David Bowdich | |
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 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| 18th Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| In office January 29, 2018[a] – February 1, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Director | Christopher A. Wray |
| Preceded by | Andrew McCabe |
| Succeeded by | Paul Abbate |
| Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| In office April 9, 2016 – April 13, 2018 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Director | James Comey Christopher A. Wray |
| Preceded by | Andrew McCabe |
| Succeeded by | Paul Abbate |
| Personal details | |
| Education | New Mexico State University (BS) Georgetown University (MA) |
| a.^ Acting until April 13, 2018 | |
David Bowdich is an American former law enforcement officer serving since 2022 as Chief Security Officer ofthe Walt Disney Company. Prior, he served as theDeputy Director of the FBI from 2018 to 2021.[1][2][3]
Bowdich was born and raised inAlbuquerque, New Mexico.[4] His father, Joe Bowdich, served with the Albuquerque Police Department for 30 years and was thesheriff ofBernalillo County for seven years.[4] Bowdich's grandfather was a deputy chief for theAlbuquerque Fire Department.[4]
Bowdich attended high school at Temple Baptist Academy, graduating in 1987.[5]
Bowdich earned aBachelor of Science incriminal justice fromNew Mexico State University in 1991.[2][6] He later received amaster's degree in leadership from theMcDonough School of Business atGeorgetown University.[7]
Bowdich was a police officer with theAlbuquerque Police Department from 1991 to 1995, where he patrolled theSoutheast andNorth Valley area commands and served as a detective in the North Valley.[4]
Bowdich joined theFederal Bureau of Investigation in 1995 inSan Diego,California field office, where he served as aSWAT team member and investigated violent crimes and gangs.[6] Bowdich managed an investigation that resulted in convictions against street gang members in theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California.[6]
Bowdich received a promotion to the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2003, serving in the Safe Streets and Gang Unit.[6] After two years at headquarters, Bowdich transferred to supervising a multi-agency gang task force in San Diego.[6] Bowdich managed agents investigating drug cases and racketeering cases against theMexican Mafia,Bloods,Crips, andHells Angels.[6]
In 2009, Bowdich became in charge of the field office inSan Diego. Bowdich noticed that there was a trend of kidnapping committed by Mexican cartel-related criminal enterprises, so he initiated an interagency squad that built a large-scale criminal case against 43 members and associates of the cartel who were kidnapping individuals in and around San Diego.[6] Bowdich also supervised the investigations into the murders of twoUnited States Border Patrol agents.[6]
By 2011, Bowdich was the Federal Bureau of Investigation supervisor in San Diego, managing 100 agents and officers aroundMexico–United States border.[8]
In 2012, Bowdich was promoted to special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's office in Los Angeles and overseas investigations inSoutheast Asia.[6][9] That year, he oversaw an investigation and arrest of four individuals involved in a terrorism plot.[10] The four individuals were arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists in preparation for or in carrying out acts of terrorism.[11] In 2013, Bowdich was part of a team of people from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that traveled toDhaka,Bangladesh, to meet with Bangladeshi Minister of Home AffairsMuhiuddin Khan Alamgir and to Inspector General of PoliceHassan Mahmood Khandaker to discuss the proliferation of militancy and how to increase law enforcement officers' effectiveness through training.[12]
In 2014, Bowdich was promoted to Assistant Director in Charge (ADIC) of theLos Angeles office.[9] He was responsible for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's response to theSan Bernardino attack in 2015.[13][14][15]
AfterAndrew McCabe went on leave on January 29, 2018, prior to his dismissal from the FBI, Bowdich, as Associate Deputy Director, assumed his position.[16]
Bowdich was formally appointed Deputy Director on April 13, 2018, by DirectorChristopher A. Wray.[1] Bowdich fired AgentPeter Strzok on August 10, 2018.[17] He served as Deputy Director until 2021.
In 2022, he became the Chief Security Officer ofThe Walt Disney Company.[18]
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| Preceded by | Associate Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2016–2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2018–2021 | Succeeded by |
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Italics denotes an acting deputy director. | ||