenkopf has held various positions relating to his legal background. For many years he was a member of the board of trustees of the National Judicial College, the ABA-sponsored judicial education center for federal and state judges; chairman of the Coalition for Justice, a group coordinating the ABA's initiatives to improve the American justice system; and chairman of the Legal Policy Advisory Board of The Washington Legal Foundation. He was a member of the Nevada State Board of Bar Examiners, president of the Washoe County Bar Association and vice president of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.

Fahrenkopf also sits on the board of directors of five New York Stock Exchange public companies: First Republic Bank, Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Gabelli Utility Trust, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust, and Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust.

His civic involvement includes service as chairman of the board of governors of the City Club of Washington, a member of the board of trustees of the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, and a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, The Economic Club of Washington and the Federal City Council. Fahrenkopf also served as a co-chairman of the Rivlin Commission, which investigated and reported on the government of the District of Columbia. He has been honored for his contributions, receiving the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1973, the Nevada Lung Association "Man of the Year" Award in 1983 and the National Humanitarian of the Year Award from the National Conference on Christians and Jews in 1985. He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He also serves as a trustee of the Culinary Institute of America.

Fahrenkopf is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno (1962) and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley (1965).

He and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison, a Washington, D.C., attorney; Leslie, associate counsel to President George W. Bush; and Amy, a medical resident at Boston Children's Hospital. He is an avid golfer, tennis player and sports enthusiast. Fahrenkopf is a member of the Burning Tree Club, the Washington Golf and Country Club, the George Town Club, the City Club of Washington and the Prospectors' Club in Reno, Nev.

The Honorable William Hansen

Mr. Hansen came to the Chartwell Education Group from a Fortune 500 company where he led efforts to develop effective technology solutions for education. In his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Education, he acted as Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Education and helped transform the agency into an accountable, performance-based organization. He also helped lead the Department to a clean financial audit for only the second time in its 23-year history. His knowledge and management capabilities are the result of combined public and private sector experiences and success. He serves on several boards of directors in the private sector; he has also served as President and CEO of an education trade association and as a member of several state and national boards and commissions in the education sector. While he has particular experience in the area of higher education, Hansen is committed to improvements at the elementary and secondary school levels as a means of increasing access to higher education. Mr. Hansen believes that the Chartwell Education Group can create comprehensive, results-oriented solutions for preschool, primary, secondary and higher education.

"Students need to start college as real learners instead of as remedial learners."

Gillian Jaeger

Gary M Kittay

Lt. Gen Normand Lezy

USAF (Retired)

Lieutenant General Normand G. Lezy is deputy assistant secretary of defense (military personnel policy), Washington, D.C. He is responsible for the establishment of all policies concerning military personnel matters including accessions and retention programs; compensation and benefits; and the classification, assignment and career development for the 1.4 million service members of the Department of Defense.

The general entered the Air Force in November 1964 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He served as commander of a student training squadron, Minuteman I combat missile launch crew, an air base squadron and a combat support group. He has also served as director of administration and information management for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, as deputy chief of staff, personnel, Headquarters Pacific Air Force and as director of services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Harry I. Martin, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

As founder and President & CEO of Intelligent Decisions, Harry Martin, Jr. has grown the company into a leading solutions provider serving Federal, State and Local governments and Fortune 1000 customers. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Martin has expanded ID's network products and custom manufacturing capabilities to include a vast array of professional services, advanced systems integration, innovative solutions and programs designed to serve the intelligence community. Mr. Martin's long-term vision, partnerships with leading IT vendors and commitment to customer satisfaction have positioned ID as one of the largest value-added resellers and systems integrators in the Washington metropolitan area.

Throughout his career, Mr. Martin has held leadership positions with several information technology firms, and has been instrumental in managing major engineering efforts in the areas of systems integration, encrypted data processing systems, and ECM/ECCM technology directly supporting critical Defense programs. Well-versed in both sales and engineering, Mr. Martin has developed successful mission support programs for clients worldwide.

An active participant in professional, charitable and civic associations, Mr. Martin has been recognized throughout the industry for his entrepreneurial vision. Instilling a strong sense of corporate responsibility is a cornerstone of the culture Mr. Martin has developed at Intelligent Decisions. Under his direction, a Community Outreach program was launched company-wide to support the communities where we live and work, with the primary areas of focus being children, education, veterans affairs and human services.

Mr. Martin holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Engineering and Mathematics from Howard University.

The Honorable Harry C. McPherson, Esq.

• Born August 22, 1929, Texas.
• B.A. 1949 The University of the South, Sewanee.
• LL.B. 1956 The University of Texas Law School.
• D.C.L. 1965 (Hon.) The University of the South.
• U.S. Air Force, 1950-1953.
• Associate Counsel, then General Counsel, U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 1956-1963.
• Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs and Special Assistant to the Secretary for Civil Functions, 1963-1964.
• Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1964-1965.
• Counsel, then Special Counsel to the President, 1965-1969.
• Partner, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Washington, D.C., 1969-2002; Piper Rudnick, Washington, D.C., 2003-2004; DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Washington, D.C. 2005-.
• Author, A Political Education (Atlantic-Little Brown, 1972; Houghton Mifflin, 1988; U. of Texas Press, 1995) and numerous magazine and newspaper articles.
• Vice Chairman, The United States International Cultural and Trade Center Commission, 1988-1993.
• President, Federal City Council, Washington, D.C., 1983-1988.
• President, Economic Club of Washington, 1992-1999.
• Vice Chairman, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., 1969-1976; General Counsel for the Center, 1977-1991.
• Former Member, Board of Trustees and Counsel, The American Film Institute.
• Member, Board of Trustees, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution (1969-1974).
• Member, Board of Directors, The Council on Foreign Relations, 1974-1977.
• Chairman, Task Force on Domestic Policy, Democratic Advisory Council of Elected Officials, 1974-1976.
• Member, Maryland Inquiry Panel (into public school construction program), 1975-1979.
• Commissioner, The President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, 1979.
• Member, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, 1993.
• Married to Trisha McPherson. One child (Sam); two children (Coco and Peter) by a former marriage.
• Home: 10213 Montgomery Avenue, Kensington, Maryland 20895.

Laura A. Odell

Laura Odell is the KPMG US Global Department of Defense (DoD) leader. She is a "hands-on," operationally focused leader specializing in integrating the financial and acquisition domains while leveraging new and/or existing interfaces across the enterprise. In this role, she develops and translates complex requirements (people, process, technology, risk) into a set of feasible solutions that are ultimately rendered in an electronic environment.

Ms. Odell's primary focus and responsibilities is Client facing. However, she is responsible for internally driven initiatives that match world-wide industry trends as a member of the Executive Steering group for the Business Performance Services.

She is highly involved in the Department of Defense and the communities of organizations that support military families. She has recently received the Ascendency award for which Industry leaders nominate peers to recognize excellence in mentorship.

Laura identifies the right balance between risk and performance by linking operational process controls to an organization's strategic objectives. She has managed and developed progressively complex projects where business and technology requirements intersect. Her experience working for the Federal government in Civilian Service positions ranges from major Department of Defense weapons systems acquisitions for the F/A-18 aircraft program to MILCON projects in the Pacific Rim. Her first job as a civilian servant was as a flight test engineer at the Strike aircraft directorate for the Navy in Patuxent River, Maryland. More recently she has led and directly participated in designing enterprise architecture artifacts to C4ISR methodology standards (including procure-to-pay, hire-to retire value streams and the Standard Financial Information Structure) for business transformation projects. Ms. Odell is Lean Six Sigma certified.

Laura's combined knowledge of business intelligence, performance metrics and logistics applications, has enabled her to assist public sector agencies to develop independent cost estimates and streamline financial management, procurement, valuation, accounting, and data reporting systems.

Laura's broad background includes direct operational support for the Warfighter aboard aircraft carriers, as an engineer on advanced research and development (R&D) programs, internationally (Japan, Korea, Guam), supporting Aerospace and Defense commercial companies, and as a Partner at a Big Four accounting firm.

Laura resides in Mount Vernon, Virginia with her husband Captain David Graff. They have one daughter, Dr. Danielle Graff and three very spoiled canines.

Russ Owen

Russ Owen is President, Americas Commercial Group, a division of Computer Sciences Corp (CSC). Owen's responsibilities include the development and launch of strategic business solutions and the sales and marketing of all commercial consulting and outsourcing services in the Americas.

Previously, he was a group president and managing director of the BAE Systems global account, another division of CSC. Before that, Russ Owen was president of CSC's Global Infrastructure Services group. He has also held positions as president of the Chemical Group and account executive for the DuPont account; vice president, account executive for CNA Insurance; vice president, account executive for Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; vice president of operations for the United Kingdom division and vice president and director of the British Aerospace account; and director of computer services at Technology Management Group's Western center.

Before joining CSC in 1992, he was an engineering director with General Dynamics. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University.

The Honorable Rod Paige, Ed.D.

Former United States Secretary of Education (2001-2005) Dr. Paige has assembled a team of independent, strategic advisors -- individuals with deep rooted academic and business experience and a shared passion for improving the future for children by improving the way they learn -- to co-found the Chartwell Education Group. Together they offer solutions for the 21st Century challenges faced by the public and private sector enterprises, with competency in primary, secondary and higher education, both in the United States and globally. As Secretary of Education, Dr. Paige was an unstinting advocate of student achievement, employing "best of breed" solutions to achieve results towards the Department's goal of raising national standards of educational excellence. He earned his reputation for seeking out and implementing innovative approaches to systemic academic improvement when he served as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. While there, he established the university's Center for Excellence in Urban Education. Dr. Paige has also shown a knack for inclusive leadership, first as a trustee and then as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the nation's seventh largest district. In 2001, he was named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. Dr. Paige, who served as a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, brings a global perspective to the Chartwell Education Group. It is his desire to export the best practices and products for education that the United States has to offer and to import those that have been successful in other countries. Dr. Paige believes that the Chartwell Education Group can have a significant impact on the future of nations with education systems undergoing transition.

"No nation, whatever the size of its armed forces or economy can sustain greatness unless it educates all, not just some, of its citizens. Students must be challenged by high standards, teachers must be armed with proper resources, parents must be empowered with information and choices."