Second in Command at Secret Service is Deputy Director Ronald L. Rowe, Jr..
Appointed in April 2023, Mr. Rowe has direct oversight of the agency’s daily investigative and protective operations. Mr. Rowe also guides the agency’s policies and is responsible for introducing state-of-the-art technologies to enhance the agency’s protective countermeasures.
Prior to his appointment as Deputy Director, Mr. Rowe served as the agency’s Assistant Director for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs. He was responsible for leading the Secret Service’s engagement with Congress, the Department of Homeland Security and other government partners.
Mr. Rowe’s previous executive experience within the Secret Service includes serving as the Chief of Staff to the Director (2021), Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations (2018-2021) and as the Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (2017-2018).
During his 24-year career with the U.S. Secret Service, Mr. Rowe has also coordinated major security operations, collaborating with other government and law-enforcement agencies. Mr. Rowe managed a National Special Security Event (NSSE) and oversaw the operations of more than 7,000 personnel across federal, state and local jurisdictions (2016). On the cybersecurity front, Mr. Rowe was selected for a joint duty assignment to the National Intelligence Council (2013), where he spearheaded the development of multiple analytic products. Those products were later considered to be among the most authoritative assessment by the U.S. Intelligence Community regarding the challenges and national security threats facing the United States.
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Ronald Rowe Promoted to Secret Service Deputy Director
by Regina Garcia April 19, 2023
Ronald Rowe, current assistant director of the U.S. Secret Service’s intergovernmental and legislative affairs office, is set to become deputy director in the coming months.
He will succeed Faron Paramore, who has held the role since March 2021 and will retire from the agency after a more-than-three-decade career, USSS said Tuesday.
In his present post, Lowe works with USSS partners at the federal, state and local government levels to carry out the agency’s protection and investigation duties.
The 24-year Secret Service veteran previously served as chief of staff to the now-retired James Murray and as deputy assistant director protective operations office.
His other previous assignments included work as coordinator of the National Special Security Event for a 2016 agency operation, a senior policy adviser to the White House’s intellectual property enforcement coordinator and a portfolio manager in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
From and including: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
To, but not including Saturday, July 13, 2024
Result: 451 days
Or 1 year, 2 months, 24 days excluding the end date.
Or 14 months, 24 days excluding the end date.
64 weeks and 3 days
123.56% of a common year (365 days)
He wrote an article about "Black Swan" events. Interesting.
BLACK SWANS
Nassim Nicholas Taleb developed a theory about high-impact and high-profile events that are hard to predict. He used the metaphor of a black swan, a rarity in nature, to describe these extreme surprise events. The paradox of the black swan event is that, in hindsight, leaders often believe that the signs were there and that the event could have been avoided. If that were truly the case, then the event was not a black swan. However, although the triggering event may not be a black swan, the second-order effects of that triggering event could create black swans. That uncertainty can wreak havoc on an organization.
For example, the designation of SARS-COVID-19 as a pandemic was not necessarily a black swan event. The World Health Organization and others recognized the potential impacts of this virus beyond the borders of China. Once the virus became widespread in Europe and North America, it seemed to stymie leaders across many disciplines (public policy, public health, border security, and emergency response). Further compounding the effects of the virus were missteps by political leaders. Even Taleb has publicly stated that SARS-COVID-19 was not a black swan but rather a result of government incompetence.
However, the impacts of scrambling to develop remote working infrastructure, not foreseeing budget expenditures for personal protective equipment and teleworking capabilities, and identifying and creating redundant staffing plans to maintain force readiness were likely to be black swans for most organizations. The leadership challenges created by black swans are indeed born out of uncertainty and unknowns. The feeling of not being in control or having a plan is not normal for any leader or their executive team. The leader that builds a team of teams systems approach will be able to take on any event or second-order pop-up crises that can plague a high-performing organization with a zero fail mission.
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