About
During a 34 year Federal career, Sue served as a Criminal Investigator at the State Department Inspector General (IG), the GSA IG, and was the Assistant Director, Internal Investigations at the legacy INS.
At DHS since its stand up in 2003, she served as Deputy and Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the precursor organizations for critical infrastructure protection to CISA. She led the efforts to produce the 2006, 2009 and 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Presidential Policy Directive 21 on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, and infrastructure-related Executive Orders, such as E.O. 14081 on Safeguarding and Securing the U.S. Bioeconomy. As a program manager, she was the first Director of the Chemical Security program under CFATS, brought the chair of the Infrastructure Security Committee to Infrastructure Protection, was the first Policy and Strategy Assistant Director at the Federal Protective Service, and managed the Strategy, Policy and Resources functions for the organization. She holds Criminal Justice degrees (B.A. and M.S.) from the American University.