Frances Townsend
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Frances Fragos Townsend (born 28 December 1961), known as Fran Townsend, was George W. Bush's Homeland Security Advisor from 2004 until 2007.
She has worked with the Counter Extremism Project run by former UN envoy Mark Wallace (Terrorism Expert).
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Education
- BA in Political Science, BS in Psychology, American University, 1982
- Juris Doctor in Law, San Diego University, 1984
- student, Institute on International & Comparative Law, London, 1986[1]
Career
- Chair, Homeland Security Council, 2004-2008
- Assistant to President for homeland security & counterterrorism, The White House, 2004-2008
- Deputy assistant to President, department national security and advisor for combating terrorism, The White House, 2003-2004
- Assistant Commandant for Intelligence, US Coast Guard, US Department of Homeland Security, 2001-2003
- Counsel Office of Intelligence Policy and Rev., US Department of Justice, 1998-2001
- Acting deputy assistant attorney general, US Dept. Justice, 1997-1998
- Director international affairs criminal division, US Department of Justice, 1995-1997
- Chief to staff to asstistant attorney general criminal division, US Department of Justice, 1993-1995
- attorney, US Attorney Office (Southern District of New York), US Department of Justice, 1988-1991
- Asstistant district attorney, Brooklyn, 1985-1988[2]
Affiliations
Townsend was close friends with John O'Neil the FBI counterterrorism expert who died on September 11th. She was supported in her career by Richard A. Clarke[3] (also friends with O'Neil), and John Gordon, who when he left his position as Homeland Security Advisor persuaded Condoleezza Rice to make Townsend his replacement.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Who's Who of American Women, 24th, 25th, 26th Editions; Who's Who in the East, 33rd, 34th, 35th Editions; Who's Who in America, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd Editions (accessed via Lexis Nexis)
- ↑ Who's Who of American Women, 24th, 25th, 26th Editions; Who's Who in the East, 33rd, 34th, 35th Editions; Who's Who in America, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd Editions (accessed via Lexis Nexis)
- ↑ Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker, 'An Outsider's Quick Rise To Bush Terror Adviser', Washington Post, 27 August 2005
- ↑ Douglas Waller, 'The Terror Consigliere', TIME Magazine, 3 September 2006
