BEN LEE – Senior Advisor

Ben Lee, FAIA, LEED AP, Vice President of Clifford Projects Inc., provides Good Harbor Consulting with architecture, urban design and city management expertise with extensive experience in planning, land use, and design policies and regulations. Mr. Lee was appointed in 1985 as the first architect to hold a cabinet level position in Honolulu’s history. He served continuously as the Mayor’s advisor in planning, land use and design issues. With over 35 years of design, planning and construction management experience, he has inspired and encouraged architects, planners and design professionals to achieve design excellence in planning, urban design and architecture.

Mr. Lee has established planning, land use and urban design policies that will promote sustainable developments and protect Oahu’s natural and scenic environment whenever public or private developments occurs. He has been an active participant for numerous community based planning workshops and “charrettes” and sets in action the principles of Smart Growth and Traditional Neighborhood Design in the planning and design of Honolulu’s communities.

As Managing Director of the 12th largest City in the U.S., Mr. Lee’s real estate experience and responsibilities included land acquisition, land use entitlements, planning, development and construction; supervision and coordination of the Departments of Corporation Counsel, Budget, Planning, Facilities Maintenance and Design and Construction in the acquisition, sale and management of City owned commercial, industrial and residential properties throughout the island of Oahu. He is a registered architect in Hawaii, California and Colorado, and a member of the American Institute of Architects and became a fellow in 1998.

Mr. Lee graduated from Arizona State University (B. Arch) , was an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, University of Hawaii in 2005 and received the Ernest H. Hara, FAIA, Distinguish Service Award in 2004 for outstanding leadership in and service to the architecture profession in Hawaii from the School of Architecture.

JOHN ABRUZZO – Senior Advisor

John Abruzzo is a principal at Thornton Tomasetti, a 650-person international engineering and design firm. Mr. Abruzzo, who heads the San Francisco office, is a recognized leader in forensic engineering. He holds an M.S. degree in civil engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Mr. Abruzzo has design and construction experience with various structure types including high-rise and long-span steel structures, and possesses specialized knowledge in assessing and predicting the behavior of steel and reinforced concrete connections, structural stability, blast analysis, non-linear analysis, materials testing, data acquisition and testing of structural elements.

Mr. Abruzzo has worked on some of the worst structural collapses in the United States including the collapses of L’Ambiance Plaza Condominiums, the Schoharie Creek Thruway Bridge, the Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers’ baseball stadium) crane collapse and the Tropicana Parking Garage collapse.

Additionally, Mr. Abruzzo worked at the World Trade Center disaster site performing structural stability assessments of the remaining structures surrounding Ground Zero and providing engineering services and analysis of existing structures to support heavy construction equipment and large cranes.

In the aftermath of the events of September 11, Mr. Abruzzo has been involved in numerous government and private sector projects involving the determination of blast loads, possible structure hardening schemes and progressive collapse studies for several high-rise and special-use buildings.

RANDY BEARDSWORTH – Senior Advisor

Randy Beardsworth is a Partner with Olive, Edwards, & Cooper and a senior advisor to Good Harbor Consulting. His extensive background in homeland security issues, both from a policy perspective and an operational perspective as well as his experience as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provide clients with strategic planning, business development insight, and public-private coordination involving the homeland security marketplace. 



Mr. Beardsworth brings over 30 years of strategic and operational experience, with expertise in maritime security, maritime domain awareness, border and transportation security, law enforcement and immigration policy. As the Assistant Secretary for Strategic Plans at DHS, he was responsible for creating the department's long-range vision and for identifying over-the-horizon issues. He also oversaw DHS's counterterrorism strategic planning, as well as the creation and initial oversight of the Program Management Office for the Secretary's Secure Border Initiative. 



In December of 2002, Mr. Beardsworth was named to the transition team that brought DHS to life. He helped develop and integrate the functional structure of the Border and Transportation Security Directorate. Once established, he became its Director of Operations and was later named as the Acting Under Secretary for the Directorate - a position he held during the Department's critical reorganization period. In this capacity, he oversaw the four agencies making up the directorate - Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Transportation Security Agency (TSA), and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). 



Prior to his time at DHS, Mr. Beardsworth served in two Administrations as the Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council staff where his primary responsibilities included oceans policy and deployment readiness issues. Immediately before joining Olive, Edwards & Cooper, Mr. Beardsworth was Vice President at Analytic Services Inc., parent company to DHS's "Homeland Security Institute." 

Mr. Beardsworth completed a one-year fellowship in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., where he worked on U.S.-Cuba security issues, specifically focusing on illicit drugs, illegal migrants and money laundering. He also completed a fellowship at the National Security Program in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he researched the relationship between nongovernmental organizations and the military during emergencies requiring humanitarian response. 



Mr. Beardsworth served in the Coast Guard before entering civilian government service. As an active-duty Coast Guard officer, he held command of four ships throughout his career and completed numerous tours ashore. He holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Colorado and a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

LISA GORDON-HAGERTY – Senior Advisor

Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty is president and chief executive officer of LEG Inc., a consulting firm providing strategic advice and counsel in domestic and national security, global energy issues-chiefly nuclear, counterterrorism, crisis and consequence management, strategic planning and assessment, and homeland security.

Since 2003, Ms. Gordon-Hagerty served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of USEC Inc., a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. In that role, she was responsible for USEC’s day-to-day operations, including oversight of production, regulatory affairs, advanced technology and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NAC International which specialized in nuclear materials transport, spent fuel storage and transport technologies, nuclear fuel cycle consulting, and fuel cycle information services.

In 1998, Ms. Gordon-Hagerty joined the White House National Security Council (NSC) staff, as director for combating terrorism, overseeing and coordinating U.S. Government activities to deter, disrupt, prevent, and respond fully to conventional, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorist attacks, through research and development, special operations, intelligence, and exercises/contingency planning.

Prior to joining the White House NSC staff, she served for six years as the U.S. Department of Energy’s Director, Office of Emergency Response, leading efforts for emergency preparedness and technical/operational emergency response to all radiological or nuclear events, and as Acting Director, Office of Weapons Surety, responsible for the safety and security of the country’s nuclear weapons program. Prior to DOE, she served as a professional staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce. Ms. Gordon-Hagerty began her professional career as a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Ms. Gordon-Hagerty holds a master’s degree in health physics and a bachelor of science degree, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She serves as a Director of Independence Federal Savings Bank, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of Washington DC, and serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington DC. Ms. Gordon-Hagerty has been named to Fortune Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

RICHARD GRASSIE – Senior Advisor

Richard Grassie, CPP, is President of TECHMARK Security Integration, Inc., a Boston based security analysis and systems design and technology integration firm with a wide range of Fortune 500, institutional and government clients both in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Grassie's career has spanned over 40 years of progressively responsible positions in the military and private security industry. He has extensive experience in proactive risk management, security systems design and security program integration for multi-facility campus security systems designs. He represented the security community after the Oklahoma City bombing at the ASIS National Forum on Terrorist Prevention and at the Symposium on Designing Building Security, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Grassie’s unique PRISM approach to designing safe and secure campus environments has been implemented in America's leading corporations and educational institutions, resulting in significantly reduced risks, decreased losses, increased security service value for dollar and enhanced personnel awareness and safety. PRISM security designs emphasize a seamless integration of state-of-the-art technology along with trained personnel and responsive procedures for complete asset protection through PREVENTION, CONTROL, DETECTION and INTERVENTION in likely risks. His holistic security and loss control program designs also stress the importance of employee security awareness and increased alignment of the security and safety functions with an organization's mission and business goals.

Mr. Grassie has considerable experience in the assessment, design and specification of security management systems to include multiple site integration of major security management systems, access control, CCTV, communications and intrusion detection systems. He also has considerable recent experience with single and multiple card access systems, state-of-the-art digital video analytics, physical security information systems, communications, and security convergence.

Mr. Grassie has designed and implemented complete asset protection programs for water resource authorities, space vehicle launch sites, manufacturing and industrial sites, internet service provider hardware and service providers, internet start-up companies, biopharmaceutical companies, private residences, international petroleum terminals, transportation complexes, commercial office complexes, medical and educational institutions, college and university campuses, aerospace firms, publishing companies, communications centers, high rise commercial office, food processing, tobacco and pharmaceutical plants, international airports, government intelligence gathering and radar sites, military air bases and installations, court houses, vaccine research centers, high schools and middle schools, banks and industrial parks, to name just a few.

His systems design and integration expertise includes environmental designs, facility access controls, electronic intrusion detection, closed circuit television surveillance and assessment, local and remote site communications, networking remote sites over LAN/WAN, and computer based central monitoring systems. He is equally well versed in security technology, crime prevention, security awareness, policies and procedures, and security operations.

During the early stages of his career, he was a sworn police officer, an urban crime analyst and manager of technical assistance to police and prosecutor agencies for the U. S. Department of Justice's Integrated Career Criminal Apprehension Program. Mr. Grassie also served for fifteen years as Director of Project Development for one of the world's leading security systems integrators and managed security design and installation projects in the Pacific Rim, South America, Middle East and Europe.

Mr. Grassie served during the Vietnam conflict as a commissioned officer with the Field Artillery and the U.S. Army's nuclear physical security program at high security sites worldwide. He has worked with selected US Government agencies involved in security and contraband detection, including ONDCP, FBI, DEA, Customs, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Border Patrol, FAA, Defense, State Department, Coast Guard and many leading private corporations.

Mr. Grassie is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) as well as past Chairman and senior member of the American Society for Industrial Security's Architecture and Engineering Standing Committee. He is a Member of the International Association of Security consultants and has been actively involved in the security architecture and engineering community for years. He has participated with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on a number of security related symposiums and his firm is currently an Affiliate Member of the Boston Society of Architects. He has written scores of articles for professional trade and other publications. He travels throughout the world on security projects and conducts security design workshops and training seminars for security professionals from public agencies and private industry.

Mr. Grassie was Technical Editor and Co-Author of Security Planning and Design Guide: Architects and Design Professionals in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington DC published in the Fall of 2003 by John Wiley & Sons. He also recently co-authored portions of the book 21st Century Security and CPTED published in 2008 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.

BARBARA NADEL – Senior Advisor

Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA, is a Senior Advisor at Good Harbor, specializing in security by design for critical infrastructure facilities, key assets, and iconic structures. She provides national and international clients expert advice on security reviews, programming, master planning, design, pre-construction, operational analysis, and value engineering.

Ms. Nadel is editor-in-chief of Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design (McGraw-Hill, 2004), featuring over 50 contributing architects, engineers, attorneys, and allied professionals, and translated to Chinese. She received the 2005 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement for advancing the architectural profession and the 2003 Milka Bliznakov Prize from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), for creating this security resource.

In 2008, Ms. Nadel was appointed as AIA's representative to the U.S. Department of State's Overseas Building Operations (OBO) Industry Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel provides the OBO Director with the latest methods, concepts, best practices, and ideas to ensure that safe, secure, and functional facilities are provided for U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide.

Ms. Nadel was 2001 AIA National Vice President, twice AIA New York Regional Director on the national AIA Board of Directors, AIA Advertising Committee chair (created a multimillion dollar print and radio advertising campaign); 2002 AIA Academy on Architecture for Justice chair, and AIA New York Chapter Health Committee chair for nine years. She was elected to the AIA College of Fellows in 2000.

As an accomplished practitioner and journalist, Ms. Nadel's work on design, security, sustainability, and technology has appeared in over 100 publications, including Architectural Record, Architecture: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future (AIA, 2008), Livable Communities 101 (AIA, 2005), and Time Saver Standards (McGraw-Hill, 2001). She's been quoted in over 100 publications and media outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Homeland Security Television, Fox News Channel, CNN, Chicago Tribune, La Libre Belgique, U.K.'s Financial Times, Buildings, and others.

Her honor awards for outstanding leadership and impact on the architectural profession include both the AIA New York State's Del Gaudio Service Award and President's Award. Her work was nominated for the Jesse Neal Business Journalism Award by Architectural Record.

Ms. Nadel graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts) and the State University of New York at Binghamton (Bachelor of Arts, Pre-Architecture), and studied architecture at Cornell University. She has taught design and is a frequent speaker, keynoter, and awards juror.

MARGARET PURDY – Senior Advisor

Expert: Public Transportation and Emergency Response Infrastructure

Margaret Purdy is one of Canada's most knowledgeable and experienced security experts. She is a Research Associate with the Centre of International Relations at the University of British Columbia and the Principal of Margaret Purdy Consulting, a firm providing strategic advice on national security, public safety and emergency management.

During her 28 years with Canada's federal public service, Ms. Purdy completed a wide range of policy, operational and senior management assignments. Most of her work had a counter-terrorism focus, but she also provided leadership on transportation security, cyber security, emergency management, critical infrastructure protection and protective policing.

Ms. Purdy started her career as a print journalist. She moved into public service in 1975 -- initially with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where she worked as a criminal intelligence analyst on international counter-terrorism investigations. Later, she managed the counter-terrorism program of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

In 1998, Ms. Purdy received her first Deputy Minister-level appointment - in Canada's Privy Council Office as the Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet responsible for Security and Intelligence. In 2001, the Prime Minister appointed her as Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence, with a mandate to launch a new Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness. Her final assignment was with Transport Canada, where she provided strategic advice on securing Canada's aviation, marine, passenger rail and urban transit systems.

Ms. Purdy has published articles on the root causes of terrorism, security of trade and transportation gateways, and Canada's counter-terrorism policy. She has given dozens of presentations and lectures in North America, Europe and Asia. Her current research focuses on the long-term security implications of climate change.

In recent years, she has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, the agency created following the terrorist attacks of September 11 to manage key aviation security screening functions at Canadian airports, and as Vice President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies, a non-partisan, voluntary association that promotes informed debate in Canada on security and intelligence issues.

Ms. Purdy has academic credentials in journalism (Carleton), education (Dalhousie) and national security (National Defence College).

DANIEL RUDDER – Senior Advisor

Daniel Rudder provides business development services to aid Good Harbor’s entry into Southeast Asia. Mr. Rudder is President of Executive Risk Solutions (ERS), a risk assessment and investment advisory firm serving companies that are looking to invest in, or extend their operations to, the emerging markets of Southeast Asia. Mr. Rudder also counsels companies that are established in the region in an effort to ensure that they are maximizing profits and protecting their interests. Mr. Rudder is currently based in Southeast Asia; ERS and Good Harbor now enjoy a joint footprint in the region.

In 2004, Mr. Rudder was based in Beirut, Lebanon, as a risk analyst with Exclusive Analysis Ltd. Mr. Rudder’s work focused on assessing risks related to terrorism, war, civil unrest and political developments in several Persian Gulf countries. Mr. Rudder served a wide variety of clients, to include insurance underwriters, investment managers and international shipping companies, enabling them to make informed strategic decisions and protect their business interests.

In 2005, Mr. Rudder was sworn in as a member of the New York Police Department’s Counter Terrorism Bureau, serving under Deputy Commissioner Michael A. Sheehan. Mr. Rudder’s portfolio included monitoring developments and activities of various international extremist organizations, and compiling and disseminating lessons learned from various terrorist attacks around the world. Mr. Rudder participated in several international missions on behalf of NYPD and was involved in the Department’s efforts to formulate strategic and tactical responses to the threat of suicide bombing in New York. Mr. Rudder also designed and implemented training programs for the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, NYPD’s Counter Terrorism Bureau and the Department’s Hostage Negotiation Team. Courses on militant Sunni ideology, Arab culture and basic Arabic language helped enhance the efficacy of interviews, interrogations, investigations and operations. In 2006, Mr. Rudder was named a Research Fellow at the Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.

Mr. Rudder lived in Cambodia in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He worked as a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Cambodia, and was named an Assistant Editor of the Cambodia Daily newspaper. Mr. Rudder has a B.A. in Buddhism and Asian Anthropology, as well as a Masters of International Affairs in International Security Policy, all from Columbia University. He speaks Arabic, French and Cambodian. Mr. Rudder is certified as a Port Security Officer (PSO), Ship Security Officer (SSO), and Company Security Officer (CSO), in accordance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.

KEITH SCHWALM – Senior Advisor

Keith T. Schwalm joined Good Harbor after serving as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service for eight years. His assignments with the Secret Service focused on electronic and high-tech investigation and protection missions within the Secret Service. Mr. Schwalm served as a member of the Electronic Crime Special Agent Program, with assignments in the Albuquerque Resident Office, Financial Crimes Division, Office of Congressional Affairs and the Homeland Security Division.

Mr. Schwalm was detailed to the position of Director of Infrastructure Protection to the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board at the White House from 2001–2002. He was responsible for coordinating efforts with the financial services sector and physical security of cyber assets working groups. Among his duties, Mr. Schwalm participated in the drafting of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, U.S.-Mexico bilateral discussions on cyber and physical infrastructure dependencies, and developing policy to combat the insider threat.

Mr. Schwalm was then detailed as Director of U.S. Secret Service and Cyber Security R&D Portfolios for the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. In this assignment, Mr. Schwalm initiated cyber security research projects with the InfoSec Research Council, the Cyber Defense Technology Experimental Research Network, the Griffiss Institute, the National Threat Assessment Center, and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Mr. Schwalm created the foundational model for the Department of Homeland Security cyber security research center.

Prior to his service with the Secret Service, Mr. Schwalm worked as an Apple Systems Engineer and Technician supporting the Los Alamos National Laboratory contract. Mr. Schwalm also served as a Hospital Corpsman with the U.S. Navy from 1989–1993 and served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Mr. Schwalm has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico and an M.S. in Computer Science from James Madison University. Mr. Schwalm is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional – Information Systems Security Management Professional. Mr. Schwalm is a certified New Mexico Department of Public Safety Instructor.

STEVEN SIMON – Senior Advisor

Steven Simon is a senior advisor to Good Harbor Consulting and an internationally recognized expert on counter-terrorism and national security. Mr. Simon advises Good Harbor clients in the areas of strategic planning, threat assessment and mitigation and management of foreign and defense policy processes.

Mr. Simon served at the White House for over five years as director for global issues and senior director for transnational threats. During this period, he was involved in U.S. counterterrorism policy and operations as well as security policy in the Near East and South Asia. These assignments followed a fifteen-year career at the U.S. Department of State, during which he coordinated diplomatic support for US military operations worldwide.

After leaving government service, Mr. Simon served for three years as the deputy director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, until returning to the United States as the top Middle East analyst at the RAND Corporation.

Mr. Simon is now the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Goldman Sachs visiting professor in public policy at Princeton University. He has co-authored the The Age of Sacred Terror (Random House, 2002), which won the prestigious Arthur Ross Book Award for best book on international affairs, and is widely regarded as the definitive account of al Qaeda’s origins. He is also coauthor of Iraq at the Crossroads: State and Society in the Shadow of Regime Change (Oxford University Press, 2003). He coauthored several RAND publications including Building a Successful Palestinian State (Rand Corporation, 2005), The Arc: A Formal Structure for a Palestinian State (Rand Corporation, 2005) and Trends and Future Challenges in the Greater Middle East (2008, publication pending). Most recently, he coauthored The Next Attack (Henry Holt, 2005), which examines the evolution of the jihad since September 11, 2001, and America's response, and was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize in 2006. He is working on a new book, with Daniel Benjamin, on Muslim integration in Europe.

Mr. Simon has published in Time, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Times, Foreign Affairs, the New Republic, the New York Review of Books, Survival, the National Interest, World Policy Journal, and other journals. He is a frequent guest on CNN, BBC, ABC, 60 Minutes, Nightline, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Fox, and NPR.

Mr. Simon has a BA from Columbia University in classics and Near Eastern languages, an MTS from the Harvard Divinity School, and an MPA from Princeton University. He was a university fellow at Brown University and an international affairs fellow at Oxford University.