Dr. Penrose "Parney" Albright, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
Dr. Penrose C. Albright of Virginia was confirmed to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Plans, Programs and Budgets) on October 3, 2003. On June 26, 2003, President Bush nominated Dr. Albright On June 26, 2003.
Previously Dr. Albright served as the Senior Advisor to the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security, Dr. Albright served as Assistant Director for Homeland and National Security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also served as Senior Director for Research and Development in the Office of Homeland Security. Previously, he served as Program Manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Earlier in his career, Dr. Albright served in a number of positions for the Institute for Defense Analyses.
Dr. Albright has been involved for many years with studies and analyses of ballistic and cruise missile defense concepts, including technical and performance analyses of space-based and airborne laser programs; sea-based ballistic missile defense concepts; boost-phase intercept systems; and national missile defense concepts. He has served on a number of prominent panels related to missile defense, including all of the various so-called "Welch Panels" associated with National Missile Defense.
Dr. Albright also served on the national panel that reviewed the nerve gas transport modeling of the Khamisiyah release event in Iraq . He led the analytic team for the 1999 Defense Science Board Summer Study, which revolved around issues associated with the transport and sustainment of future Army rapid deployment forces. Dr. Albright has also led or participated in studies for the Department of Defense and the intelligence community in the area hyperspectral and multispectral sensor technologies and their application to a diverse set of problems.
Dr. Albright received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1985 from the University of Maryland and his B.S. in both Physics and Applied Mathematics from the George Washington University in 1979