LEADERSHIP
John Ashcroft served as one of the
most high-profile and experienced Attorneys General in the nation’s
history. John was the Chief Executive Officer of a Cabinet agency,
larger than most Fortune 500 corporations, comprised of 112,000
employees with an annual operating budget of $22 billion. He ran the
world’s largest international law firm, a national prison system and
the world’s finest law enforcement agencies. Relying on his executive
experience, he emphasized strategic management, integrating strategic
planning, budgeting and performance measurement across the Department.
J. Patrick (Rick Michaels, Jr. has
been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Communications Equity
Associates (CEA) since he founded the firm in 1973 to provide
investment banking and private equity services exclusively to the
media, entertainment and communications industries. CEA and affiliated
companies have completed transactions in 60 countries and managed
private equity funds investing in these industries. In 2000, he founded
Atlantic American Partners, which specializes in buyouts of funds in
middle market companies and manages private investment funds in
industries other than those represented by CEA.
TEAM
Tyler P. Alcorn most recently served
as the Vice President and General Manager at Centric Group, a privately
held holding company based in St. Louis, MO.Mr. Alcorn was responsible
for the operation of Keefe Commissary Network, the correctional
industry's leading supplier of automated commissary management
services. As General Manager, Mr. Alcorn oversaw all divisions of the
$220 million company and supervised 1,100 employees in 130 locations
across the country. Under Mr. Alcorn's leadership, the company
experienced consecutive years of double-digit growth.
David Ayres is the co-founder and
Chief Executive Officer of The Ashcroft Group, LLC. As Chief of Staff
at the United States Department of Justice for four years under
Attorney General Ashcroft, Mr. Ayres was known as a shrewd strategist,
decisive decision-maker, and calm crisis-manager. After the terrorist
attacks on September 11, 2001, Mr. Ayres was labeled "Ashcroft's
Invisible Hand" by the National Journal for his leadership in managing
the Department's crisis operations, enacting the USA Patriot Act, and
restructuring the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
William C.T. Gaynor III established
strong relationships with corporate leaders through his experience
working with CEOs and national business leaders to develop policy and
strategy while at the U.S. Department of Commerce as Associate Director
of the Office of Business Liaison for Secretary Don Evans. There he
worked with business leaders and the White House to craft the strategy
for the Department on important issues such as Trade Promotion
Authority, tax relief, job creation and international trade. As
Associate Director, Mr. Gaynor helped direct trade missions to Mexico,
Russia, China, Peru, Chile, South Africa andGhana, by coupling
companies with market professionals and in-country corporations.
Tracy Henke has a distinguished
record of successfully leading organizations in a focused strategic
direction, designing innovative initiatives to produce real results,
and directing a diverse workforce to meet identified goals with limited
resources. As Assistant Secretary for Grants & Training at the
Department of Homeland Security, Ms. Henke led a more than $3 billion
annual agency to develop and implement national programs to prepare the
Nation's first responders, localities, urban areas, states, and the
private sector to deter, prevent, respond, and recover from terrorism
and other catastrophic events. In addition, Ms. Henke oversaw the
Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs which provided
criminal justice resources and training for states and localities.
Susan Richmond Johnson served as
Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral Thad Allen, the Principal Federal
Official (PFO) for the Hurricane Katrina response, helping to manage
the $100 billion dollar federal relief and response effort to the worst
natural disaster in American history. Johnson also served as Chief of
Staff to the Undersecretary for Management in the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). In this role she helped to manage the core
business functions of DHS, including a $43.2 billion dollar operating
budget, a department-wide procurement spanning 22 agencies, as well as
information technology, human capital and administrative services.
Previously she served at the U.S. Department of Justice as White House
Liaison and Senior Advisor to the Attorney General, responsible for
management issues including a $23 billion budget, personnel,
information technology and administrative services.
Ken Jones spent nearly a decade in Washington,
DC as an attorney and advisor to numerous U.S. government officials. He
currently sources, diligences and executes on transactions in the
private equity and investment banking space with an emphasis on
government opportunities. He se rved as Deputy Counsel to the
Republican National Committee in the 1990's under former Secretary of
Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson and Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore. Mr.
Jones also served as Chief Counsel to President George W. Bush's 2001
Inaugural where he oversaw all legal aspects for the Presidential
Inauguration. He was an attorney with the law firm Patton Boggs LLP
where he focused on public policy and government, commercial litigation
and corporate law. He has extensive experience in representing
officials at all levels of government including the President, Members
of Congress, Cabinet Secretaries and Ambassadors. Most recently, he was
Chief Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff to former U.S. Senate Majority
Leader Trent Lott. He has expert knowledge of the federal legislative
and executive processes in Washington, and has reviewed and negotiated
hundreds of contracts and complex transactions on behalf of the U.S.
Government.
Dave Moyer is both a Senior Managing Director
of CEA and President of Principal Advisors Group, LLC, an associate of
CEA,and created the joint venture referred to as "CEA Principal
Advisors Group" in 2003. CEA Principal Advisors Group is focused on
raising private equity and debt capital and providing M&A and
strategic financial advice to early stage and middle market companies
in the media, communications, information technology, business services
and homeland security related industries. Prior to joining CEA, Mr.
Moyer was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Partner
of Solomon Broadcasting International, L.P., and was previously
employed by General Electric Capital Corporation in various positions
including Senior Vice President of GE Capital Equity Capital Group,
Inc. and Senior Vice President/Team Leader of the Merch ant Banking
Division of GE Capital Corporate Finance Group, Inc. During his career,
Mr. Moyer has executed over $1.5 billion of senior and subordinated
debt, and equity financing commitments in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and
Latin America. In addition, he holds an MBA from Harvard Business
School, a BA in Economics from Syracuse University, where he graduated
Phi Beta Kappa, and is a graduate of the GE Financial Management
Program.
John E. Turner is the Chief Operating Officer
of CEA. Prior to CEA, Mr. Turner led the turnaround of a $360 million
Global 500 North American division increasing revenues by 70% and
operating profit by 568% over a three-year period. As founder and CEO
of Network InfoServe, Inc., his firm provided information technology
integration services to customers worldwide earning recognition in the
Inc. 500, Technology 500 and the Suncoast T echnology 50. Prior to Mr.
Turner's tenure at Network InfoServe, Inc., he was the co-founder and
President of Micro Support Inc., a company recognized as a leader in
the U.S. in network integration.
Juleanna Glover Weiss advises major
corporate clients on a wide range of issues from patent reform to
Securities Exchange Commission issues and intellectual property
protection to identity theft. Ms. Weiss has over fifteen years
experience working with some of the most important government policy
debates, high profile political campaigns and corporate controversies
in the U.S. and abroad. In June of 2004, the New York Times cited Ms.
Weiss as "Washington's latest woman to know" and the June 2006
Washingtonian magazine listed Weiss as one of Washington's "Most
Powerful Women." She is regularly included on major publications' lists
of top lobbyists in the Nation's capitol.
