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Speaker/Moderator Biographies

Susan Aldridge (Dr.) - President, University of Maryland University College. In three years at UMUC she has expanded the university’s global outreach and presence, added new academic programs, increased its enrollments, strengthened its infrastructure and streamlined its business operation.

Dr. Aldridge was one of 11 university presidents appointed by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities to study how the United States can improve its system for higher education. She serves on numerous national boards and committees, including the Microsoft Advisory Council for Education Products. She received her doctorate and master’s degrees from the University of Colorado and her bachelor’s degree from Colorado Women’s College.

Thomas Carr - Director of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program since 1994. He is the Executive Director of the University of Maryland’s Public Safety Training and Technical Assistance Program. Formerly, he served as Chief (Lt. Colonel) of the Maryland State Police Bureau of Drug Enforcement and Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division. He is the principal investigator on an annual grant of approximately $4.5 million from the State of Maryland, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services that focuses on the conversion of mainframe technology to distributed databases and a $13.5 million grant that funds the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. In addition, Mr. Carr develops antiterrorism curriculum and provides training for the Department of State, Office of Antiterrorism Assistance. He has taught antiterrorism courses in Macedonia, Peru, Thailand, Hungary, St. Kitts, and El Salvador. In 2007, Mr. Carr was elected vice-chair of the International Association for Intelligence Education he became chairman of IAFIE for 2008-2009.

Mr. Carr has a degree in History from Towson State University and attended the Maryland State Police Academy, the FBI National Academy, the DEA Drug Commander’s School and the Federal Executive Institute.