| Erroll Southers  AKA Erroll G. Southers
Born: c. 1957
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Government Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 2009 TSA Director nominee Former special agent for the FBI and deputy director of homeland security for California, nominated by President Barack Obama in September 2009 to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). His nomination was blocked by Republican Senator Jim DeMint, alleging fears that Southers might somehow unionize TSA baggage inspectors. Southers has never stated a position on that issue, but while his nomination was blocked, on Christmas Day 2009, Nigerian al-Qaeda terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to bomb a Northwestern Airlines flight to Detroit with 278 passengers aboard. Nomination withdrawn on 20 January 2010. University: BA, Brown University (1978)
Medical School: (one semester)
University: MPA, University of Southern California (1998)
Professor: Associate Director, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, University of Southern California (2006-)
Fellow: School of Public Affairs, UCLA
Fellow: American Assembly, Columbia University
California State Official Deputy Director, California Office of Homeland Security (2004-06)
FBI employee
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Assistant Vice President
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