FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jack Perry, Jr., Former U.S. Army Emergency Contingency Planner, Joins James Lee Witt Associates
Perry Played a Key Role in New Orleans Recovery Effort
Washington, D.C., June 12, 2006 – James Lee Witt Associates, the public safety and crisis management consulting firm, has announced that Jack Perry has joined its Atlanta team. He will serve as Director of Logistics for JLWA in the firm's New Orleans Field Office, serving as the state public assistance liaison. JLWA provides post-Katrina recovery assistance to the State of Louisiana.
Mr. Perry comes to JLWA after a distinguished 30-year career in the United States Army and United State Marine Corps as an executive officer and helicopter pilot. He has had extensive training and experience with Department of Defense medical response in support of wartime contingencies and domestic military support, including responsibility for developing medical plans for New Orleans following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This included getting hospitals and emergency medical services running again, and then supervising the return of these functions to the City of New Orleans.
"Jack has a strong background in the homeland security arena with the Northern Command and North American Radar Air Defense Command, as a worst-case scenario planner," said James Lee Witt, Chairman of JLWA. "He also has spearheaded aviation operations, including medical evacuations, during his tenure in the Armed Forces, and recently put all of this experience to excellent use as a recovery operations leader after hurricanes Katrina and Rita."
Mr. Perry served in Korea as a Commander of the U.S. Army's most forward-deployed Air Ambulance Company in direct support of U.S. combat troops. He has also served as Secretary of General Staff at Fort Hood in Texas, and as Operation/Intelligence Officer for its Medical Battalion. Earlier in his career, Mr. Perry was responsible for training officers for qualification as Army medical personnel, and he served as Commander and Aero-Medical Officer for a detachment stationed in Honduras.
A native of Tucson, Arizona, Mr. Perry earned a B.S. in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and he holds an MBA from Regis University.
James Lee Witt Associates
Founded in 2001, JLWA, a part of the GlobalOptions Group (www.globaloptions.com), and integrated provider of risk assessment and management services, is a public safety and crisis management consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Little Rock, and Sacramento. Led by James Lee Witt, the FEMA Director under President Clinton, JLWA has unrivaled experience and hands-on knowledge of public safety, disaster response, continuity of operations, and emergency management issues. JLWA's management team and staff include some of the nation's most notable and experienced disaster management experts, such as General Wesley Clark, one of the nation's most distinguished retired military officers, who formerly served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander; and Rodney Slater, who formerly served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
JLWA's clients include the nation's premier universities, hospitals, governments, and a variety of Fortune 500 companies including those in the insurance, transportation, entertainment, finance, utilities, and emergency management industries. Most recently, JLWA was retained by the State of Louisiana to advise Governor Blanco on disaster recovery matters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. JLWA has advised government leaders, including governors, members of Congress, administration officials, and state and local elected officials, on emergency management policies and programs. www.wittassociates.com
GlobalOptions Group
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic
initiatives for corporations or governments. www.globaloptionsgroup.com
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