RAND Expert Biography
Michael A. Wermuth
Director, Homeland Security Program, RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment
Office
Washington
Expertise
Counterterrorism, homeland security, emergency preparedness and response, government organizations and coordination, use of the military domestically
Previous Positions
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The W Mark Corporation; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Drug Enforcement Policy); Deputy Assistant Attorney General (Legislative Affairs); Chief Counsel, U.S. Senator Jeremiah Denton; Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
Education
J.D., University of Alabama School of Law; B.S., commerce and business administration, University of Alabama; U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; U.S. Army War College
Publications of Interest
Analysis of Department of Defense Plans and Responses to Three Potential Anthrax Incidents in March 2005: Executive Summary, Terrence K. Kelly et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Enhancing Emergency Preparedness in California (testimony presented to the California Little Hoover Commission, January 26, 2006), RAND Corpora-tion, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security: The Road Ahead (testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, January 26, 2005), RAND Corpora-tion, 2005
Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror, David Aaron, ed., RAND Corpora-tion, 2005
Annual Reports to the President and the Congress (1999-2003), Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Associated Press; BBC; Christian Science Monitor; CNN; Cox News Service; CQ Homeland Security Digest; Detroit Free Press; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; NPR; PBS; Washington Post
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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