R. James Woolsey Joins the Board of Advisors of BioDefense Corporation

Lexington, MA — R. James Woolsey, Vice President and officer in the Global Resilience practice of Booz Allen Hamilton, and former Director of Central Intelligence (1993 – 1995), has accepted an invitation to serve on the Board of Advisors of BioDefense Corporation.

Upon announcing Mr. Woolsey's acceptance, Michael Y. Lu, Chief Executive Officer and founder of BioDefense Corporation commented, "BioDefense Corporation is fortunate to have the benefit of Mr. Woolsey's counsel. His expertise will be tremendously valuable to us as our MailDefender™ Technology advances to a leading role against the ongoing threat of terrorism, as well as to our mission of the protection of people in government and business.'

Mr. Woolsey is currently the Chairman of the Board of Freedom House; the Chairman of the Advisory Boards of the Clean Fuels Foundation and the New Uses Council; and, a Trustee of the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Among numerous other distinguished appointments, he has been a member of The National Commission on Terrorism, 1999-2000; The Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S. (Rumsfeld Commission), 1998; The President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, 1989; The President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (Packard Commission), 1985-1986; and The President's Commission on Strategic Forces (Scowcroft Commission), 1983.

Mr. Woolsey is presently a principal in the Homeland Security Fund of Paladin Capital Group and a member of the Board of Directors of three privately held companies, generally in fields related to renewable energy, infrastructure protection, and resilience.


New MailDefender™ Technology destroys anthrax, influenza and more in mail.
BioDefense Corporation, based in Lexington, MA, has developed what is now the most advanced, safe and affordable solution for protecting people and businesses from the threat and devastation from mail carrying biohazards.

MailDefender has been proven to effectively decontaminate deadly and harmful bio-contaminants and certain chemicals, including anthrax, smallpox, plague, e-Coli, influenza, HIV and botulism. Other biohazards, including ricin, are present targets for this same technology awaiting authorized test verification.

"When used at the point where mail enters a building, or used to respond to a bio-hazard threat, our technology will effectively help government, businesses and individuals defend themselves against dangerous bio-contaminants,' Michael Lu said.

For more information, contact Jonathan Morrone, BioDefense Corporation, 128 Spring Street, Lexington, MA 02421; 800-706-8832; jonathan.morrone@biodf.com; www.biodf.com.

Contact:
Rick Cram
FullSail Strategic Communications
508-359-0136
rickc@gofullsail.com

This press release was issued through GroupWeb Emailwire.com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.