Jana D. Monroe, Assistant Director, Cyber Division

Jana D. Monroe received a B.S. Degree in Criminology from California State University Long Beach and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from LaVerne University. She served as a probation officer for three years and a police officer for seven years prior to entering the FBI in 1985.

Ms. Monroe entered on duty with the FBI as a Special Agent in 1985, and upon completion of training, served in the FBI's Albuquerque, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. field offices. She was assigned to criminal reactive squads, investigating fugitives, kidnappings, extortions, bank robberies, homicides, and various property theft crimes. Following field assignments, she was assigned to FBI Headquarters Criminal Division and to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. Ms. Monroe worked in the Behavioral Science Unit, a part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, for five years and has consulted in more than 850 violent crimes (including serial and mass homicides) throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, England, and the Netherlands.

From July 1995 to June 1999, she was assigned to the San Diego Division, where she was responsible for supervision of a White Collar Crime and Public Corruption squad and served as coordinator for the Hostage Negotiation Team and the Evidence Response Team (ERT).

In June 1999, Ms. Monroe was transferred to the Denver Division as ASAC with management responsibility for the Organized Crime, Drug, Violent Crime, White Collar Crime, Cybercrime and ERT and SWAT Programs.

In April 2002, Ms. Monroe was promoted to the Los Angeles Division as the Special Agent in Charge with management responsibility for Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, White Collar Crime, the Santa Ana, Riverside, Victorville and Palm Springs Resident Agencies and the Rapid Deployment Team.

On November 1, 2002, Director Mueller appointed Ms. Monroe as Assistant Director of the Cyber Division.