John Kim Cook
Dr. John Kim Cook is a government and non-profit consultant with recent experience as a senior-level government executive. Dr. Cook is an accomplished, skilled visionary leader with a demonstrated ability to develop sound policy and quality programs. He has more than ten years of experience in state and federal government, a decade in higher education administration, and a wide range of expertise in homeland security, emergency management, civil rights and civil liberties, education, labor, human services, disability and faith-based initiatives. Dr. Cook is highly regarded as an approachable yet persuasive, resourceful problem solver with excellent presentation skills and strategic public and private sector relationships.
Cook Strategies LLC represents state, local governments and the private sector before Congress and federal agencies such as the Homeland Security, Labor, and Health and Human Services on policy, legislation and funding. The firm also cultivates public-private partnerships and builds capacity among businesses, faith-based organizations and non-profit groups to conduct preparedness, response and recovery operations based on their capabilities, the National Response Framework, and state and local emergency management guidelines. In addition, Cook Strategies advises government and non-profits on issues such as people with disabilities and special needs during disaster, church-state policies and spiritual care during disaster, civil rights and liberties, engagement with ethnic and religious communities on counter- extremism, employment and human services policy. Cook Strategies also has consulting expertise in training and development, human capital management, organizational leadership, contract administration and proposals, grant applications and grants management, change management, policy development, and marketing and public relations.
Prior to his appointment at DHS CFBCI, Dr. Cook served as Senior Advisor to the DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. There he developed and coordinated department-wide training programs for law enforcement officers and other DHS personnel on civil rights and civil liberties issues such as equal employment opportunity, detention standards for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, racial profiling, cultural competencies and Constitution Day. Earlier in the Bush Administration, Dr. Cook also served as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy and Senior Intergovernmental Officer at the Department of Labor as well as Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.
In his native state of Texas, Dr. Cook appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush to be Austin Director of the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations. He also spent more than a decade in both public and private Texas higher education institutions, a number of years in radio broadcasting, and served two members of the Texas House of Representatives.
Dr. John Kim Cook is a government and non-profit consultant with recent experience as a senior-level government executive. Dr. Cook is an accomplished, skilled visionary leader with a demonstrated ability to develop sound policy and quality programs. He has more than ten years of experience in state and federal government, a decade in higher education administration, and a wide range of expertise in homeland security, emergency management, civil rights and civil liberties, education, labor, human services, disability and faith-based initiatives. Dr. Cook is highly regarded as an approachable yet persuasive, resourceful problem solver with excellent presentation skills and strategic public and private sector relationships.
Cook Strategies LLC represents state, local governments and the private sector before Congress and federal agencies such as the Homeland Security, Labor, and Health and Human Services on policy, legislation and funding. The firm also cultivates public-private partnerships and builds capacity among businesses, faith-based organizations and non-profit groups to conduct preparedness, response and recovery operations based on their capabilities, the National Response Framework, and state and local emergency management guidelines. In addition, Cook Strategies advises government and non-profits on issues such as people with disabilities and special needs during disaster, church-state policies and spiritual care during disaster, civil rights and liberties, engagement with ethnic and religious communities on counter- extremism, employment and human services policy. Cook Strategies also has consulting expertise in training and development, human capital management, organizational leadership, contract administration and proposals, grant applications and grants management, change management, policy development, and marketing and public relations.
Prior to his appointment at DHS CFBCI, Dr. Cook served as Senior Advisor to the DHS Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. There he developed and coordinated department-wide training programs for law enforcement officers and other DHS personnel on civil rights and civil liberties issues such as equal employment opportunity, detention standards for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, racial profiling, cultural competencies and Constitution Day. Earlier in the Bush Administration, Dr. Cook also served as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary for Disability Employment Policy and Senior Intergovernmental Officer at the Department of Labor as well as Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.
In his native state of Texas, Dr. Cook appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush to be Austin Director of the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations. He also spent more than a decade in both public and private Texas higher education institutions, a number of years in radio broadcasting, and served two members of the Texas House of Representatives.
