Gerald (Jerry) E. Buckwalter is Northrop Grumman’s Director of Strategy based in McLean, Va. In this capacity, Mr. Buckwalter serves as Northrop Grumman’s chief strategy person for homeland security solutions.

Mr. Buckwalter has worked for many years coordinating company-wide homeland security business with the Department of Homeland Security, as well as Department of Defense Anti-Terrorist Offices, other federal agencies, Homeland Security programs at the state and local level and International Resilience Programs, covering all functional areas including:

• Border and transportation security;
• Emergency preparedness and response;
• Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection and response;
• Critical infrastructure protection; and
• Information analysis and intelligence gathering as they relate to national security.

Mr. Buckwalter has also served in several advisory roles including:

•Board member of the National Homeland Defense Foundation;
•Chair of the 2009 industry study on “Critical Infrastructure Resilience” delivered to Secretary Napolitano
•Point of Contact for the National Infrastructure Advisory Council reporting to the White House and the Secretary of Homeland Security since 2008;
•Contributing author for the 2008 report, “Defense Imperatives for the New Administration;”
•Participant in the 2007 Defense Science Board study “Defending Against Domestic Catastrophe in War Time;”
•Executive committee of Virginia’s Institute for Defense and Homeland Security;
•Board member for the University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management and Technology;
•One of the founding members of the Homeland Security Dialogue Forum;
•Advisor to the Department of Homeland Security / Secret Service 2004 Inaugural Security Team;
•Chair of the 2004 Bi-national US / Italy National Security Strategy and Policy Committee;
•2002 government study participant on the National Guard role in Homeland Security;
•Integrated Facilities Management Assoc. participant in the 1992/1993 Global Facilities Benchmarking Report; and
•Recipient of US Army Special Service Commendation for technical analyses performed.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Mr. Buckwalter was President and General Manager of
AvinStream, LLC, a company specializing in remote wireless security management systems; and was a Vice President and General Manager for Securicor’s United States-based security business. He also held positions for Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., serving as Vice President and General Manager, Municipal Division, and as Vice President of Marketing for the Federal Division; and for Lockheed Martin, where he served as Program Development Manager for the Electronic Systems Division. Jerry started his career as an engineer with the U.S. Army’s Communications and Electronics Command.

Mr. Buckwalter earned a degree in Physics from Monmouth University and has extensive continuing education at George Washington University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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As editor-in-chief, Janice L. Tuchman directs the editorial operations of the Engineering News-Record enterprise—delivering news and analysis online, in print and at events. She works on strategic planning and develops new editorial products, projects and issues.

Under Tuchman’s leadership, the ENR team won five prestigious Jesse H. Neal awards in March 2011. The awards include Best Profile, Best Technical Article, Best Use of Social Media, Best Range of Work and Best News Coverage for in-depth reporting on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. This is the fourth year in a row that ENR won the Neal for news coverage. The winning entries used mixed media to bring readers video and web components as well as stories in print.

Tuchman is active both in the construction industry and publishing associations. This year she was named to the National Research Council’s Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. In 2010, she was inducted into the National Academy of Construction and was appointed to the Industry Leader’s Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She is a trustee of the SMPS Foundation and serves on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering at Columbia University. In 2002, she became only the sixth woman to be elected to membership in “The Moles,” a prestigious heavy-construction industry leaders organization. She is a member of the editorial committee of American Business Media.

A number of groups have honored Tuchman. In 2010, she won an award for journalism from the Society of Military Engineers, North Virginia Post. In 2009, she was inducted into the Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame, and the Women Builders Council of New York City selected her as a Champion Award Winner. In 2002, she was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles chapter of the Women’s Transportation Society and won a career achievement award from Professional Women in Construction. She has won McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Awards for Information Technology and for Editorial Excellence. She also co-authored a McGraw-Hill book called Exposed Structure in Building Design.

Tuchman earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with husband Joseph Rosta, a poet, actor and freelance writer. Their daughter, Celia, is working on a doctorate in cultural anthropology.

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Anthony S. Bartolomeo, P.E., M.ASCE, is the President and CEO of Pennoni Associates, a multi-discipline consulting engineering firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Mr. Bartolomeo is a civil engineering graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in several states. He joined Pennoni in 1986 and has more than three decades of experience in environmental engineering, coupled with broad experience in the relationship development among the federal, state and local government levels, all of which have a stake in the success of major civil infrastructure projects. He has integrated the engineering and financial aspects of major projects into the legal, regulatory and community objectives, to the benefit of Pennoni’s diverse client base.

Mr. Bartolomeo serves as a member of the Board of Directors for a number of not-for-profit organizations in the Delaware Valley. He is a Board Member of the Philadelphia Academies, Inc.; a CEO Ambassador for 21st Century Skills; Chairman of the Board of the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia; and a Board Member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Bartolomeo was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter as one of four co-chairs for the Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success, an organization charged by the Mayor with envisioning and developing citywide partnerships, strategies, and infrastructures to support youth attainment of 21st century skills and post-secondary education

With his strong belief in corporate responsibility to our planet and its environment, Mr. Bartolomeo serves as a leader in several organizations devoted to conservation and regeneration of our planet and its resources. He is Chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and is a Founding Board Member and Finance Committee Chairman of the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Bartolomeo has worked to improve the quality of life of his adopted Delaware Valley home through the giving of his time and talent to local organizations including the University City District, where he is a Board Member and sits on the Executive Committee, the Palmyra Cove Nature Center where he is a Board Member, the Boy Scouts of America Southern New Jersey Council where he sits on the Blue Ribbon Finance Committee, and the Knights of Columbus Sancta Familia Council.

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