Allan Ralph Zenowitz
221 Mount Auburn Street, # 503
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-868-1347
Email: arzenowitz@earthlink.net

Allan Ralph Zenowitz presently serves as a member of the Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Advisory Council.

In addition. Mr. Zenowitz served as a Task Force Member at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), researching methods of combating Chemical, Biological and Nuclear terrorism. He also served on a Task Force at the National Security Council on Emergency Management Studies.

Mr. Zenowitz left Federal service as an Executive Officer with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in May of 2002. He joined FEMA in 1979, at its inception, as the Director of the Resource Management Division. He had additional assignments as Chief of the Federal Plans Division, Chief of the National Defense Executive Reserve Division, and as a Senior Policy Coordinator Officer with the FEMA Training and Fire Programs Directorate. All positions have involved government-wide coordination.

Mr. Zenowitz entered Federal service 1971, with the Department of Defense, where he was assigned as the Regional Director of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency with
Emergency coordinating responsibilities in New England, New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He has served as Special Assistant for Hazardous Material Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and assigned to the Pentagon. Prior to that, in 1965, Mr. Zenowitz served with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as the Director, Massachusetts Civil Defense Agency and Office of Emergency Preparedness. Other assignments included service as Chairman, Massachusetts Emergency Energy Commission, Chairman, Massachusetts Emergency Communications Commission, Federal-State Coordinator for the Governor’s Office, Public Safety Advisor to the Governor, Assistant to the Governor, and membership on the Massachusetts Radiological Advisory Commission.

He has served, as President, National Emergency Management Association, as a trustee of the Christian Herter Chair in International Relations, and as the Judge of the annual Harvard Yale Debate.

In the private sector, Mr. Zenowitz was a partner in a management consulting firm specializing in business reorganization and development. He served as an Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander in the U.S. Army, and held General Staff assignments as a mobilization designee in intelligence and logistics. His military education includes attendance at the U.S. Army Armor School, U.S. Army Logistics Management College, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, U.S. Naval War College and National Defense University.

He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, a White House citation for Outstanding Public Service, and the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.

Mr. Zenowitz was educated at Trinity College, the University of Connecticut, the University of the State of New York, and the New England School of Law. He holds degrees in government, public policy, and a juris doctorate. He has attended professional courses at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and the School of Public Health.