GlobalOptions Group’s James Lee Witt and James Woolsey Will Speak at the Conference Board Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference in New York City
GlobalOptions Group's James Lee Witt and James Woolsey Will Speak
at the Conference Board Corporate Security, Business Continuity and
Crisis Management Conference in New York City
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Lee Witt, Chairman and CEO of James Lee Witt Associates, a part of GlobalOptions Group (OTCBB:GLOI) and former director of FEMA, will share his 25 years of emergency management experience in his presentation, "Turning Crisis into Triumph: Corporate Responses," at The Conference Board Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference to be held October 31st – November 1st at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
James Woolsey, a member of the GlobalOptions Group Advisory Board, Vice President of Global Strategic Security for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., and former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, will also make a presentation at the Conference's opening session, entitled "Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st Century."
The Conference Board Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference is made up of senior executives, policy experts and government officials examining threats to businesses. Some of the topics include securing the global supply chain; the business case for security and continuity; ensuring IT security; law, ethics and governance; war and terrorism; and natural disasters. Members of the press are invited to attend without charge, but must register in advance. To register, please call (212) 339-0233 or email burnside@conference-board.org. A full program is available on The Conference Board's website -- www.tcb.org.
About James Lee Witt Associates
Founded in 2001, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a part of the GlobalOptions Group, 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 help 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
About 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. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. Additional information can be found at www.globaloptionsgroup.com
Statements in this press release regarding the company's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. The company wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1994, and as such, speak only as of the date made. To the extent the content of this press release includes forward-looking statements, they involve various risks and uncertainties including the successful integration of acquired businesses and revenue run rates.
Certain of these risks and uncertainties will be described in greater detail in GlobalOptions Group's' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. GlobalOptions Group is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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