Barbra Roach Email & Phone Number

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Oversight for the Biology/DNA Unit, Chemistry/Toxicology Unit, Latent Prints/Firearms Unit, and Quality Assurance/Evidence Unit.

Denver Field Division

OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT: Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. Oversee physical security infrastructure, IT security, internal investigations and personnel safety for numerous professional and 11 facilities, including four drug storage warehouses. Responsible for ensuring the compliance with DEA’s Standards of Conduct. PROGRAM & SECURITY OVERSIGHT: Domestic, international and internal investigations, law enforcement operations, intelligence initiatives and oversight of Diversion Control and Anti-Money Laundering Programs. Develop and execute complex security and risk mitigation/management programs to include personnel, technology components, equipment and physical security and safety for multiple facilities in high-risk environments. Develop and oversee continuity of business and emergency management plans. Initiated bi-weekly intelligence and operational briefings to apprise employees and external stakeholders of operation changes. Created collaborative effort regarding the opioid epidemic between law enforcement, treatment, prevention Significantly increased performance metrics in multiple program areasExecutive LeadershipChair for the DEA Administrator’s Executive Board with responsibility for apprising the Administrator on prospective agency-wide policies and potential threats/trends. Former Chair for the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) Intelligence Community Chair for RMHIDTA for Colorado, Montana, Utah, and WyomingMember of the RMHIDTA Budget Committee Strategic DevelopmentDirect dynamic multilateral intelligence collection plans with domestic and international counterparts. Expanded regional border violence strategy to mitigate threat of drug-related violence. Create and oversee cartel assessment / targeting tool focused on identifying and dismantling transnational criminal organizations. Create and oversee a region wide effort regarding the opioid and fentanyl epidemic

Arlington, Virginia

OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT: Responsible for personnel, physical, and information security worldwide. Ensures the global protection and integrity of DEA’s employees, facilities, and programs. BUDGET: Develop and execute an annual financial plan that aligns with the global threat assessment to accurately predict resource allocation and forecast budgetary obligations. Reduced the annual operational costs by $330,000 through consolidation of contracts and best practices. PROGRAM OVERSIGHT: Counterintelligence program in identifying potential insider threats and monitoring the databases for potential information leakage. Physical security measures with compliance reviews, coordinates Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) missions. Oversight on the certification and accreditation of the Information Technology (IT) and ensures DEA’s virtual and physical classified information is protected. Security Policy/TrainingDeveloped security program aimed at clarifying and simplifying the overall security programs process. National Security Professional (NSP) for the Department of Justice. Direct oversight for training DEA employees, contractors and foreign law enforcement entities regarding best practices in the world of global security. Directly responsible for granting, suspending, and revoking access to national security information.Conducted complex, sensitive, integrity related criminal and administrative investigations.Compliance / Audits Managed annual audits of programs, purchasing, contracting, warehousing and administration. Oversaw the development and implementation of DEA’s Validation, Integrity, Penetration, and Response system and Account Management System which streamline the annual system review and compliance and reduces creeping access into databases. Oversaw the facility audits worldwide to ensure compliance and risk mitigation

Greater Philadelphia Area

OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT: Responsible for the drug enforcement operations and the HIDTA Intelligence Center. Leg multiple investigative and strategic intelligence units. Oversight for budgetary and administrative matters, including facilities and personnel security for a two-state region. Significantly improved relations with all law enforcement agencies and forged new relationships with outer lying communities through intelligence sharing. Created an information sharing network for law enforcement and treatment facilities which provided trends on overdoses and upcoming risk analysis.

Houston, Tx; Fresno, Ca; Dallas, Tx

Responsible for conducting complex criminal investigations targeting local, regional, and international drug trafficking organizations. Provided pivotal leadership to enforcement groups comprised of Special Agents from DEA, FBI, ATF, US Postal Service, ICE and IRS and police officers from state, county, and local agencies. Directed strategic planning, administration, budget allocations, recruitment, personnel training, and Demand Reduction programs for the division.Conducted complex, sensitive, integrity related criminal and administrative investigations involving DEA employees, task force officers, and contractors.

Houston, Tx; Galveston, Tx

Planned and conducted international, complex criminal investigations of individuals and organizations engaged in drug trafficking, drug manufacturing, pharmaceutical diversion, and money laundering. Coordinated the public affairs program and media relations for the Houston Field Division, providing media guidance to senior executive staff on press briefings, network events and other related public information matters. ASSIGNMENTS AS A SPECIAL AGENT: Airport Interdiction, Public Affairs Officer, Mobile Enforcement Team, HIDTA enforcement operations, Task Force Unit, long term and general enforcement operations.