3.17.09 BHP's Rob Housman will be taking a key business, government relations, and public relations advisory position with Mutualink, a company that specializes in "affordable interoperable multimedia communications sharing solution for emergency preparedness and response." Housman was chosen based on his years of governmental experience and his prominence in the fields of cyber security, counter terrorism, and homeland security.
Housman agreed to become an advisor to the company because, as he said "I am well versed with the interoperable communications products in the market, and when I saw Mutualink's interoperability solution it was immediately obvious that it was in an entirely different class. Mutualink's interoperability solution is brilliant technology with an equal part of ingeniously applied insight that resolves many of the fundamental issues hampering the widespread adoption of interoperability in communities across the country. Mutualink offers an extremely user-friendly, easily deployable and very cost-effective solution to the interoperability problems that continue to plague the nation at the Federal, State and local levels—the frontlines of emergency management, counter-terrorism and homeland security."
]]>3.4.09 Book Hill Partners, for the third year has been a major partner with the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD). As a Bronze Sponsor for the 2009 AAPD Leadership Gala, BHP has worked with the Association to advise and help raise necessary funds. The Partners and over 800 other guests attended the annual Leadership Gala on March 4, which seeks to honor people who make significant advancements for people with disabilities. The event also serves as one of AAPD's principal fundraisers for its operating budget, and the organization successfully raised $785,000.
Book Hill Partner Eric Vaughn, who is also a member of the AAPD Board, and a founding member of the AAPD steering committee, said, "There is no organization that does more for people with disabilities than the AAPD." He added, "The AAPD is recognized as the nation's premiere advocacy group for people with disabilities. We are extremely proud to be able to help this outstanding organization." BHP looks forward to working with the AAPD in future endeavors. In addition, Book Hill Partners' three interns: Nathaniel Davis, Delaware State University; Emily Gutman, Wake Forest University; and Thomas Parisi, University of New Hampshire, were able to take active volunteer roles for involvement with the 2009 AAPD Leadership Gala.
]]>2.17.09 BHP's Rob Housman helped the Taylor Hooton Foundation to reach an agreement with Alex Rodriguez to join the THF team to help fight youth steroid and other performance enhancing drug use.
"This partnership marks the first time that the Hooton Foundation will have teamed up with a ballplayer who has made a mistake with steroids. We reached out to Alex after his ESPN interview, in which he stressed he wants to turn his mistake into something positive by focusing on youth anti-steroid education," said Housman. The Foundation is the only entity—public or private—in the U.S. dedicated specifically to educating young people, parents, coaches, trainers, and other adult influencers about the dangers of steroid and other performance enhancing drugs.
]]>2.12.09 Rob Housman, Book Hill Partner, and a Board Member of the Taylor Hooton Foundation, attended New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez's press conference where he apologized for his use of performance enhancing drugs. At the press conference, Rodriguez announced his commitment to the Taylor Hooton Foundation. Mr. Housman had been helping THF and Mr. Rodriguez to create a partnership in youth steroid abuse prevention. This agreement comes after Mr. Rodriguez's interview on ESPN where he declared his intention to prevent youth from using steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.
]]>Michael Fonstein, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Cleveland BioLabs stated, The DoD's funding of Protectan CBLB502 reflects their evaluation of its potential safety and efficacy as a medical radiation countermeasure and recognition of its potential suitability for the armed forces needs on the battlefield. We are pleased to be working for CBMS, which rapidly provides the Warfighter with safe, robust, affordable medical countermeasures against the broad spectrum of CBRN threats. We hope that Protectan CBLB502, when approved by the FDA, will offer a practical solution for one of the deadliest threats that exists in today's world.
http://www.cbiolabs.com/press_releases/Cleveland_BioLabs_Achieves.php
]]>The Nationals’ event is part of a larger nationwide campaign, for which the Foundation hired BHP to provide public affairs, public relations and government affairs support.
With funding from Major League Baseball, The Taylor Hooton Foundation is holding healthy living events with young people at all 30 professional baseball stadiums this season. At each event the team’s trainer offers healthy training techniques, players offer help with baseball skills, and the Hooton Foundation educates the kids on the dangers of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. BHP is assisting with all these events.
]]>The survey results were widely reported including by MarketWatch, Reuters and Fox News.
]]>See the article:
http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/resources/publications/washington_lawyer/may_2008/steroids.cfm
The Taylor Hooton Foundation: www.taylorhooton.org
]]>It was the first of three simultaneous al Qaeda bombings against Western hotels in Amman that night, which has become known as “Jordan’s 9/11.” In all, nearly 60 people died and 100 were injured in the attacks.
Speaking at a counterterrorism conference in Washington nearly two years later, Thomas Pritzker, chief executive officer of Global Hyatt Corp., said he made it a point to reopen as quickly as possible after the attacks, not for commercial reasons — only a few guests stayed at the hotel in that first week after the incident — but because Hyatt wanted to make a statement to the world that it would not be cowed by terrorism.
“Beyond building approaches to prevention,” Pritzker said, “to me, it’s critical that we build resilience into our own psychology. That is, we’re going to have these events. How quickly are we able to get back up, get back out of the house, get back to work, and do the things that we ought to be doing every day?”
]]>Book Hill Partners facilitated the formation of Polimatrix, assisted with its business strategies, advised on this procurement and provided government relations assistance to the company. “We are delighted that we could help Polimatrix emerge as the new leader in radiation detection,” said BHP partner Eric Vaughn. “By helping our client succeed we were able to make America more secure. That is a very rewarding feeling,” Vaughn added.
BHP congratulates Polimatrix on this great success.
]]> “Be Ready DC: A Guide to Family Preparedness” available at:
http://dcema.dc.gov/dcema/lib/dcema/gfp_0817a.pdf
“BE READY! An Emergency Guide for DC Kids” available at:
http://dcema.dc.gov/dcema/lib/dcema/dcyouthguideforweb.pdf
“The project originally was supposed to take nine months but the new Mayor and his team wanted it fast tracked—we completed it in just nine weeks and on budget,” said BHP partner Rob Housman, who led the creation of the guides for the District.
“This project is a perfect example of how Book Hill’s approach works. We were able to deliver state-of-the-art guides in a matter of weeks because we had both the communications expertise, with families and children in particular, and extensive subject matter expertise in homeland security,” said Housman.
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