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Robert P. Crouch, Jr. – Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness

Cabinet level Homeland Security Advisor to the Governor coordinating Commonwealth strategy and initiatives related to all-hazards preparedness.

• Department of Homeland Security point of contact for the Commonwealth
• Member, National Capital Region Senior Policy Group
• Chair, Secure Commonwealth Panel
• Vice-chair, Virginia Military Advisory Committee
• Vice-president, All Hazard Consortium Board
• Member, Virginia Fusion Center Advisory Board
• Co-chair, Commonwealth Preparedness Working Group
• Member, Virginia Citizen-Soldier Support Council
• Member, National Governor's Association Homeland Security Advisors' Council
• Commissioner, Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority
• Member, Interagency Anti-Gang Working Group
• Member, Board of Directors, Past Board Chair, Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Consortium
• Member, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Emergency Preparedness Council
• Chair, National Advisory Board, Norfolk State University Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
• Member, National Governors' Association Governors' Homeland Security Advisors Council
• Member, National Association of Emergency Managers Homeland Security Consortium
• Co-Chair, Virginia Higher Education Preparedness Consortium
• Member, Commonwealth Homeland Security Foundation
• Fellow, James Madison University Institute for Infrastructure & Information Assurance

May 2005 - January 2006: Legal Counsel to Governor Mark R. Warner.
January 2002 - May 2005: Chief Deputy Secretary of Public Safety; Warner Administration (during which time served as co-chair of the Commonwealth Preparedness Working Group; co-chair, Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group; chair, Virginia Citizen-Soldier Support Council; chair, Interagency Anti-Gang Working Group).
1993 - 2001:  United States Attorney, Western District of Virginia.
1988 - 1993:  Private practice of law in Charlottesville and Martinsville.
1976 - 1985:  Clerk of the Circuit Court, Henry County.

Education

BA, Government, University of Maryland; 1971
MPA, University of North Carolina -- Greensboro; 1982
J.D., University of Virginia; 1988

Civic Involvement

Bob Crouch has participated on the boards of numerous local and state civil organizations throughout his career including as a former member, George Mason University Board of Visitors; as a former member and chairman of the Virginia Community College Board, and as a former member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Museum of Natural History.