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Past Event
Seminar

Homeland Security at 20: A Strategy for the Next Twenty Years

RSVP Required Harvard Students

On Tuesday, February 8th, The Belfer Center’s Homeland Security Project will host Alan Bersin, former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as part of its spring seminar series. 

The event will begin with a seminar featuring Bersin that covers the evolution and status of the Homeland Security Enterprise over the past twenty years. The seminar will be moderated by Senior Fellow Steve Johnson. Following the seminar, Bersin will engage a group of students in a discussion of United States - Mexico relations from the Obama/Pena Nieto Administrations through the AMLO/Biden Administrations. 

The gathering will take place on February 8th, from 12 – 1:30 pm in Wexner 434A. The event is open to Harvard students only. 

Date: Time: - Location: Room 434 A-B
Alan Bersin

Speaker Bio

Currently a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Project, Alan Bersin previously served as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He also was the U.S. attorney in San Diego for the Southern District of California and served as “border czar” during the Clinton administration. 

Bersin has also held numerous distinguished state and local government positions, including serving as California’s Secretary of Education, Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego, and Chairman of the San Diego Airport Authority. He received his A.B. from Harvard College (magna cum laude), attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.