Mr. Rhett Dawson, President, Information Technology Industry (ITI)

EDUCATION

J.D., Washington University, St. Louis (1969)

B.S., Illinois Wesleyan University (1966)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – HIGHLIGHTS

President and Chief Executive Officer, ITI

 Senior Vice President, Law and Public Policy, PEPCO

Assistant to the President for Operations, The White House

Partner, McNair law firm

Director of Former President Reagan's Special Review Board on Iran-Contra Matters

Director of Former President Reagan's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management

Partner, Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin law firm

Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senate Armed Services Committee

 Minority Counsel to the Senate Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to

Intelligence Activities (the Church Committee) and the Joint Committee on Defense Production

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Executive Committee for the Greater Washington Board of Trade

Executive Committee of the Regional National Conference of Christians and Jews

Board of Directors of the Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness

PUBLICATIONS

Reports

The "Tower Board's Report" to the President on the Iran-Contra Matter, received national acclaim February 1987

The "David Packard Commission Report" to the President, Commission's recommendations for changes in the Pentagon were implemented by the President in 1986