- Willie Hulon
Willie T. Hulon was the Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch of the
FBI until January 11, 2008. He was succeeded byArthur M. Cummings, II . [http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/cummings011108.htm]Early life
Hulon was born in
Memphis, Tennessee and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree fromRhodes College , Memphis, Tennessee, in 1979. He served as a Memphis Police Officer from 1980 until 1983.FBI career
Hulon began his career as an
FBI Special Agent in September 1983. After graduating from theFBI Academy , he was assigned to the FBI Office inMobile, Alabama and subsequently served inChicago, Illinois andSan Antonio, Texas . During those assignments he conducted drug, gang,domestic terrorism , and violent crime investigations. Hulon was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent of the Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Squad in San Antonio in May 1991. While in San Antonio, he formed and supervised a multi-agency task force which received recognition from theUnited States Attorney General for the successful prosecution of a Texasprison gang . In March 1995, he was transferred to FBI Headquarters and served as a Supervisory Special Agent in Violent Crimes/Fugitive Unit until February 1996. Following that assignment, Hulon was promoted to Assistant Inspector in the Inspection Division atFBI Headquarters .In June 1997, he was designated as Chief of the
Interstate Theft /Government Reservation crimes Unit at FBI Headquarters. In December 1997, Hulon was appointed as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division. He was promoted to Inspector, Office of Inspections, Inspection Division, FBI Headquarters, in December 2000. In July 2001, Hulon was designated Chief Inspector for the FBI. He was then appointed Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Office until returning to Headquarters as Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division.Hulon was appointed by Director Mueller as the Executive Assistant Director (EAD) of the National Security Branch (NSB) on June 19, 2006. He had previously served as Acting EAD-NSB beginning on June 5, 2006. Prior to that, he was Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division (CTD), a position he had held since December 23, 2004. He also served as Deputy Assistant Director of CTD beginning on April 16, 2004, before becoming the division's Acting Assistant Director in November of that year.
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