Karen Tandy
Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
Assumed office
June 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
9th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
In office
September 17, 2003 – November 10, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAsa Hutchinson
Succeeded byMichele Leonhart
Personal details
EducationTexas Tech University (BA, JD)

Karen Pomerantz Tandy is an American attorney and law enforcement official who served as the 9th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2003 to 2007. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 31, 2003. She was the first female head of the DEA.[1]

Early life and education

Tandy is a native of Fort Worth, Texas and graduated from L. D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University and a Juris Doctor from the Texas Tech University School of Law.[2][3]

Career

On October 22, 2007, she announced her retirement from the DEA, and took a position with Motorola. Tandy then became senior vice president of public affairs and communications where she served as Motorola's top public policy spokesperson on issues related to global telecom policy, trade, regulation, spectrum allocation, and country relations.[4]

Since June 2016, she has served as vice chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.[5] In March 2021, after Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas dismissed all 32 members of the advisory council, Tandy was one of only three senior-level members to remain in their positions.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Inside the DEA, Former DEA Administrators". Usdoj.gov. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  2. ^ "HEB ISD Hall of Fame, 2012 Inductees". Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "DEA ADMINISTRATOR TO RECEIVE OUTSTANDING ALUMNA AWARD | February | 2005 | Texas Tech Today | TTU". today.ttu.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "DEA Chief Karen Tandy Steppingt [sic] Down to Take Private-Sector Job". FOXNews.com. October 22, 2007. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  5. ^ Jeremy Snow (June 2, 2016). "Former Motorola VP joins DHS advisory council". Retrieved September 13, 2016.
    "Homeland Security Advisory Council Members". Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. ^ "Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fires almost every member of Homeland Security Advisory Council". ABC News. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Biden administration fires most Homeland Security Advisory Council members". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 21, 2021.

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Government offices Preceded byAsa Hutchinson Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration 2003–2007 Succeeded byMichele Leonhart
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