O’Connell
Sasha Cohen O’Connell - Section Chief, Office of National Policy
Sasha Cohen O’Connell currently serves as the section chief of the Office of National Policy for the FBI’s deputy director. In this position, she is responsible for the overall coordination and prioritization of FBI interagency policy.
Prior to leading the Office of National Policy, Ms. O’Connell served as chief of the executive staff for the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. In this position, she was responsible for strategic planning, performance evaluation, training, and communications for the Bureau’s Violent Crime, Financial Crime, and Public Corruption programs, among others.
Ms. O’Connell has more than 15 years’ experience in program development, implementation, public policy, and performance management in the government and non-profit sectors. Ms. O’Connell has also served as an assistant dean at the School of Continuing Education at Northeastern University, and was the co-founder/managing Director of the Partnering for Prevention and Community Safety Initiative at Northeastern.
Ms. O’Connell holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College as well as a doctorate in public administration from American University.
Director – James B. Comey
Deputy Director – Andrew McCabe
Associate Deputy Director – David Bowdich
Chief of Staff/Senior Counselor – Jim Rybicki
Deputy Chief of Staff – Dawn M. Burton
Chief Information Officer – Gordon Bitko
Office of the Director/Deputy Director/Associate Deputy Director
- Inspection Division – Nancy McNamara
- Facilities and Logistics Services Division – Richard L. Haley, II
- Finance Division – Richard L. Haley, II
- Office of Congressional Affairs – Stephen D. Kelly
- Office of EEO Affairs – Kevin M. Walker
- Office of the General Counsel – James A. Baker
- Office of Integrity and Compliance – Patrick W. Kelley
- Office of National Policy – Sasha Cohen O’Connell
- Office of the Ombudsman – Monique A. Bookstein
- Office of Partner Engagement – Kerry Sleeper
- Office of Professional Responsibility – Candice M. Will
- Office of Public Affairs – Michael P. Kortan
- Records Management Division – Michelle Ann Jupina
- Resource Planning Office – Hayden Temin
- Deputy Associate Deputy Director – Andrew James Castor
Executive Assistant Directors and Assistant Directors
National Security Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Michael Steinbach
- Counterintelligence Division – Bill Priestap
- Counterterrorism Division – Carl Ghattas
- Terrorist Screening Center – Christopher M. Piehota
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate – John G. Perren
Intelligence Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Eric Velez-Villar
- Directorate of Intelligence – Joshua Skule
Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Randall C. Coleman
- Criminal Investigative Division – Stephen E. Richardson
- Critical Incident Response Group – Gregory D. Cox
- Cyber Division – James Trainor, Jr.
- International Operations Division – Carlos Cases
- Office for Victim Assistance – Kathryn Turman
Human Resources Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Valerie Parlave
- Human Resources Division – David Schlendorf
- Security Division – Clifford C. Holly
- Training Division – Mark A. Morgan
Science and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Amy S. Hess
- Criminal Justice Information Services Division – Stephen L. Morris
- Laboratory Division – Christopher Todd Doss
- Operational Technology Division – Todd McCall
Information and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – James L. Turgal, Jr.
- IT Applications and Data Division – Tracey North (Acting)
- IT Customer Relationship and Mgmt. Division – Michael P. Klopp (Acting)
- IT Infrastructure Division – J. Kevin Reid (Acting)
