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Jennifer Smith Love – Assistant Director, Security Division

Ms. Love is a native of Mississippi. In 1983, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. Prior to joining the FBI as a special agent accountant, Ms. Love worked as a cost accountant with McDonnell Douglas Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri. Before her employment with McDonnell Douglas, Ms. Love worked as a financial analyst in the St. Louis Division of the FBI.

Ms. Love began her career as a special agent with the FBI in 1987. She served first in the New Orleans Field Office, then the Chicago Field Office, and again in the New Orleans Field Office, Baton Rouge Resident Agency, where she investigated white-collar crime, violent crime, and civil rights matters.

 In 1997, Ms. Love was appointed as a supervisor at FBI Headquarters in the Office of Professional Responsibility. In 1999, she was appointed as a supervisor in the Philadelphia Field Office, where she led a white-collar/computer intrusions squad.

 In December 2002, Ms. Love was named assistant special agent in charge in the Baltimore Field Office, where she initially headed the white-collar crime, civli rights, administrative, and surveillance programs, as well as the Annapolis and Wilmington Resident Agencies. Later, her responsbilities expanded to include all criminal matters in the states of Maryland and Delaware.

In January 2005, Ms. Love was promoted to section chief in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters, where she oversaw all administrative functions and programs. She later served as section chief of the Communication Exploitation Section, where, in concert with the United States intelligence community, she led the FBI’s efforts to disrupt terrorists’ ability to communicate.

In December 2006, Ms. Love reported to the Washington Field Office as the special agent in charge of the Criminal Division. In this role, she managed and directed investigations of financial crime, violent crime, organized crime, public corruption, civil rights violations, computer crime, and drug-related crime in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia.

In April 2008, Ms. Love was named special agent in charge of the Richmond Field Office.

In February 2010, Ms. Love reported to the Inspection Division as deputy assistant director, where she oversaw the Office of Inspections, Inspection Strategic Analysis Section, Internal Investigations Section, and External Audit Section. She served as acting assistant director of the Inspection Division before her current appointment.