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Gale D. Rossides

Acting Administrator

As Acting Administrator, Gale Rossides oversees the management of the 50,000-strong workforce and the security operations of 450 federalized airports throughout the U.S., including the widely-acclaimed Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS), and the security regime for highways, railroads, ports and mass transit systems. Rossides represents the face of TSA to many stakeholders and partners throughout the world.

Rossides was one of the six original federal executives hand-picked in 2002 to build TSA – the largest public mobilization since World War II. From December 2002 through September 2004, she served as TSA's Associate Administrator/Chief Support Systems Officer. In 2004, Rossides was tapped to serve as a senior advisor to the Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Management for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

In 2005, Rossides returned to TSA. Her proven leadership skills in organizational development, business process improvement and security operations provided key expertise in transforming TSA into the more flexible and dynamic agency that it is today.

Rossides' accomplishments include re-engineering a multi-layered security strategy; increasing comprehensive intelligence-sharing; developing network-centric, collaborative partnerships with stakeholders; establishment of Transportation Sector Network Management (TSNM); creation of TSA's Senior Leadership Team (SLT); and the inclusion of core competencies in critical incident management, acquisition and program management.

Rossides also launched leadership development programs as a proactive agency maturity strategy. She created innovative workforce programs to encourage communication, collaboration and conflict management to facilitate the development of an inclusive environment across a multi-generational, diverse and engaged workforce.

Prior to joining TSA, Rossides was appointed as the co-chair of a Blue Ribbon panel to overhaul the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in the aftermath of the Waco event. She served at ATF for 8 years as the director of all law enforcement, regulatory and leadership training; she also served for 6 years as a member of Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's (FLETC) Board of Directors for state and local law enforcement training.

Gale Rossides earned her bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and is a graduate of George Washington University's Masters in Public Administration for Federal Executives program.