Gregory Wahl

•        Supervised and led a mixed team of federal and contractor staff in the Office of International Affairs.

•        Identified, organized, and supported travel, speaking engagements, and exchanges for agency leadership.

o   Responsibility to support four agency C-Suite principals, including the CISA Director

o   International partners included Cabinet/ministerial-level leadership

•        Identified and managed opportunities to pursue CISA's international agenda with Homeland Security components, interagency counterparts, and foreign partners.

•        Created and edited materials for inclusion in persuasive and informative briefing packages for agency leadership.

•        Represented CISA in a variety of engagements, understanding agency priorities and communicating requirements effectively to foreign government stakeholders.

•        Supervised team of ten analysts focused on geopolitical risk, including crime, unrest, terrorism, kidnapping, and other physical security issues affecting U.S.-based businesses, NGOs, universities, and faith-based groups operating abroad.

•        Oversaw and conducted research and analysis to produce written briefs for senior U.S. Government officials and groups, private-sector organizations, and public groups via OSAC.gov or other channels.

•        Served as senior advisor and subject-matter expert to senior officials on private-sector security issues. Represented the Bureau/Office in interagency, international, and industry forums, including on Consular issues such as determination of Travel Advisory levels and Travel Alerts.

•        Liaised with private-sector security management to ensure effective support and continuity of information sharing. Featured as a speaker at dozens of engagements domestically and abroad.

•        Served as lead government representative on OSAC's Committee on Threats & Risk to Personnel and Assets, as well as strategic planning and decision making on the committee and with the OSAC Council, a board of 30+ senior private-sector security directors. Led, promoted, and moderated major Committee webinars, which regularly attracted 200-500 attendees.

•        Researched, monitored, and analyzed all-source intelligence and geopolitical risk, including international crime, terrorist group activities, and threats directed against U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel overseas.

•        Responsible for understanding sociopolitical, historical, and security issues across Europe, supplemented by travel, meetings with representatives from U.S. diplomatic missions and local law enforcement agencies, training, and regional speaking engagements.

•        Wrote articles for internal dissemination as well as publication in the Diplomatic Security Daily, one of the U.S. Government's most-read internal products.

•        Coordinated ITA coverage for Major Events, including co-chairing the International Special Events Group's Intelligence Subcommittee (representing the State Department in a U.S. Intelligence Community forum).

•        Coordinated personal threat briefings for Diplomatic Security Special Agents heading to new assignments; developed threat assessments to brief new Ambassadors and other personnel, including for USAID and Peace Corps programs.

•        Delivered and updated introductory terrorism course at the Int’l Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) 10+ times in Botswana, El Salvador, and Hungary, and coordinated the program for ITA and OSAC.

•        Researched and analyzed security-related concerns for U.S. private-sector interests abroad, writing reports and creating presentations for private-sector stakeholders.

•        Maintained working knowledge of sociopolitical and security issues in Africa, supplemented by travel to 25+ African countries, meetings with representatives from across the private and public sectors, and speaking engagements.