11/18/2016 – 11/18/2016
25 Broad Street
Description:
November Chapter Meeting
Date: November 18, 2016
Time: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Bobby Van’s Grill
Guest Speaker: William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director In Charge – FBI, NY Field Office
Please join the NYC Chapter for our November meeting at Bobby Van’s Grill – 25 Broad Street, NYC. We are honored to have William F. Sweeney Jr., ADIC FBI, NY Field Office as our guest speaker. A sit-down lunch will be served with soft drinks; a drink ticket redeemable for wine or beer will be provided and a cash bar is available for additional beverages.
Registration for individuals, groups and tables of ten can be made below. Ticket purchases for 10, 20 and 30 will automatically reserve a table for the company. Attendees who indicate CPP status when registering online will receive a certificate at the meeting for one (1) CPP continuing education credit.
Online registration will close on November 16th!
Speaker BIO
William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director In Charge – FBI, NY Field Office
William F. Sweeney Jr. entered on duty with the FBI in 1998. He was assigned to a public corruption squad at the Newark Field Office, where he conducted investigations in the Hudson County area. In 2004, he transferred to the al Qaeda squad on the division’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and was later promoted to squad supervisor.
In March 2009, Mr. Sweeney was promoted to assistant section chief of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, International Terrorism Operations Section 1, at the National Counterterrorism Center in Northern Virginia. In this role, he oversaw international terrorism investigations conducted throughout the continental United States. During this assignment, Mr. Sweeney was a member of a team that received the 2010 Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service and the National Intelligence Exceptional Service Medal.
In October 2010, Mr. Sweeney returned to Newark as an assistant special agent in charge, and was initially responsible for overseeing the division’s criminal enterprise branch, with investigations targeting violent crime, gangs, drug trafficking, organized crime, and international criminal enterprises. In December 2011, Mr. Sweeney assumed leadership of the National Security Branch within the division. In this role, he managed the JTTF and counterintelligence matters throughout New Jersey.
From February 2013 to March 2014, Mr. Sweeney was the special assistant to the FBI’s deputy director at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In March 2014, Mr. Sweeney was named special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the New York Field Office, where he oversaw the JTTF and all FBI counterterrorism investigations and operations in the New York Field Office’s area of responsibility. He most recently served as special agent in charge of the Philadelphia Field Office.
Director James B. Comey named William F. Sweeney Jr. assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office in July 2016.
Before joining the FBI, Mr. Sweeney served in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf. A Philadelphia-area native, Mr. Sweeney is a graduate of Villanova University and has a bachelor’s degree in political science. He has a master’s degree in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School.