Homeland Security Agency Forms Academic Advisory Panel

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday announced the creation of a panel of college presidents and other higher education leaders to advise the agency on issues related to international student recruitment, research, and other matters. Agency officials said the establishment of the committee reflected its officials' desire to work with college and university leaders. The panel's members are:

• Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University
• Carrie L. Billy, president of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium
• Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges
• David M. Dooley, president of the University of Rhode Island
• Royce C. Engstrom, president of the University of Montana
• Antonio R. Flores, president and CEO of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
• Rufus Glasper, chancellor of the Maricopa Community Colleges
• Jay Gogue, president of Auburn University
• Marlene M. Johnson, executive director and CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators 
• Eric W. Kaler, president of the University of Minnesota
• R. Bowen Loftin, president of Texas A&M University
• Wallace Loh, president of the University of Maryland at College Park
• Gail O. Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College
• Ruby G. Moy, president and CEO of the Asian Pacific Islander American Association of Colleges and Universities
• Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of the Association of American Universities
• John Sexton, president of New York University
• Rear Admiral Sandra Stosz, superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Dianne Boardley Suber, president of Saint Augustine’s College
• Holden Thorp, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill