About the Co-Chairs
Frank J. Cilluffo is Director of The Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University. Cilluffo joined GW from the White House where he served as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. In his capacity as Special Assistant to the President for External Affairs, Cilluffo was responsible for engaging and building partnerships with the private sector, academic, and state and local officials and emergency responders on homeland security policies and initiatives. Prior to his White House appointment, Cilluffo spent eight years in senior policy positions with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he chaired numerous committees and task forces on homeland defense, counterterrorism, transnational crime, and information warfare and information assurance. He is widely published on homeland security topics and has testified before the United States Congress on a number of occasions.
Daniel J. Kaniewski is Deputy Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University. He previously served as a Congressional Liaison for Terrorism Preparedness and Consequence Management at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Prior to 9/11 Kaniewski was a Homeland Security Fellow to Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) and subsequently served in the same capacity to Congressman J.C. Watts (R-OK). Earlier, he was the Emergency Medical Services Advisor to the Congressional Fire Services Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating members of Congress on fire and EMS issues. Kaniewski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Medical Services from The George Washington University, a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic.
Paul M. Maniscalco is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at The George Washington University. He is a former Deputy Chief / Paramedic for the City of New York. Chief Maniscalco has more than 30 years of public safety response, supervisory and management experience. During his tenure, he has had the responsibility of responding to and managing a wide array of events ranging from aviation and rapid transit emergencies and natural disasters to civil disturbances and acts of terrorism. Chief Maniscalco has also been engaged in command roles for managing special events, such as dignitary visits, national political conventions and a wide variety of mass gatherings. Maniscalco was an appointee to the Gilmore National Terrorism Commission where he served as the Chairman of the State and Local Response Panel and also the Threat Reassessment Panel. He earned his Bachelors degree in Public Administration from the City University of New York and a Master of Public Administration - National Security & Foreign Policy from the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
