Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis

United States Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis of Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Incumbent Avery Alpha [1] Acting   since January 20, 2025
United States Department of Homeland Security
Formation	2007
Website	Official website

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis is a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Under Secretary, as head of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for fusing law enforcement and intelligence information relating to terrorism and other critical threats.

The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis is appointed by the President of the United States with the consent of the United States Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President.

Overview

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis is the Chief Intelligence Officer for the United States Department of Homeland Security. Representing DHS within the United States Intelligence Community, the Under Secretary participates in inter-agency counter-terrorism efforts and is responsible for ensuring that state and local law enforcement officials receive information on critical threats from national-level intelligence agencies.

When the position was created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 along with DHS, the position was originally known as the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis. At that time, the position was within the DHS Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate. Following a 2005 reorganization of DHS, the position was made independent, appointed DHS Chief Intelligence Officer, and renamed Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53) was enacted on August 7, 2007 and reorganized intelligence operations at DHS, elevating the Assistant Secretary to the Under Secretary level. ^{[2] [3]}

With the rank of Under Secretary, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2022, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $187,300.

Reporting officials

As head of the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis, officials reporting to the Under Secretary include:

• Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis
  • Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Enterprise Operations
  • Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence Enterprise Readiness

Officeholders

Under Secretaries of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis

Portrait	Name	Date appointed	Tenure	Secretary served under	President served under
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis
	Paul Redmond	March 18, 2003	July 30, 2004	Tom Ridge	George W. Bush
	William Parrish	August 13, 2004	January 29, 2005	Tom Ridge	George W. Bush
	Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, U.S. Army	January 30, 2005	March 15, 2005	Michael Chertoff	George W. Bush
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
	Charles E. Allen	August 23, 2005	August 3, 2007	Michael Chertoff	George W. Bush
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
	Charles E. Allen	August 3, 2007	January 20, 2009	Michael Chertoff	George W. Bush
	Bart R. Johnson	May 19, 2009	February 11, 2010	Janet Napolitano	Barack Obama
	Caryn Wagner	February 11, 2010	December 21, 2012	Janet Napolitano	Barack Obama
	William E. Tarry Jr.	December 21, 2012	November 2013	Janet Napolitano Rand Beers	Barack Obama
	Francis X. Taylor	April 14, 2014	January 20, 2017	Jeh Johnson	Barack Obama
	David J. Glawe	January 23, 2017	March 2017	John F. Kelly	Donald Trump
	Patricia Cogswell [4]	March 2017	August 8, 2017	John F. Kelly	Donald Trump
	David J. Glawe	August 8, 2017	May 9, 2020	Elaine C. Duke (Acting) Kirstjen Nielsen Kevin McAleenan (Acting) Chad Wolf (Acting)	Donald Trump
	Brian Murphy	May 10, 2020	August 2, 2020	Chad Wolf (Acting)	Donald Trump
	Joseph B. Maher	August 3, 2020	January 20, 2021	Chad Wolf (Acting) Pete Gaynor (Acting)	Donald Trump
	Melissa Smislova	January 20, 2021	July 9, 2021	David Pekoske (Acting) Alejandro Mayorkas	Joe Biden
	John D. Cohen	July 9, 2021	April 8, 2022	Alejandro Mayorkas	Joe Biden
	Melissa Smislova	April 9, 2022	June 13, 2022	Alejandro Mayorkas	Joe Biden
	Kenneth L. Wainstein	June 13, 2022	January 20, 2025	Alejandro Mayorkas	Joe Biden
	Avery Alpha	January 20, 2025	Incumbent	Kristi Noem	Donald Trump

  Denotes Acting or Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary

References

1. https://www.dhs.gov/person/avery-alpha
2. Creation of the Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, 2013-07-14
3. Statement for the Record of Caryn A. Wagner, Under Secretary and Chief Intelligence Officer, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, before the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence House Committee on Homeland Security, United States Department of Homeland Security, Released 2011-06-01, Retrieved 2013-07-14
4. Scott Nicholas (March 21, 2017). "David Glawe to be nominated DHS Undersecretary for Intell, Analysis" . Retrieved 2018-04-18.