BookHill Partners

3.07.08 BHP hosts finance conference event with Congressman John Lewis, Democrat from Georgia
On March 7, 2008, Congressman John Lewis, one the senior most Members of Congress and the fourth Ranking Democratic Member serving on the Powerful House Ways and Means, was the Keynote Speaker at the Structured Financial Associates Annual Meeting and Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Congressman John Lewis has been called the "Conscience of the United States Congress and a Genuine American Hero and moral leader who commands national respect." Congressman Lewis' remarks in Charleston focused on the need for federal protections for the settlements that injured workers and disabled Americans depend on for their medicine, health care needs and basic living requirements. BHP’s Eric Vaughn arranged Congressman Lewis participation at the event.

3.05.08 Book Hill Partners raises over $1.2 million in conjunction with the American Association of People with Disabilities 2008 Gala
On March 5, 2008, the American Association of People with Disabilities, hosted the "2008 AAPD Leadership Gala" in Washington, D.C. at the Historic National Building Museum. Eric Vaughn, a partner at BHP, and a member of the AAPD Executive Committee, worked with over 50 Fortune 500 corporations and more than 100 National Disability Rights organizations to raise over $1.2 Million Dollars in the most successful Leadership Gala in AAPD history. Andy Imperato, President of the AAPD, praised Eric and Book Hill Partners for their contributions and effective leadership in support of the 2008 Gala. Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole was the 2008 AAPD Leadership Award winner and Keynote Speaker at the Gala. Book Hill Partners is already hard at work on the 2009 AAPD Leadership Gala. Learn more about the American Association of People with Disabilities at, www.aapd.com.

1.10.08 Book Hill analysis of market-based measures for homeland security featured in CQ Homeland Security report
On the night of Nov. 9, 2005, a man identified as 23-year-old Iraqi Rawad Jassem Mohammed Abed walked into the Grand Hyatt in Amman, Jordan, ordered a glass of orsange juice, and blew himself up. Twenty-one people were killed, including Syrian-American Moustapha Akkad, a movie producer best known for the “Halloween” horror films, and his 34-year-old American daughter.

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?”
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12.08.07 BHP launches new website
Book Hill Partners has launched its new website. “Our new site lays out how we focus on cost-effective problem solving and delivering measurable results. It stresses our six keys to achieving results: reach, focus, relationships, power, innovation, and knowledge,” said DC partner Eric Vaughn. “The new website reflects BHP’s unique character and approach—solid and established but with a new edge,” added Al Rutherford, a Dallas-based partner.

11.01.07 BHP delivers Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System contract for Polimatrix
On November 1, 2007, the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System awarded Book Hill Partner’s client Polimatrix the state-wide contract for a radiation detection system, including 20,000 devices, for the state’s first responders. The award is the largest such procurement to date in the U.S. market. http://www.ileas.org/_pdf/PolimatrixPressRelease.pdf

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.

09.27.07 BHP partner leads development of District of Columbia’s Family Preparedness and Youth Preparedness Guides
For National Preparedness Month 2007 DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, along with the District’s Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Darell Darnell, released two new preparedness guides designed to help safeguard the District’s families and young people:

“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.