Dear Members,
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David W. Cooper
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I am writing you today to announce the keynote speaker for the October 11th Annual Member Meeting at Bally's in Atlantic City.
We are delighted to announce, David W. Cooper of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will discuss bus security and ways that operators can enhance their security assessments and planning, training and exercises, and information sharing.
The TSA's Highway and Motor Carrier Section is responsible for security in the over-the-road bus community working directly with associations and operators to reduce the likely hood of terrorist attacks against the industry.
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the Industry Engagement Manager for Highway and Motor Carrier within TSA's Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement, Mr. Cooper has responsibility for coordination and collaboration with public and private stakeholders on behalf of TSA. This topic is not only timely, but educational in nature so you can be aware and implement measure to ensure safety for you, your employees and passengers.
Mr. Cooper's area of focus is to develop intelligence driven and risk-based security policies to address potential threats to highway modes of transportation in partnership with other government agencies and private sector industries. These modes include trucking, over-the-road bus, school bus, and highway transportation infrastructure. He recently served as the Branch Chief for Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Consequences within the Highway and Motor Carrier Division. In this capacity, he had responsibility for analyzing daily intelligence reporting, coordinating efforts with public and private stakeholders to identify security gaps, assessing impact to the global supply chain, and providing recommendations and solutions to address the overall risks associated to the transportation sector.
Mr. Cooper has also recently worked with the European Union and Asia Pacific Economies to share critical mitigation strategies and assist in developing strategies and priorities to be used by partner governments and private industry to enhance their overall security planning efforts.
