Gavin de Becker & Associates

Gavin de Becker & Associates is an American security and investigations firm based in Glendale, California.

Organization

Name Position Notes
Joe Timm President[1] United States Secret Service, Special Branch
Joshua Dessalines Executive Vice President United States Marine Corps
Michael LaFever Chairman of the Executive Board Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Charlie Gilbert Director of Global Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Directorate of Operations
Gary Howlin Senior Vice President of Client Care Grenadier Guards
James Hamilton Senior Vice President of Quality in Protection and Training Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Joint Terrorism Task Forces, ASIS International
Gabrielle Thompson Vice President of Threat Assessment ASIS International, Center for Protective Intelligence
Bryan Niederhelm Senior Vice President of Threat Assessment and Management United States Secret Service, United States Marine Corps, Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC)
Brian Creter Vice President of Global Investigations New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, ASIS International
Ed Hinman Senior Vice President of Associate Services United States Department of State, United States Marine Corps
Ben Zeifman Director of Client Services United States Air Force Security Forces (SF), Federal Air Marshal Service, Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP)
Daniel Becklin Director of Client Services -
Rodney Ropele Director of Client Services United States Army, United States Marine Corps
Ben Sole Director of Client Services United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)
Erik Triplett Director of Client Services United States Marine Corps
William Mikol Director of Client Services United States Army
Ellen Prystajko Case Management Advisor, Threat Assessment & Management -
Dennis Frith Vice President of Global Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Clandestine Service
Fritzroy Allen Vice President of Physical Security Design United States Marine Corps
Robert Nightengale Vice President of Technical Security Design United States Marine Corps, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield
Maggie Green Deputy Director of Threat Assessment & Investigations Association for Talent Development (ATD)
Josh Becker Director of Training San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, American Heart Association (AHA), National Association of Emergency Technicians
Castulo Baca Deputy Director of Quality in Protection United States Marine Corps
Ryan Martin Director of Information Security -
Sarah Rosenberg Vice President of Business Operations -

Clients

The company's clients include:[2]


  1. Our People. Gavin de Becker and Associates. Retrieved March 7, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.07-033427/https://gdba.com/our_people/ ↩︎

  2. Home. Gavin de Becker and Associates. Retrieved March 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230302040247/https://gdba.com/ ↩︎

  3. Piper, J., & Gibson, B. (2024, March 20). Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign is racking up big expenses with Gavin de Becker’s security firm. Politico. https://web.archive.org/web/20240512020551/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/20/robert-kennedy-jr-security-debt-fec-00148149 ↩︎

About the author
Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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