Director Christopher Wray has named B. Chad Yarbrough as assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mr. Yarbrough most recently served as special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Office.

Mr. Yarbrough joined the FBI as a special agent in 2006 and was assigned to the Dothan Resident Agency of the Mobile Field Office in Alabama, where he investigated violent crime and crimes against children. In 2010, Mr. Yarbrough transferred to the Chicago Field Office. As a member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, he investigated domestic terrorism matters.

In 2012, Mr. Yarbrough was promoted to supervisory special agent and worked in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 2014, Mr. Yarbrough was named supervisory special agent of the Mobile Field Office’s Violent Criminal Threats squad. In 2017, Mr. Yarbrough was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh Field Office, overseeing the criminal, crisis-management, and SWAT programs.

In 2020, Mr. Yarborough was promoted to section chief of the National Threat Operations Section. In 2021, he was named deputy assistant director in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters, overseeing the Transnational Organized Crime, Violent Crime, and Operational Support sections. 

In 2023, Mr. Yarbrough was named special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Office. 

Mr. Yarbrough holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Sam Houston State University in Texas. Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Yarbrough served as a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).