Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (Ret.)

Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (Ret.) – National Security Advisor, Center for Biosecurity—UPMC

Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (Ret), is the national security advisor to the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

He was one of the first witnesses to testify before the 9-11 Commission, and since 9-11 he has served as an expert witness to the Senate Armed Services, Senate Judiciary, House Government Reform, House Homeland Security, and House Budget Committees. In March 2005, he designed and ran a two-day workshop and table top exercise for the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. He was a member of the 2003 Defense Science Board Study on Homeland Security, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He has designed and led numerous war games and executive-level table top exercises including: DARK WINTER (bioterrorism, 2001), SILENT VECTOR (critical infrastructure, 2002), CRIMSON SKY (agro-terrorism, 2002), CRIMSON WINTER (food security, 2003), TERMINAL RISK (environmental terrorism, 2003), ATLANTIC STORM (international public health, 2005).