Richard Kerr
According to his Department of Homeland Security biography, Richard Kerr "served in the Intelligence Community for 32 years-from September 1960 until March 1992. He started as a country analyst in CIA and ended his career as the senior professional intelligence officer in the U.S. government serving as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. During his career, he managed a full range of CIA elements, served in all four directorates, and led two of them. He also had key jobs on the Intelligence Community Staff; spent two years on the staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Pacific; and was the President of the Security Affairs Support Association (SASA). He currently serves on corporate boards, sits on the advisory panel for DOE laboratories, and is a frequent consultant to government and industry. During his career, Mr. Kerr was awarded two National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medals for work in the Intelligence Community and two Distinguished Intelligence Medals for work in CIA. He was given the Citizens Medal-the nations second highest civilian award-by President George Herbert Walker Bush for his work in support of Desert Storm."
