William H. Webster

William H. Webster of the District of Columbia was appointed to the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council by George Walker Bush on June 11, 2002. Webster was designated Vice Chair upon appointment. He is also on the Board of governors for the Middle East Institute.

Webster served as the Director of the FBI (1978-1987) after serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1987, Webster became the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, which he led until 1991. Since then, Webster has practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCoy.

Webster also sits on the board of Global Options, Inc. and Diligence, LLC, two companies offering services in the private military sector.


 * Director, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
 * Director, National Legal Center for the Public Interest
 * Senior Advisory Board, Diligence
 * Leadership, Americans Elect 2012