john gereski is a senior attorney with the office of general counsel at dhs in the operation and enforcement division. john's portfolio includes domestic and foreign disaster assistance, air and ground to make them the dhs joint task forces, the dod and national guard issues. he's principle strategic and operational plans the attorney for the headquarters. second, lieutenant commander tim cronin to my immediate left is currently a signed as the advanced operational law fellow at the u.s. army center for law and military operations in charlottesville. in the capacity he manages and teaches the domestic operations portfolio. third, jeff greene is now the director of government affairs for north america and senior policy counsel. before joining, jeff was senior counsel with the same homeland security and governmental affairs committee. jeff also worked on house committee on homeland security and was counsel to the senate hurricane katrina investigation. batting cleanup, my colleague and friend paul rosenzweig who is the founder of redbridge consulting and homeland security consulting company. i