Summary
David J. Glawe (born January 13, 1970) was the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis from January 2017 to May 2020 and is currently the President and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
David J. Glawe | |
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| President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2020 | |
| Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis | |
| In office August 8, 2017 – May 9, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Francis X. Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth L. Wainstein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David James Glawe January 13, 1970 Davenport, Iowa[1] |
| Education | University of Northern Iowa (BA) Harvard University Certificate |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Medal, Central Intelligence Agency-Warren Medallion, National Intelligence Superior Service Medal and the Department of Justice Meritorious Public Service Award |
Career edit
Glawe was born in 1970, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated in 1992 from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Behavioral Science in criminology and certificate from the Harvard University in 2015.[2]
Glawe started his law enforcement career as a police officer with the Houston, Texas and Aurora, Colorado Police Departments. He served as a federal agent with the United States Postal Inspection Service and then as a counter-terrorism special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 2007, as an FBI Supervisory Special Agent in the Counterterrorism Division, he served in Iraq and Africa.[2][3]
In 2012 he became Deputy National Intelligence Manager for Threat Finance and Transnational Organized Crime at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.[2] In 2015 he was appointed to serve as the Assistant Commissioner and Chief Intelligence Officer at United States Customs and Border Protection.[4]
He was appointed as the acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis by the President Trump on January 23, 2017, and was unanimously confirmed to that position on a permanent basis by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017. He also served briefly in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.[4][5] He was the longest serving Senate-confirmed official in DHS.[3]
As the Chief Intelligence Officer and Under Secretary he oversees the intelligence capabilities for an organization of approximately 250,000 personnel. He is charged with the strategic and programmatic oversight to integrate the intelligence capabilities from 22 DHS component organizations such as: the United States Coast Guard, US Customs and Border Protection, US Secret Service, FEMA, Transportation Security Administration and the newly created Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency. He is also the senior U.S. Government official statutorily charged to deliver the technical and programmatic infrastructure to drive the bi-directional dissemination of intelligence and information sharing with: state, local and private sector partners through the DHS Mission Centers.[4]
On June 1, 2020, David Glawe became the President and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau.[6]
Personal life edit
When Glawe was confirmed he was the highest ranking openly gay LGBTQ U.S. Government Official, the first LGBTQ individual to be nominated by a Republican President, was supported and introduced at his confirmation hearing by the most senior Republican Senator from Iowa, Chuck Grassley, and is the first LGBTQ official to lead a U.S. intelligence organization.
He currently resides with his husband and two children in the Washington D.C. metro area.[7]
References edit
- ^ https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/q-dglawe-062817.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b c Straehley, Steve; Wallechinsky, David (June 23, 2017). "Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis: Who Is Dave Glawe?". AllGov. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ a b "David J. Glawe". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 2018-09-11. Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ a b c "David Glawe". LinkedIn.
- ^ Koenig, Bryan (March 21, 2017). "Trump Names DHS Intelligence Undersecretary". Law360. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Homeland Security Intelligence Officer Glawe Named CEO of Insurance Crime Bureau". 12 May 2020.
- ^ Runkel, Grace (2017-10-04). "QC native heads Homeland Security". WHBF - OurQuadCities.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
External links edit
- Biography at Department of Homeland Security