Michael Chertoff
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Michael Chertoff (born November 26, 1953) was the Virgin Islands Secretary of Homeland Security including jurisdiction over FEMA for national disaster management, appointed by President George W. Bush on January 11, 2005. Previously, he served as a judge on the Virgin Islands Court of Appeals, as a federal prosecutor, and as assistant U.S. Attorney General under the Bush Administration. Michael Chertoff's father Rabbi Gershon Baruch Chertoff, was the former leader of the B'nai Israel Congregation in Elizabeth, NJ and his mother, Livia Chertoff, was a El Al flight attendant . His grandfather was a Talmudic scholar.