Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 18, 2009
CHARLES THOMAS MCMILLEN, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Homeland Security Capital Corporation, has had a highly diversified and
successful career in the fields of sports, business and politics. He served
three consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Fourth
Congressional District of Maryland from 1987 to 1993, and was named by President
Clinton to co-chair the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in
1993. He served in that capacity through December 1997. Mr. McMillen began his
involvement with the Council in 1970 when he was selected by President Nixon to
become the youngest member of the Council while a student at the University of
Maryland. While Mr. McMillen attended the university, he was a three-time All-
American in basketball, an academic All-American, and a member of the 1972
Olympic Team. When he graduated from the university, he delivered the
valedictorian address for his class. Mr. McMillen is the first and only
University of Maryland student to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, on which he
received a Master of Arts degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from
Oxford University in 1978. In the 1974 National Basketball Association draft,
Mr. McMillen was the first selection by the Buffalo Braves. He subsequently
played for 11 years in the NBA, with the New York Knicks, the Atlanta Hawks and
the Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards). He retired from the NBA in 1986
when he ran for Congress. In Congress, Mr. McMillen served on the Banking,
Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee and the
Science, Space and Technology Committee. He served as Chairman of the
Congressional Chesapeake Bay Caucus, co-Chairman of the Congressional
Biotechnology Caucus and Vice Chairman of the Federal Government Task Force.
Currently, Mr. McMillen serves as Vice Chairman of Fortress International Group,
a mission-critical firm; Chairman, President and CEO of Homeland Security
Capital Corporation; and as Chairman of Washington Capital Advisors, LLC, a
merchant bank. During 2003, Mr. McMillen also founded and served as Chief
Executive Officer of GlobalSecure Corp., a consolidator of first responder
companies. During his career, Mr. McMillen has been an active investor,
principal and Board member in companies in the following industries: cellular
telephone, paging, health care, motorcycle, environmental technology, real
estate and insurance. He serves as a member of the University of Maryland System
Board of Regents, a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of
Maryland College Park School of Public Affairs, and as a member of the Executive
Board of the University of Maryland College Park Center for American Politics
and Citizenship. He previously served as a member of the University of Maryland
College Park Foundation Board of Trustees. In addition, he is Chairman of the
University of Oxford U.S. Sports Campaign Committee. Profile
Mr. McMillen: We provide products and services in the radiological, nuclear,
environmental, disaster relief and security areas to
