Brig. Gen. Michael C. H. McDaniel's biography

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Michael C. H. McDaniel

CURRENT ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT: Michael McDaniel joined the Thomas M. Cooley Law

School in January, 2011, to establish a Homeland Security Law program. Besides serving as the

Director of the newly-accredited Master of Laws in Homeland and National Security Law

program, he is also a tenured Professor.

PAST EXPERIENCE: Mr. McDaniel was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense

(HD) Strategy, Force Planning and Mission Assurance at the Department of Defense from

August, 2009 to January 2011. He advised the Secretary of Defense, Under Secretary of

Defense for Policy, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas

Security Affairs on all HD-related strategies (Quadrennial Defense Review, HD & Civil Support

strategies, the Mission Assurance strategy, and domestic counterterrorism and counter-

narcotics strategies, among other efforts). Mr. McDaniel also had oversight of all HD-related

planning (Global Employment of the Force, Global Deployment of the Force, CBRNEConsequence Management planning and implementation, Department of Defense (DoD) role in

the National Preparedness Framework , IED Interagency planning, USNORTHCOM planning for

domestic prevention and response, among other requirements). Mr. McDaniel led DoDs effort

to develop a new Mission Assurance strategy to provide the organizing principles and approach

to ensure DoDs ability to conduct its critical mission-sets. He supervised the DoD and Defense

Industrial Base Critical Infrastructure Protection program and Global Anti-terrorism/Force

Protection policy. Mr. McDaniel developed and led the effort to establish the Council of

Governors (established by President Obama on January 11, 2010) to exchange views,

information, and advice on matters involving the National Guard of the various States, including

homeland defense, civil support, and synchronization and integration of State and Federal

military activities in the United States. Other achievements include drafting and coordinating

the execution of the Executive Order creating the Council of Governors; coordinating the DoD

response to the Ft. Hood Shooting Independent Review; leading the development of a Joint

Action Plan to improve Unity of Effort (Dual Status command) during domestic disaster

response (approved by SecDef and CJCS and endorsed by the Council of Governors); and the

Memoranda of Agreement with FBI on information sharing. He served as the DoD lead on Joint

Terrorism Task Force issues, and the DoD representative to the State and Local Fusion Center

Executive Council.

Brigadier General McDanielwas appointed by the Michigan Governor as her Advisor on

Homeland Security, on February 5, 2003 and served in that capacity until July 31, 2009 while

simultaneously serving as the Assistant Adjutant General for Homeland Security, Michigan

National Guard.


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He was the liaison between the Governor's Office and all federal, state and local agencies on

homeland security with responsibility for developing statewide policy on homeland security

preparedness and for coordinating the development of plans and training for homeland

security on a statewide basis. His duties included coordinating efforts to protect the state and

its critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks, to ensure all state agencies have interoperableIT and communications systems, and to prepare for, prevent, and mitigate the consequences of

terrorist threats or attacks.

As Michigan's Assistant Adjutant General for Homeland Security, BG McDaniel had command

and control of the Homeland Security Directorate. This Directorate includes Military Support to

Civil Authorities, the 51st WMD Civil Support Team, the Reconnaissance & Interdiction

Detachment (RAID) Team, Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection, the Exercise Planning Group, the

Counter-Drug Division, and the Michigan Volunteer Defense Force. He was directly responsible

for over 700 full and part-time soldiers and volunteers who serve as the "First Responders" for

the Michigan National Guard. His previous assignments include serving as the State Judge

Advocate and as a military judge. BG McDaniel has been a member of the Michigan National

Guard for over 27 years.

BG McDaniel served as a member of the National Governors Association's Homeland Security

Advisors Council. He was elected to the eight-member Executive Committee in 2006, and re-

elected in 2008. BG McDaniel was named by the Office of Infrastructure Protection,

Department of Homeland Security as Chair of the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial

Government Coordinating Council in 2007.

While serving as theChair of the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Government Coordinating

Council(SLTTGCC), the Council extensively contributed to the 2009 revision of the National

Infrastructure Protection Plan, and was instrumental in recognizing Critical Manufacturing as

the 18th critical sector of the national economy. Other significant contributions include the

publicationsA Guide to Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Protection at the State,

Regional, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Level1in September 2008, and a Critical Infrastructure

and Key Resources Protection Capabilities for Fusion Centers An Appendix to the Baseline

Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers2.

1http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/nipp_srtltt_guide.pdf

2http://it.ojp.gov/documents/baselinecapabilitiesa.pdf
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Previously, Mr. McDaniel was the Assistant Attorney General for Litigationin the Executive

Division of the Michigan Department of Attorney General. His duties included the review of all

civil and criminal actions proposed to be initiated by the department in state or federal trial

courts, and evaluation of all proposed settlements of every court case. McDaniel was

responsible for special projects, such as anti-terrorism legislation, forming the hate crimesprosecution team, and supervising the prosecution of internet tobacco sales to minors. He

started in the Attorney Generals Office as a trial attorney in January, 1984.He has maintained

his bar membership and has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale- Hubbell.

LAST MILITARY ASSIGNMENT: BG McDaniel served as the Assistant Adjutant General for Army

Future Missions, a traditional part-time position in the Michigan National Guard, from January,

2011 until October 2012.

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Mr. McDaniel was a Visiting Professor in the National

Security Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, from 2010-2012. He

served as an Adjunct Professor in the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute at the Michigan

State University College of Law in East Lansing, Michigan, from the programs inception in 2001

until 2010.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Cali M. Ellis & Michael C. McDaniel, Texas takes on the TSA: The Constitutional Fight over

Airport Security,Journal of Homeland Security & Emergency Management(2013).

Beyond Beyond the Border:A Proposal for Implementation of the Action Plans

Recommendation on Cross-Border Critical Infrastructure, Canada-US Law Journal, Volume 37,

Issue 2, (2012).

Lawyers as PublicServants: The Response by the Executive and Legislative Branches of

MichigansGovernment to the Events of September 11, 2001, chapter in Lawyers as Economic

Drivers

The Business Case for Legal Services, Miller, Nelson P., James D. Robb, and John D. Crane,editors. Vandeplas Publishing , Lake Mary, FL, 2012.

McDaniel, M.C. & Ellis, C.M. (2009). The Beslan Hostage Crisis: A Case Study for Emergency

Responders.Journal of Applied Security Research, 4: 115.

McDaniel, M.C., Emad Shenouda, and John Bustria. The Functional Desks as Collaborative

Mechanisms in the Michigan Intelligence Operations Center. Homeland Security Affairs,


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Proceedings of the 2008 Center for Homeland Defense and Security Annual Conference (April

2008).

EDUCATION:

Master of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security) degree, Naval Postgraduate School

(2007)

Master of Strategic Studies degree, Army War College (2005)

Juris Doctor degree, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1982)

Bachelor of Arts degree, St. Bonaventure University (1979)

ACADEMIC HONORS: Recipient of the Zimbardo Award, awarded to the graduate of the Center

for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School, who best embodies highacademic achievement, outstanding leadership and innovation in homeland security thinking.

SELECT MILITARY AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Legion of Merit (Second Award); Meritorious

Service Medal; Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal; RC Overseas Service

Ribbon (Second Award); Michigan Distinguished Service Medal (Fourth Award).

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