Wendy Leitzer
Wye Mills,MD
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
02.2021 - Current
- Autonomous law enforcement liaison and investigator for eight counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
- Lead investigator for multi-million-dollar international wire fraud and money laundering case
- Lead agent for protection assignments within geographic area of responsibility
Deputy Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
04.2017 - 02.2021
- Company Overview: Office of the Chief Information Officer
- Direct a subordinate staff of over 180 federal employees and 200 contractors providing enterprise IT services
- Responsible for the oversight, governance, strategic planning, and policy across the U.S
- Secret Service Information Technology infrastructure
- Facilitate senior level decisions affecting a communications portfolio worth over $220 million
- Advise personnel in expanding competencies through training and mentoring
- Create and modify comprehensive standard operating procedures
- Building coalitions across the entire Secret Service by encouraging diverse groups to work together to develop new technical applications to fit enterprise needs
- Office of the Chief Information Officer
Special Agent in Charge (Acting)
U.S. Secret Service
01.2019 - 03.2020
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
08.2016 - 04.2017
- Company Overview: Washington Field Office
- Managed special agents, special officers and administrative employees working in the 24-hour Operations Center for the Washington DC metro area
- Washington Field Office
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
08.2014 - 08.2016
- Company Overview: New York Field Office
- Mentored two squads of inexperienced agents conducting counterfeit and bank fraud investigations
- Responsible for the oversight and management of all arrests, surveillances and search warrants to include editorial review of all warrant applications to the U.S
- Attorney
- New York Field Office
Staff Assistant
U.S. Secret Service
10.2012 - 08.2014
- Company Overview: Liaison Division, Government and Public Affairs, Washington, DC
- Responsible for creating, building, and maintaining relationships between the Secret Service and 25 other government and quasi-government agencies
- Coordinated protectee visits to all DHS component sites and Other Government Agencies in the metropolitan DC area
- Coordinated USSS protectee visits to the Capitol
- Liaison Division, Government and Public Affairs, Washington, DC
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
01.2011 - 10.2012
- Company Overview: James J
- Rowley Training Center, Laurel, MD
- Instructed special agent trainees in financial institution fraud, identity theft, forgery, U.S
- Treasury check fraud, credit card fraud, interview and surveillance techniques
- Designed and implemented new financial institution fraud training to include newest fraud schemes and investigative methods
- Created new training curriculum for agents returning to field investigations from protective assignments
- Consistently received positive feedback from trainees on evaluations
- James J
- Rowley Training Center, Laurel, MD
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
01.2007 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: Protective Intelligence & Assessment Division
- Authored and supervised the production of daily classified intelligence brief for senior USSS management including the Assistant Directors and Director
- Regularly prepared and presented the Terrorist Trends and Tactics Briefing to hundreds of law enforcement professionals from local, state, and federal agencies
- Conducted numerous domestic and overseas protective intelligence advances
- Protective Intelligence & Assessment Division
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
07.2000 - 12.2006
- Company Overview: Sacramento Resident Office, San Francisco Field Office
- Case agent for a multi-million-dollar investigation with the largest USSS asset forfeiture seizure in 2004
- Case agent for large, organized crime access device fraud ring resulting in numerous indictments and arrests
- Responsible for numerous arrests/search warrants/complaints and grand jury indictments with over 30 federal arrests
- Participated as a Firearms Instructor, JTTF Representative, Asset Forfeiture representative, and member of the Suspicious Activity Reports Task Force, Sacramento Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, and SFO Electronic Crimes Task Force
- Sacramento Resident Office, San Francisco Field Office
Paralegal Specialist
U.S. Department of Justice
03.1996 - 05.2000
- Company Overview: Antitrust Division
- Coordinated and organized investigative materials for bid-rigging, price-fixing and anti-competitive mergers/acquisitions
- Participated in subject/suspect interviews, depositions and trial work
- Lead paralegal for the U.S
- V Microsoft trial in U.S
- District Court Washington, DC
- Antitrust Division
Education
Master of Science - Criminal Justice Administration
San Jose State University
San Jose01.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of the Pacific
01.1995
Skills
- Federal Law Enforcement and Criminal Code Expertise
- Threat Assessment and Research
- Criminal Investigations, and Background Checks
- Courtroom Testimony and Procedures
- Counterterrorism Strategies and Intelligence Analysis
- Undercover and Surveillance Techniques/Operations
- Suspect Interrogations and Witness interviews
- Law Enforcement Liaison / Networking
- Sensitive Information Handling
- Training and Public Speaking
- Evidence Gathering and Analysis
- Detailed Report Writing and Case Management
- Firearms and First Aid Training
- US Coast Guard Licensed Captain
Timeline
Senior Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
02.2021 - Current
Special Agent in Charge (Acting)
U.S. Secret Service
01.2019 - 03.2020
Deputy Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
04.2017 - 02.2021
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
08.2016 - 04.2017
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Secret Service
08.2014 - 08.2016
Staff Assistant
U.S. Secret Service
10.2012 - 08.2014
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
01.2011 - 10.2012
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
01.2007 - 01.2011
Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
07.2000 - 12.2006
Paralegal Specialist
U.S. Department of Justice
03.1996 - 05.2000
Master of Science - Criminal Justice Administration
San Jose State University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of the Pacific
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