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Chief of Staff Chad Sweet

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Chief of Staff: Chad Sweet

Chad Sweet serves as the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief of Staff. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff, Mr. Sweet served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and as a Special Assistant to the Secretary.

Mr. Sweet is credited with coordinating interagency planning and policy on a number of high priority issues for the Department. He also orchestrated an improvement in management performance metrics and information flow processes within the Department and between the Department, the White House and Congress. Additionally, Mr. Sweet acted as the Secretary’s primary representative to implement Operation Jump Start – the President’s initiative to deploy 6,000 national guardsmen to enhance U.S. border security.

Mr. Sweet graduated with honors from Columbia University and brings more than twelve years of private sector experience with Fortune 500 companies, as well as an understanding of the intelligence community from his service at the Central Intelligence Agency.

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