Equity International is a prominent business development
firm with offices in Washington, DC and Florida, and a leader
in facilitating business solutions for post-disaster reconstruction,
homeland security, and economic development.
Equity International has organized:
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The first Katrina Reconstruction Summit
on Capitol Hill in September of 2005, providing a leadership
forum for
immediate solutions to the destruction of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita.
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The Gulf Coast Reconstruction Summit
in Washington in April
of 2006, featuring Congressman Tom Davis, Chairman
of the House Government Reform Committee and former FEMA Director
James Lee Witt.
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The Gulf Coast Reconstruction & Hurricane
Preparedness Summit in August of 2006, featuring
Louisiana Governor
Kathleen Blanco, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and
all federal agencies
involved in the reconstruction and development
of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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The first conference on the reconstruction
of Iraq, held
in Washington on May 5, 2003.
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Additional conferences
and briefings on rebuilding Iraq in 2003 and 2004.
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The first conference on the reconstruction
of Afghanistan, convened in March of 2002.
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Following
the election of President Vojislav Kostunica, the first
Yugoslavia reconstruction and development
conference, held in November of 2000.
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In the wake of deadly floods in Venezuela,
the first Venezuelan reconstruction conference in March
of 2000.
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Responding to the devastating earthquakes
in Turkey, a major Turkish reconstruction conference
in
January of 2000.
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The first post-war reconstruction
conference on Kosovo and the surrounding countries in
June of
1999.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch,
the first reconstruction conference on Central America
in
December of 1998.
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The first post-war reconstruction
conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in January
of
1996.
Since 1996, more than 25,000 government
officials and business executives
have participated
in Equity International's
summits, briefings, and forums,
including Louisiana Governor
Kathleen
Blanco; New Orleans Mayor Ray
Nagin; then-Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Ridge; DHS Deputy
Secretary Michael Jackson;
now-FEMA Director David Paulison;
former FEMA Director James
Lee Witt; Gil Jamieson,
FEMA’s Deputy Director
for Gulf Coast Reconstruction;
Donna Gambrell, Regional Director,
Office of the Federal Coordinator
for Gulf Coast Rebuilding;
Andy Kopplin, Executive Director,
Louisiana Recovery Authority;
Michael Byrne, Chief Program
Executive,
Louisiana Road
Home Program; Jim Williams, Commissioner,
GSA Federal Acquisition Service;
Jim Loy, former U.S. Coast Guard
Commandant and
DHS Deputy Secretary; Dan Hitchings,
Director of Task
Force Hope, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; Jay Brandes, Director,
U.S. Hurricane Contracting Information
Center; Eugene
Cornelius, District Director,
U.S. Small Business Administration;
Congressman
Tom Davis, Chairman, House Government
Reform Committee; Congressman
Hal Rogers, Chairman, House Homeland
Security
Appropriations;
Lincoln P. Bloomfield, then-U.S.
Assistant Secretary of
State; John Taylor, then-Under
Secretary, U.S. Department of
Treasury;
Singleton McAllister, former
General Counsel, U.S. Agency
for International Development;
His Excellency
Karim Kawar,
Ambassador of Jordan to the United
States; and many other leaders. |
