Pender

Jerome M. Pender – Executive Assistant Director and Chief Information Officer, Information and Technology Branch

On August 22, 2012, Director Robert S. Mueller, III named Jerome M. Pender the executive assistant director and chief information officer of the FBI’s Information and Technology Branch. Mr. Pender most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

Mr. Pender joined the FBI in 2003 as the deputy assistant director of the Information Services Branch of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. In this role, he was responsible for the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the National Crime Information Center 2000, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the Law Enforcement Online service. He also provided oversight for the National Data Exchange, Next Generation Identification, Uniform Crime Reporting replacement, and biometric interoperability programs.

Before joining the FBI, Mr. Pender was employed for 13 years with UBS, a worldwide financial services company, rising to the position of executive director for information technology.

Mr. Pender graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and has a master’s degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.

Director – Robert S. Mueller, III
Deputy Director – Sean M. Joyce
Associate Deputy Director – Kevin L. Perkins
- Office of Law Enforcement Coordination – Ronald C. Ruecker
Chief of Staff/Senior Counsel to the Director – Aaron M. Zebley
Deputy Chief of Staff – Kevin R. Gingras

Office of the Director/Deputy Director/Associate Deputy Director
- Office of Congressional Affairs – Stephen D. Kelly
- Office of EEO Affairs – Kevin M. Walker
- Office of the General Counsel – Andrew Weissmann
- Office of Integrity and Compliance – Patrick W. Kelley
- Office of the Ombudsman – Monique A. Bookstein
- Office of Professional Responsibility – Candice M. Will
- Office of Public Affairs – Michael P. Kortan
- Inspection Division – Steven E. Ibison (acting)
- Facilities and Logistics Services Division – Patrick G. Findlay
- Finance Division – Richard L. Haley II
- Records Management Division – Michelle Ann Jupina
- Resource Planning Office – David Schlendorf

Executive Assistant Directors and Assistant Directors

National Security Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Stephanie Douglas
- Counterterrorism Division – Andrew G. McCabe
- Counterintelligence Division – Robert Anderson, Jr.
- Directorate of Intelligence – Eric Velez-Villar
- Terrorist Screening Center - Christopher M. Piehota
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate – John G. Perren

Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Richard A. McFeely
- Criminal Investigative Division – Ronald T. Hosko
- Cyber Division – Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.
- Critical Incident Response Group – James F. Yacone
- International Operations Division – Michael S. Welch

Human Resources Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Janet L. Kamerman
- Human Resources Division – David G. Bennett
- Security Division – Alex J. Turner
- Training Division – Owen D. Harris

Science and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Steven M. Martinez
- Associate EAD – Vacant
- Criminal Justice Information Services Division – David Cuthbertson
- Laboratory Division – Dr. David Christian Hassell
- Operational Technology Division – Amy S. Hess

Information and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director and CIO – Jerome M. Pender
- Associate EAD and Deputy Chief Information Officer – Dean E. Hall
- IT Services Division – Jennifer R. Sanchez
- Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer – G. Clayton Grigg
- IT Engineering Division – Carlo L. Lucchesi
- IT Management Division and CTO – Jeffrey C. Johnson