Joseph Clancy (Secret Service)

This article is about the Director of the Secret Service. For the Medal of Honor recipient, see Joseph Clancy (Medal of Honor).
Joseph Clancy
24th Director of the U.S. Secret Service
Assumed office
October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
Acting from October 1, 2014 to February 18, 2015
President Barack Obama
Deputy Craig Magaw
Preceded by Julia Pierson
Personal details
Born 1955/56
Elwood, Indiana, U.S.
Residence Washington D.C. and Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater U.S. Military Academy
Villanova University
Military service
Service/branch U.S. Secret Service

Joseph "Joe" P. Clancy (born 1955/56) is an American law enforcement official. He is the 24th and current Director of the United States Secret Service. Clancy previously served as head of the agency’s presidential protection division until 2011, when he retired and became director of corporate security for Comcast.[1]

Early life and education

Clancy grew up in the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he excelled on West Point's football team. He transferred to Villanova University and graduated in the late 1970s.[2]

Career

After graduating from Villanova, he worked as a History teacher for four years at the former Bishop Kenrick High School in Norristown, Pa, and then for a year at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia,[3] He joined the Secret Service in Philadelphia in the 1980s. Subsequently, he worked in the New York field office, directing a team of agents that conducted major investigations. He was in charge of security at national special events before joining the president’s protective detail.[2] He lives in the Philadelphia metropolitan area[4] with Andrea, his wife of 31 years, and four children.[5]

During his work on the presidential protection details he was able to achieve a close bond with President Barack Obama, and is well regarded by the White House. Clancy was part of the Secret Service protective detail that jogged with President Bill Clinton in the early days of the Presidency of Bill Clinton.[6]

Clancy was appointed as acting director following the resignation of Julia Pierson on October 1, 2014, a position he held until his appointment as director on February 18, 2015 by President Barack Obama.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, M. Alex (October 1, 2014). "New Secret Service Head Joe Clancy Personally Led Obama Security". NBC News. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Rappeport, Alan (October 1, 2014). "Retired Veteran of President's Detail Will Temporarily Lead Secret Service". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Archives - Philly.com". Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Hicks, Josh (October 1, 2014). "Meet Joseph Clancy, the new acting Secret Service chief". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ Joseph P. Clancy. Director (Acting) United States Secret Service. secretservice.gov
  6. ↑ Garrett, Major (October 1, 2014). "Meet the acting Secret Service chief". CBS News. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson on Appointment of Joseph Clancy as Director of the U.S. Secret Service". United States Department of Homeland Security. February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
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