The Council enters in to strategic partnerships with select organizations that work to include the private sector's voice in important and relevant areas of homeland security.

The American Red Cross of the National Capital Area
The American Red Cross in the National Capital Region is a volunteer-led organization that provides relief to victims of disaster and empowers people in the D.C. Metro Area to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters and other life-threatening emergencies. Financially supported by the generosity of the local community, the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year responding daily to local disasters while continuing to build its capacity to effectively prepare for and respond to the next major disaster to strike our community.The region consists of the National Capital Area Chapter (the counties of Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George's; the District of Columbia; the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church and field offices at Fort Belvoir, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Andrews Air Force Base, National Naval Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health) and community chapters in Alexandria, Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William.

Together with the Council, the ARC cohosts the annual Partners in Preparedness Symposium and new to 2009, the CEO Summit at PIP. The Symposium strives to better integrate and coordinate the private sector in community preparedness efforts, engage local businesses in preparedness for their workplace and employees, and to raise awareness and preparedness for entire communities. 


The Chertoff Group
The Chertoff Group is a leading global security and risk management firm. The firm, based in Washington with offices in New York, advises government and corporate clients on a range of security concerns, including cyber security, terrorism, fraud, border protection and supply-chain security. The Firm also advises corporate acquirers and private equity firms on investing in the security and defense sectors. Finally, the firm counsels corporate clients on business continuity planning, incident management, and crisis communications through its global strategic partnership with Burson Marsteller. The Chertoff Group is proud to count the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council as a key strategic partner. Visit the Chertoff Group.



Civitas Group
Civitas Group llc is the leading strategic advisory and management consulting firm serving the national security and homeland security markets.   The firm has an extensive track record of assisting corporate leaders in addressing strategic and operational challenges related to defense, intelligence, homeland security, cybersecurity, government services, and critical infrastructure markets by building strategies based on fact-based analysis, deep market expertise, and a sophisticated understanding and analysis of the policies that affect these sectors.  Our clients include the leading global, middle market and early-stage firms servicing the government and commercial security sectors, as well as financial and investment industry leaders.  Civitas Group also provides extensive services to government leaders addressing complex security and policy challenges across national security disciplines. 
We work extensively with Federal, state, local and allied foreign governments on the most compelling national and homeland security issues.  The firm’s M&A advisory and due diligence support practice provides expert buy-side strategy and support to leading investment banks, private equity firms, and strategic corporate buyers
investing in the defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, government services and homeland sectors.  Our team has an extensive, multi-year record of providing value to strategically-focused investors and has assisted on scores of deals across the sector in both the classified and unclassified spheres.  Visit Civitas Group.




Georgetown University Public Policy Institute
The Georgetown Public Policy Institute is committed to making the world a better place through research and practice. Their faculty is performing cutting-edge research to identify pressing problems and recommend effective solutions. Our students are trained and prepared to put policy into practice -- in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, and at home and around the world. The policy reach at GPPI is wide-ranging and relevant. From education, health, and economic security to international development and homeland security, our faculty and students are working on today's most important policy issues.

The Council and GPPI partner jointly to enhance and enrich the public policy conversation on the role and responsibilities of the private sector in homeland security, the private sector's needs from a "homeland security" degree, and provide industry's perspective in GPPI programming where appropriate.


SafeGov
SafeGov.org is a forum for IT providers and leading industry experts dedicated to promoting trusted and responsible cloud computing solutions for the public sector. By fostering a more comprehensive understanding of cloud technologies, including their benefits, capabilities and limitations, SafeGov.org works to empower government users to make well-informed procurement choices from the growing universe of marketplace offerings.

Women in Homeland Security
The Mission of Women in Homeland Security is to provide a professional organization for women working in the field of homeland security. As a relatively new field, the organization strives to provide women with a forum to learn about the many facets of the discipline and to build the connections necessary for their own professional development and for the connections needed to understand the full spectrum of homeland security. Visit WHS.

Women in Homeland Security is also committed to assuring that we never forget the threat of terrorism and the need for our nation to maintain its vigilance -- despite the absence of a terroristattack since September 11, 2001.