Richard A. Falkenrath Joins Civitas Group WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Civitas Group llc, a homeland security strategy and investment services firm founded by former National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger and Republican strategist Charles R. Black, Jr., today announced the addition of Richard A. Falkenrath, a former advisor to President George W. Bush and an expert on national security, homeland security and counterterrorism. Dr. Falkenrath was one of the architects of the Department of Homeland Security and the principal author of the National Strategy for Homeland Security. Falkenrath's association with Civitas adds to the firm's impressive list of authorities in a wide-range of security, policy and financial areas. Falkenrath will focus on strategy and implementation issues for a range of clients in the homeland security and national security fields. The firm is run by Managing Partner Robert H. Swindell, former Managing Director and head of U.S. Technology Banking at Lehman Brothers. Dr. Falkenrath served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor until May 2004, when he left the White House. Prior to that, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Policy and Plans within the Office of Homeland Security, as well as Director for Proliferation Strategy on the National Security Council staff. Before entering government, he was an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University from 1998-2003 and Executive Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs from 1995-1998. Falkenrath joins a team that already includes top leaders in the homeland security and national security fields. The Civitas advisory board is chaired by former Senator Warren B. Rudman (R-NH), who led the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, and includes: Joe M. Allbaugh, former FEMA Director under President Bush; Kurt Campbell, Director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Jim B. Francis, Chairman of the Texas Public Safety Commission; and Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, former Director of the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency and a Principal in the Paladin Capital Group's Homeland Security Fund. More information can be found at http://www.civitasgroup.com/. DATASOURCE: Civitas Group llc CONTACT: Mark Shaheen of Civitas Group llc, +1-202-530-4796 Web site: http://www.civitasgroup.com/

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