Jeffrey C. Mazanec Named Special Agent in Charge of Richmond Division

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Director Robert S. Mueller, III hasnamed Jeffrey C. Mazanec special agent in charge of the FBI’s RichmondDivision. Mr. Mazanec most recently served as the deputy assistant director ofthe Office of Public Affairs at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mazanec began his career as aspecial agent with the FBI in 1988. He first reported to the Washington FieldOffice, where he worked white-collar crime, government fraud,counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and special inquiry investigations. In1995, he was promoted to the Counterterrorism Section at FBI Headquarters.While there, he was involved with several high-profile investigations,including the Oklahoma City bombing, the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia,and the 1996 Olympics bombing.
He was transferred to the AtlantaDivision in 1997 to lead the Joint Terrorism Task Force, where he oversaw theinvestigation of two bombings for which Eric Rudolph was later convicted andsentenced. He also supervised the Evidence Response Team and managed weapons ofmass destruction, HAZMAT, and bomb responses.
In 2001, Mr. Mazanec was detailed to theCIA’s Counterterrorism Center to help coordinate the intelligence and lawenforcement efforts in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In 2005, he waspromoted to assistant section chief in the Counterterrorism Division,overseeing all overseas counterterrorism investigations, to include providingassistance to the British authorities following the London bombings.
Mr. Mazanec was selected to serve asassistant special agent in charge of the Security Branch at the WashingtonField Office in 2006, where he oversaw the protective detail programs, crisismanagement, and the construction of the new Manassas Resident Agency. In 2007,he served as the first FBI chair at the National Defense University, teachinggraduate-level national security courses on strategy, policy, interagencycooperation, law enforcement, terrorism, and intelligence to the senior-levelinteragency community.
In 2008, he was promoted to sectionchief in the Training Division, where he helped establish the FBI School ofIntelligence at Quantico, Virginia. He also served as the acting deputyassistant director of the division until he was named deputy assistant directorof the Office of Public Affairs in 2010. In this role, he worked to communicatethe mission of the FBI and oversaw the FBI’s community outreach program andother strategic public engagement programs.
He received a Bachelor of Science degreein political science and history from Liberty University, a Juris Doctoratefrom the College of William and Mary, and a Master of Science degree innational security strategy from the National War College. He also has a licenseto practice law in Virginia.
Mr. Mazanec is married and has twochildren.