Nancy McNamara Named First Female Special Agent in Charge of the Milwaukee Division

Director Robert S. Mueller, III has named Nancy McNamara special agent in charge of the Milwaukee Division. Ms. McNamara most recently served as section chief in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters.

Ms. McNamara entered on duty as a special agent in 1996 and served in the New York Division. While serving in the division, she investigated public corruption cases. Ms. McNamara was named supervisory special agent for the applicant program in 2002 and the public corruption/government fraud squad in the white-collar crime program in 2005.

After working in New York, she was an assistant inspector, team leader, in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters in 2005. She led teams in the review and assessment of investigative programs in field offices, legal attaché offices, and Headquarters’ entities.

In 2007, she was promoted to assistant special agent in charge (ASAC) in the Los Angeles Division. She was ASAC of the white-collar program, and oversaw more than 100 employees located throughout the Los Angeles area.

Ms. McNamara returned to FBI Headquarters in 2009 as chief of the Public Corruption/Civil Rights Section, where she was in charge of public and international corruption and civil rights violations.

A native of New Haven, Connecticut, she received her degree in business management from Providence College.