PERSON: Kimberly Cheatle

U.S. Secret Service

Secret Service Director

Kimberly A. Cheatle (born 1970/1971) is an American former law enforcement officer who served as the 27th director of the United States Secret Service from 2022 until 2024. After serving in the Secret Service from 1995 to 2019, she worked as senior director of global security at PepsiCo from 2019 to 2022. Appointed director of the Secret Service by President Joe Biden, she assumed the office on 17 September 2022, becoming the second woman to hold the position.

Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, the Secret Service was widely criticized over security lapses. On July 22, Cheatle testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, where she faced bipartisan calls for her resignation. She resigned on July 23 and was succeeded by acting director Ronald L. Rowe Jr.

Cheatle was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and grew up in Danville, Illinois. She completed her undergraduate studies at Eastern Illinois University with a major in sociology and a concentration in criminal justice.

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