Career Highlights
2023 – Present
Senior Advisor, WestExec Advisors, Washington, DC
Advises on geopolitical risk, security, and strategy, leveraging 32+ years of intelligence leadership and interagency experience.
2018 – 2022
Assistant Director of the CIA for South & Central Asia (AD/SCAMC)
Led 1,000+ officers and managed budgets in the hundreds of millions across one of the world’s most complex regions; routine engagement with U.S. senior civilian and defense leaders and foreign partners; member of CIA senior leadership guiding strategy and resourcing.
2015 – 2018
Assistant Director of the CIA for the Western Hemisphere (AD/WHMC)
Led hundreds of officers and significant budgets on America’s doorstep; frequent interagency and foreign partner engagement on terrorism, transnational crime, and malign third-country actors.
2013 – 2014
Chief of Station, Near East / North Africa
Led a multi-agency team in a country amid turmoil and armed conflict; regular coordination with U.S. military commands and foreign partners.
2010 – 2013
Deputy Director, CIA Special Activities Center (SAC)
Helped lead CIA’s premier paramilitary center (air, ground, maritime); managed global deployments in conflict and high-risk zones.
2006 – 2009
Senior Executive, CIA Counterterrorism Center (CTC)
2005 – 2006
Deputy Chief of Station, South Asia
2004 – 2005
Senior Operations Officer, South Asia
2001 – 2004
Educator, CIA Training Facility
1990 – 2001
U.S. Department of State – Foreign Service Officer
Four overseas tours in Latin America; global diplomatic and security engagement.
Education
B.A., Political Science – Wayne State University (Detroit), 1989
Fluent in Spanish.
Honors & Awards
Selected Distinctions
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2022
Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal
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2022
Presidential Rank Award – Distinguished
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2020
Presidential Rank Award – Meritorious
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2020
National Intelligence Award
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2017, 2022
CIA Director’s Award for Distinguished Service
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2010
Exceptional Service Medal
Clearance
Top Secret/SCI
Holds Top Secret/SCI with full scope polygraph.
Intelligence Leadership
Crisis & Conflict Operations
South & Central Asia
Western Hemisphere
Interagency Coordination
Counterterrorism
Geopolitical Risk
Paramilitary Operations (SAC)
