Equity International is a prominent Washington business development firm and the leading U.S. facilitator of homeland security business solutions.

We have been a major leader in homeland security since 1998, when Equity International organized the first national conference on the threat of Osama bin Laden to American companies overseas.

Since 2002, Equity International has organized almost monthly homeland security briefings at the National Press Club, providing the latest information from Congressional and Administration leaders on homeland security funding and programs in such critical areas as biodefense, transportation security, mass transit security, critical infrastructure protection, emergency response, and community preparedness. Thousands of government officials and business executives have participated in Equity International's homeland security summits, briefings, and forums, including then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.

Equity International also organized the first Katrina Reconstruction Summit on Capitol Hill on September 26, 2005. This public service event attracted 300 government and business leaders to discuss emergency technologies and other solutions in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We organized The Capitol Hill Emergency Response Roundtable on November 7, 2005, featuring the Director of the DHS Office of Domestic Preparedness.

Pioneering U.S. involvement in new homeland security markets around the world, Equity International organized the first U.S.-Russia Homeland Security Trade Mission in February of 2005. The Russia Trade Mission marked the first historical involvement between industry and governments in the global fight against terrorism. The U.S. delegation was lead by Congressman Curt Weldon, and hosted by Vladimir Vasiliyev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security of the Russian Federation. Equity International organized the second U.S.-Russia Homeland Security Trade Mission in October of 2005, hosted by the Russian Ministry of the Interior. And to commemorate the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, Equity International President William Loiry was a Delegate to the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, held in Madrid in March of 2005 and hosted by the distinguished Club of Madrid.

Top leaders from The White House, Administration, Pentagon, Congress, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Health & Human Services have addressed the homeland security events of Equity International, which have been covered by C-SPAN (live), CNN (live), CNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Reuters, National Public Radio, Financial Times, and other major news media. Top executives have participated from such major companies as ArmorGroup, Avaya, BAE SYSTEMS, Barringer Detection & Protection Systems, BearingPoint, Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, CACI, Computer Associates, DynCorp, Eastman Kodak, ESRI, General Dynamics, General Electric, Harris, Hitachi, Honeywell, IBM, Iridium Satellites, Deloitte Consulting, KBR, Israel Aircraft Industries, L-3/Titan, LG Iris, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Nextel, Northrop Grumman, Oracle, Parsons, Raytheon, SAIC, Smiths Detection, Sony, 3M, Textron, and many other firms.

Our prominence in organizing top Washington forums, involving the nation's homeland security leaders, provides us with the contacts and experience necessary to provide you with U.S. business development services, international business development services, financing facilitation, public relations, and information services.