Mr. Robert Housman

Council Member Biography

Robert Housman is a Partner at BookHill Partners in Washington, DC, where he focuses on national and homeland security, international affairs, advanced technologies, and biotech. He also has extensive experience in the high-tech sector, and he has assisted companies in obtaining government contracts and grants worth nearly $1 billion total. Mr. Housman has also consulted for the National Security Council, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme and the American Chemistry Council. He previously ran his own firm, the Housman Group; was a Senior Vice President in Fleishman-Hillard’s government relations division; and served as Counsel to the Government Relations Section of Bracewell & Patterson. In 1997 President Clinton appointed him Assistant Director for Strategic Planning in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). In this capacity, he was a senior advisor at large to Gen. (ret.) Barry McCaffrey, the drug czar and member of the President’s Cabinet and National Security Council. He teaches homeland security and counter-terrorism for the University of Maryland, University College. He has also taught international law at the American University Law School and national security at Syracuse University's Maxwell School, Washington Program. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2007 - Unspecified

Partner, Book Hill Partners

2005 - 2007

Principal, The Housman Group

2004 - 2005

Senior Vice President, FLEISHMAN-HILLARD INC.

2001 - 2004

Counsel, BRACEWELL & PATTERSON LLP

1997 - 2001

Assistant Director for Strategic Planning, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

1995 - 1997

Adjunct Professor, National Security, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

1992 - 1995

Adjunct Professor, International Law, Washington College of Law, American University