Prior to associating with JWI, Mr. Kelley served in the U.S. Embassy Baghdad and with the U.S. Defense Department in Baghdad. During this time, he was Advisor for U.S. Legislative Affairs to two U.S. Ambassadors to Iraq, Ambassador James F. Jeffrey and John Negroponte.

An attorney and Member of the District of Columbia Bar, Mr. Kelley was Chief Counsel to the National Security Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006. He previously served as Deputy U.S. Senate Legal Counsel; Deputy to the President’s Special Representative and Ambassador-at-Large for Nuclear Nonproliferation, U.S. State Department; and Counsel to the U.S. Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kelley served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer in Germany.

Mr. Kelley earned his law degree at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also received his Master’s Degree in Political Science. He speaks fluent German.

The former U.S. Ambassador to Guinea and The Gambia joins JWI as Vice President and member of JWI’s Africa Advisory Board

Jefferson Waterman International is pleased to announce that Ambassador Jackson McDonald has joined forces with JWI, a leading Washington, D.C.-based international political and business consulting firm. Amb. McDonald comes to JWI following decades of high-level public service encompassing strategic political affairs, international business facilitation, counter terrorism, and cyber security. Much of his career was based in West Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. As a Vice President of JWI, Amb. McDonald will be providing JWI clients with international political and commercial representation and be a member of JWI’s Africa Advisory Board.

Amb. McDonald served as U.S. Ambassador to Guinea in 2004-2007 and U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia in 2001-2004. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Côte d’Ivoire 1998-2001, and was the first foreign diplomat accredited to the newly independent Republic of Kazakhstan in 1992.

“Whether forging key agreements on behalf of the U.S. or successfully advocating for U.S. business ventures, Ambassador McDonald’s exceptional diplomatic career was distinguished by consistent, substantive achievements,” says Charles Waterman, CEO of JWI. “We feel privileged to be able to offer JWI clients his support.”

Prior to joining JWI, Amb. McDonald served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and held the U.S. Department of State Chair at the National Defense Intelligence College. He also has served as Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements at the U.S. Department of State, and assisted the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Forces-Iraq in Baghdad on political-military matters. Earlier in his career, he served as a Political Officer at U.S. embassies in Beirut, Paris, and Moscow.

 
About Jefferson Waterman International
The business of international politics. The politics of international business.

Jefferson Waterman International is a premier Washington, D.C.-based political and business consulting firm with an exclusively and distinctly international practice. JWI’s effectiveness stems from the high-level experience and global contacts of its people: senior internationalists from the U.S. intelligence community, as well as from business, security, government relations, and media relations. These individuals discreetly apply their knowledge of issues, processes, and decision-makers to execute strategies that achieve clients’ goals.

Before joining JWI, Amb. McDonald served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the commander of U.S. Cyber Command. He has held the prestigious U.S. Department of State Chair at the National Defense Intelligence College, served as Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements at the U.S. Department of State, and assisted the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Forces-Iraq in Baghdad on political-military matters.

As U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, he successfully advocated for multi-billion dollar U.S. business ventures. As U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia, he played a key role in the lifting of U.S.-imposed sanctions and normalization of bilateral relations. Previously, Amb. McDonald served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Côte d’Ivoire, was the first foreign diplomat accredited to the newly independent Republic of Kazakhstan, and served as a Political Officer at U.S. embassies in Beirut, Paris, and Moscow.

Ambassador McDonald has received the U.S. Department of State’s Superior Honor Award seven times. He holds degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris, and speaks French and Russian.

New alliance brings comprehensive security and intelligence services to multinational firms and government agencies in Thailand.

A newly announced partnership between Jefferson Waterman International and PSA Asia Pacific (PSA Asia) takes security and intelligence services currently available in Thailand and the Southeast Asia region to another level. For ten years, PSA Asia has been providing high quality risk analysis and assessment to leading multinational firms operating in Thailand and to government agencies. The new partnership extends services from evaluating and identifying risks through comprehensively addressing them. Jointly offered services span security evaluations, program design, technology recommendations, and training for implementing effective counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, counter-narcotics, facility security, infrastructure security, crowd control, defensive intelligence, and personnel protection programs.

“Incidents such as the 2008 Mumbai attacks underscore the need of clients to do all they can to protect their high-profile facilities and people,” says Sam Hoskinson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of JWI. “The JWI and PSA Asia partnership now gives clients in Thailand and the broader Southeast Asia region access to advanced, comprehensive security and intelligence solutions.”

The JWI component of services — answering detected threats and vulnerabilities with security solutions — is delivered by JWI’s cadre of world-class security and intelligence experts, headed by Joe Augustyn, JWI’s Executive Vice President of Security and Intelligence and the former U.S. Deputy Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Homeland Security. JWI’s security and intelligence team also includes the world’s foremost authority on protecting large cities from terrorist attack, and specialists in intelligence operations centers; aviation security; paramilitary, counter-terrorism operations; and law enforcement.

“The synergy of JWI and PSA Asia capabilities enables government agencies and multinational companies in a wide range of sectors, from energy to hospitality, to put gold-standard security procedures and systems to work,” says Mr. Augustyn. “Clients now can cost-effectively implement solutions for potentially devastating vulnerabilities.”

Sanit Nakajitti, Director of PSA Asia Pacific, sees the partnership as welcome news to corporate and government communities in the region. “Security is critical to economic vitality. The unprecedented expertise and needed services that the PSA Asia-JWI alliance brings offers a meaningful opportunity for improved security and protection.”

 
About Jefferson Waterman International
The business of international politics. The politics of international business.

Jefferson Waterman International is a premier Washington, D.C.-based political and business consulting firm with an exclusively and distinctly international practice. JWI’s effectiveness stems from the high-level experience and global contacts of its people: senior internationalists from the U.S. intelligence community, as well as from business, security, government relations, and media relations. These individuals discreetly apply their knowledge of issues, processes, and decision-makers to execute strategies that achieve clients’ goals.

For more information, please contact:
Ken Yates
kyates@jwidc.com
202-216-2200

Previously, as a Research Assistant for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., Mr. Jackson conducted extensive research on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement in support of a nuclear proliferation expert’s forthcoming book.

Mr. Jackson earned an M.A. with highest honors from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Before these studies, he served as a Paralegal for the Boston law firm of Pierce, Davis & Perritano, where his research was integral to the firm’s defense of trials nationwide. Mr. Jackson earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from Connecticut College, where he majored in History and was awarded the Department Prize in Asian History. As an undergraduate, Mr. Jackson also spent time as a visiting student in India and at Oxford University.

Jefferson Waterman International is representing the West Africa nation of Ghana, providing services that will help the country meet the challenges of regional turmoil and achieve the full promise of its new oil production industry. JWI political and media representation is bringing the importance of Ghana’s continued stability and its widely recognized good governance to the attention of the American public, the U.S. Government, and the international community. JWI also is providing economic and security consulting support to strengthen Ghanaian infrastructures critical to commercial investment and oil production operations.

“This is an African country that has experienced a peaceful transfer of power in successive democratic elections,” said Charles Waterman, JWI’s CEO. “Ghana is stable, and as a result, economic growth nurtured by the international community, has been outstanding. It is in the interests of the U.S. and the rest of the world to maintain this model of civil institutions, progressive leadership, and economic sanity.”

Avoiding the “Oil Curse”

JWI’s Africa Advisory Board, composed of former U.S. ambassadors to the region, former senior IMF officials, and retired high-ranking U.S. military officials who have served in the region, have seen all too many nations suffer more than prosper from their oil production. Oil can lead to crippling corruption, unwarranted expenditures, and the mortgaging of oil production revenues into the future. Ghana is determined not to let this happen. JWI’s team is helping the government responsibly steer the nation’s evolution into an oil producing nation so that the industry’s success benefits the people of Ghana and forms a strong foundation for decades of commercial growth.

Keeping the Peace at Home and Abroad

As a major contributor to UN Peacekeeping Forces, Ghana plays a pivotal, positive role in nations across Africa and also in Lebanon, Georgia and Kosovo. Yet Ghana faces security challenges itself. New security responses are needed to prevent recent influxes of refugees from troubled neighboring countries from destabilizing the country, and also to make Ghana an even more robust counter-terrorism partner to the U.S. JWI is helping Ghana shape effective security measures, while its political representation is building support for them. Additionally, JWI is helping Ghana strengthen its maritime security infrastructure to safeguard offshore oil wells and personnel.

Turning International Confidence Into Investment

The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation’s recent selection of Ghana for renewal of its earlier MCC Compact reflects Ghana’s earned reputation for good business practices and economic performance. JWI is increasing awareness that Ghana is that rarity among African nations: rich in resources, but with a demonstrated respect for the rule of law, an educated English-speaking workforce, and leadership that supports rather than hinders private enterprise.

 
About Jefferson Waterman International
The business of international politics. The politics of international business.

Jefferson Waterman International is a premier Washington, D.C.-based political and business consulting firm with an exclusively and distinctly international practice. JWI’s effectiveness stems from the high-level experience and global contacts of its people: senior internationalists from the U.S. intelligence community, as well as from business, security, government relations, and media relations. These individuals discreetly apply their knowledge of issues, processes, and decision-makers to execute strategies that achieve clients’ goals.

For more information, please contact:
Ken Yates
kyates@jwidc.com
202-216-2200

Jefferson Waterman International is providing political representation and media support to President Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast’s November 2010 presidential elections. JWI’s services, provided on a pro bono basis, are geared to reinforcing international pressure on defeated former President Laurent Gbagbo to step down.

Jefferson Waterman International, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is representing the interests of President Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast’s November 2010 presidential elections. JWI is providing President Ouattara with U.S. and international political representation as well as media support on a pro bono basis. The goal of JWI efforts is to sustain and intensify global pressures on the defeated former President Laurent Gbagbo to accept the election’s outcome and leave office.

“With several elections scheduled to take place in the coming months across Africa, it would be disastrous for the region if the precedent being set by Mr. Gbagbo is allowed to stand,” said Charles Waterman, JWI’s CEO. “The U.S., the UN, the EU, and concerned countries in Africa and around the world understand the importance of taking action now to ensure that democracy prevails in the Ivory Coast.”

Authorized by President Ouattara to represent his new government’s interests shortly after the election, JWI has reached out to U.S. and international government leaders, the media, academics, and the global public, including Ivorians living in their country and elsewhere. In January, JWI facilitated a Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) audioconference with President Ouattara, who participated from his current location in the Golf Hotel, where he is protected by a contingent of UN peacekeepers. The Washington, D.C., event was attended by approximately 140 policymakers and thought leaders, with over 200 viewers tuning-in live online. A video of the event, “A Discussion with the President-Elect of Côte d’Ivoire,” remains posted on the CSIS website for viewing and downloading.

In December, JWI established the website www.ivorycoastdemocracy.com on President Ouattara’s behalf, as well as social media pages on Facebook (friend Ivory Coast Democracy) and Twitter (follow @IvoryCoastDemoc). In less than a month, traffic on the website soared, at last count reaching visitors from 67 countries, including residents of the Ivory Coast.

JWI is well positioned to assist President Ouattara. For more than 15 years, the firm has represented the interests of governments, political groups, and major international corporations, and has become known for its particular effectiveness in matters related to developing nations and politically sensitive environments. The firm has especially extensive experience in matters concerning West Africa. Its Africa Advisory Board, which includes two former U.S. ambassadors to African nations as well as senior retired U.S. military officials, is providing JWI with strategic advice on representation of President Ouattara. Additionally, JWI is working in tandem with Covington & Burling LLP, which is providing President Ouattara with legal support.

JWI’s Chief Operating Officer, Sam Wyman, commented, “U.S., UN, and regional economic sanctions are steadily increasing pressure on Laurent Gbagbo to step down. Observers believe these and other measures will in fact be successful, and result in a pivotal victory for peaceful democratic elections in the Ivory Coast and across the region.”

 
About Jefferson Waterman International
The business of international politics. The politics of international business.

Jefferson Waterman International is a premier Washington, D.C.-based political and business consulting firm with an exclusively and distinctly international practice. JWI’s effectiveness stems from the high-level experience and global contacts of its people: senior internationalists from the U.S. intelligence community, as well as from business, security, government relations, and media relations. These individuals discreetly apply their knowledge of issues, processes, and decision-makers to execute strategies that achieve clients’ goals.

For more information, please contact:
Ken Yates
kyates@jwidc.com
202-216-2200

Mr. Augustyn’s long career with the CIA included senior positions as Deputy Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Homeland Security, Director of the National Resettlement Operations Center (responsible for defector resettlement), Chief of Staff for the CIA’s Deputy Director of Operations, and the Deputy Division Chief for the CIA’s large East Asia Division.

A senior advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Mr. Augustyn was a member of the CSIS panel of experts that produced “Homeland Security 3.0.” He previously was a Principal of Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing on the CIA, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, law enforcement, and Department of Homeland Security matters. Prior to that, Mr. Augustyn served as the senior advisor and counsel to John Brennan, then Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, of which Mr. Augustyn was one of the original architects.

Mr. Augustyn is a frequent national lecturer and guest speaker on homeland security and intelligence topics, and has written articles published by the Christian Science Monitor and the Huffington Post. The numerous honors and merit awards he has received include the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal and the Intelligence Commendation Medal. Mr. Augustyn pursued doctoral studies at Indiana University, and holds degrees from the University of Massachusetts and Brown University.

After his retirement from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1979, Mr. Arnold served as a consultant to numerous U.S. and international firms on business, political, and economic developments. His insights have helped clients assess new opportunities and have guided their activities in foreign markets. Mr. Arnold has helped form joint mining ventures in strategic metals in China, served one of the world’s largest marketing firms, and assisted a multinational firm with a capital investment project in Thailand. He also has arranged several joint venture projects in Taiwan, Indonesia, and Korea, and has served as a pro bono consultant to the Royal Thai Government.

Mr. Arnold has traveled extensively in East Asia, and has worked closely with chiefs of state, senior foreign officials of ministerial rank, and senior business officials. He is currently the Chairman, the President, or a member of the Board of Directors of a number of companies in the United States and abroad.

Mr. Arnold’s achievements have been honored with decorations from the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. military and foreign governments, and he has received numerous commendations and letters of appreciation from U.S. and foreign dignitaries. A graduate of Villanova University in Pennsylvania, he is a widely published author on political and military policy issues.