About the Deputy Director

John "Geoff" O'Connell was appointed as the National Counterterrorism Center's Principal Deputy Director in June 2008. He is a thirty-three year veteran of the CIA's National Clandestine Service where he spent the majority of his career in senior clandestine assignments overseas - most involving counterterrorism. Among his domestic assignments, he served as Deputy Chief of the FBI's International Terrorism Operations Section, Chief of CIA's Counterterrorist Center and Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Middle East Peace Process.

Mr. O'Connell is a graduate of Amherst College. He is the recipient of numerous domestic and foreign awards.