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CCG partner, W. R. Basham, will be joining the speaker line-up for American Association of Port Authorities’ (AAPA) 2013 Spring Conference in Washington D.C.

Mr. Basham, now in private practice, has served in senior leadership positions at four of the eight operational components in what is now the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and did so as a senior executive presidential appointee in the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations. He led an agency of over 53,000 employees as commissioner of the U.S. CBP, the nation’s largest law enforcement agency and the largest operational component of DHS with overall responsibility for U.S. border security. Prior to that, he served as the director of the U.S. Secret Service, where he had overall responsibility for the security of the president, vice president, all living former presidents and their families.

AAPA anticipates more than 150 port and related industry leaders and guests will take part in the two-day conference.

For more information about AAPA’s 2013 Spring Conference program and agenda, go to the AAPA website.

Source: American Association of Port Authorities