Stewart Verdery
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Charles Stewart Verdery Jr. is an American lobbyist and political professional. He served as the first Assistant Secretary of Policy and Planning at the Department of Homeland Security from 2003-2005. He founded the Monument Policy Group, a government affairs consulting firm advising corporations, associations, and non-profits, in 2006.
(R-Okla.), Assistant Senate Majority Leader, from 1998 until 2002. Verdery also oversaw the creation and management of the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force. Verdery also served as counsel to Chairman Orrin Hatch
(R-Utah) on the Senate Judiciary Committee and directed the committee’s crime unit. In addition, while at the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration from 1996–1998, he worked for Chairman John Warner
(R-Va.), investigating the contested Louisiana Senate election.
and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Project 2049 Institute
. He previously was a member of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future at the Migration Policy Institute
. He has also served as a lobbyist for Boeing
.
in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Virginia
in 1993.
Congressional aide
Prior to his service at DHS, Verdery served as general counsel to Sen. Don NicklesDon Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles is an American businessman and politician who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He was a fiscal and social conservative.-Early life:...
(R-Okla.), Assistant Senate Majority Leader, from 1998 until 2002. Verdery also oversaw the creation and management of the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force. Verdery also served as counsel to Chairman Orrin Hatch
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch is the senior United States Senator for Utah and is a member of the Republican Party. Hatch served as the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1993 to 2005...
(R-Utah) on the Senate Judiciary Committee and directed the committee’s crime unit. In addition, while at the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration from 1996–1998, he worked for Chairman John Warner
John Warner
John William Warner, KBE is an American Republican politician who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Senator from Virginia from January 2, 1979, to January 3, 2009...
(R-Va.), investigating the contested Louisiana Senate election.
Post-DHS career
Verdery serves as an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International StudiesCenter for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...
and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Project 2049 Institute
Project 2049 Institute
The Project 2049 Institute is an American think tank focused on security issues and public policy in Central-Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.-Background:The Institute was founded in January 2008...
. He previously was a member of the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America’s Future at the Migration Policy Institute
Migration Policy Institute
The Migration Policy Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank established in 2001 by Kathleen Newland and Demetrios G. Papademetriou. It is "an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think-tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide." The Migration policy Institute works...
. He has also served as a lobbyist for Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
.
Education
Verdery received his B.A. from Williams CollegeWilliams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
in 1993.