MIT Starr Forum: Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the 21st Century

Please register for this Zoom event at https://bit.ly/BeyondSept11

Drawing on two decades of government efforts to “secure the homeland,” experts offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations for homeland security. This talk features the findings in the recently published book, Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the 21st Century.

Speakers:

Alan Bersin, the Inaugural Fellow of the Homeland Security Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He previously served as Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer in the US Department of Homeland Security.

Stevan E Bunnell, Partner at O’Melveny’s (Washington, DC). He was a former General Counsel of the US Department of Homeland Security.

Juliette Kayyem, Senior Lecturer in International Security at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where she is Faculty Chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects. She served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.

Chappell Lawson, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT. Lawson was a political appointee in the Obama Administration, serving as Executive Director and Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection.

Admiral Peter Neffenger (USCG Ret), a distinguished Senior Fellow with the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. He served as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from July 2015 to January 20, 2017. Prior to TSA, Neffenger was the 29th Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, earning the rank of Vice Admiral. Previous positions include Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations and Deputy National Incident Commander.

Amy Pope, Senior Non-resident Fellow of the Atlantic Council. She was a former US Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States.

Seth Stodder, Partner at Holland & Knight LLP. He served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Border, Immigration & Trade Policy and, prior to that, as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Threat Prevention & Security Policy.

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