About Dan Bongino: Running for public office in Maryland
Taken from http://www.bongino.com/about.html
Family
Daniel and Paula have been married for nine years. Paula is
an independent, web-design consultant who operates a small business in
addition to being a parent to their two daughters. They reside in
Severna Park and are active members of the St. John the Evangelist
Church community.
Education
While working full time for the New York City Police
Department, Daniel used his accrued vacation time to attend the City
University of New York where he completed both his Bachelor’s and
Master’s degrees in Psychology, concentrating in both Neuro-Psychology
and Behavioral Learning. During his tenure as a Special Agent with the
U.S. Secret Service, Daniel completed his second graduate degree, a
Master’s of Business Administration at Penn State University, where he
tested at the top of his class.
New York City Police Department
Daniel began his career with the NYPD in 1995 as a Police
Cadet while attending The City University of New York full time. During
his tenure in the Cadet program, Daniel was a member of the
distinguished pattern identification unit which specialized in the
identification and apprehension of serial criminals. Daniel also
performed many hours of undercover operations in a number of inner city
communities. Daniel graduated from the Cadet program and became a full
time Police Officer in 1997, where he graduated with honors from the
Police Academy. Daniel spent the next two years patrolling the streets
of Brooklyn, New York where he saw first-hand the devastation of years
of failed social policy and experimentation. He would never see the
world the same way again after his experiences with the police
department. Daniel left the police department with numerous official
commendations.
United States Secret Service
Daniel proudly joined the ranks of the U.S. Secret Service
in 1999 as a Special Agent where he graduated the Secret Service
training academy with honors. Beginning his career in the New York Field
Office, he was assigned to investigate federal crimes, including but
not limited to, computer crimes, bank fraud, credit card fraud,
protective intelligence and counterfeiting. His early career was marked
by a number of investigative successes. Although the details of his
signature investigation are still for official use only, it involved
over 300 million dollars in potential financial fraud and a nexus to
international terrorism. This joint investigation in cooperation with
the FBI, IRS, SSA and a number of local police agencies, was responsible
for collapsing a major international fraud ring. The investigation
earned Daniel the Department of Justice recognition award, along with
other agency specific awards, for excellence in federal investigations.
Daniel left the New York Field Office in 2002 to become an
instructor at the Secret Service Training Academy in Beltsville,
Maryland. He was the project manager for the re-design of the
investigative tactics training program which he subsequently taught to
incoming trainees. Daniel was awarded a number of commendations for his
work in researching and re-designing the investigative curriculum to
reflect current trends in federal crime.
In 2006, Daniel entered into duty on the elite Presidential
Protection Division in the administration of President George W. Bush,
graduating at the top of his class in the difficult detail training
program. Daniel distinguished himself early by becoming one of the
earliest tenured Special Agents to be given responsibility for an
operational section of the protective detail. Daniel remained on
protective duty during the change in administration to President Barack
Obama and again distinguished himself by quickly becoming the highest
ranking member of his operational shift of agents. With this distinction
came greater responsibility and Daniel quickly rose to the challenge.
He was designated as the lead agent responsible for the coordination of
the President’s trip to Prague for the signing of the START treaty, his
visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, amongst a myriad of terror threats, and
finally as the lead agent responsible for the President’s visit to an
active war zone in Afghanistan. With the successful coordination of
these historic events, Daniel was awarded a series of commendations and
left the protective detail as one of the most distinguished agents in
their history.
Daniel transferred to the Baltimore Field Office in 2010
where he immediately made an impact on the community, breaking up one of
the largest fraud rings in Maryland’s history. (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-03-24/news/bs-md-hermann-car-loan-scheme-20110324_1_feds-bust-rental-car-rental-agencies/3).
Small Business Entrepreneur
Daniel is currently a small businesses owner with his wife Paula.
Highlights
- Decorated Secret Service Agent serving under three presidential administrations
- Lead security representative for the United States for foreign presidential visits
- Small business entrepreneur currently starting his third business venture
- Obtained graduate degrees in both Psychology and Business Administration
- Married to Paula, a first generation immigrant and successful business owner
- Father to Isabel and Amelia