[E&E seminars] Tomorrow - Juliette Kayyem: The Gulf Oil Spill Response and National Energy Security

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The Response to the Gulf Oil Spill and National Energy Security



Juliette Kayyem

Tuesday, December 14

4:15 PM

Room 66-110



 Abstract



As the Assistant Secretary of DHS for Intergovernmental Affairs,
Juliette Kayyem played a major role in coordinating federal, state and
local efforts to respond to the Gulf oil spill, working with the White
House, the Departments of Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor, and
Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, Small
Business Administration, and other government agencies with existing
resources and programs in place to assist the response in the Gulf
region. She will speak about the effort. An esteemed security and
counterterrorism expert, Ms. Kayyem will also address the broader issue
of energy security as a national concern.



About the speaker



Juliette Kayyem was most recently the Assistant Secretary of
Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department of Homeland Security. Ms.
Kayyem has a unique understanding of the state and local homeland
security needs, having previously served as Massachusetts' first
Undersecretary for Homeland Security and the Governor's federally
designated Homeland Security Advisor. In that capacity she was
responsible for developing statewide policies on homeland security,
with a focus on all hazards strategic planning, prevention, and
response; information sharing; interoperability; and energy security.



Prior to joining Governor Deval Patrick's administration, Ms. Kayyem
served as Executive Director for Research at the Kennedy School's
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and as a lecturer
in public policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School for Government,
teaching classes on law, homeland security and national security. She
also held the position of co-faculty chair of the Dubai Initiative, a
program with the Dubai School of Government.



She began her legal career at the Department of Justice, ultimately
serving as an advisor to then Attorney General Janet Reno. Ms. Kayyem
was also a congressional appointee to the National Commission on
Terrorism, which, in early summer 2001, highlighted major gaps in
planning and preparation for a possible terrorist attack. Ms. Kayyem is
a current member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Assistant
Secretary Kayyem was the most senior Arab American woman in the Obama
Administration and was the first Arab American State Homeland Security
Advisor. She is a 1995 graduate of Harvard Law School and 1991 graduate
of Harvard College.





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