Director Sean M. Curran
Sean M. Curran is the 28th Director of the U.S. Secret Service, assuming office January 22, 2025. As Director, Mr. Curran is responsible for the successful execution of the agency’s integrated investigative and protective missions. In this role, he leads a high skilled workforce, comprised of more than 8,200 Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement Officers, and Mission Support personnel.
Throughout his 23-year law enforcement career, Mr. Curran has distinguished himself as a proven leader with notable results, to include directing and leading operational security plans for some of the most complex National Special Security Events in the history of the Secret Service. Most notable, his successful integration of cutting-edge protective methodologies deployed during major site visits and events throughout the 2024 Presidential Campaign, and his seamless oversight of financial resources, human capital, and logistics coordination for the 2016 Presidential Debates. Events of this magnitude require coordination of thousands of campaign visits, collaboration with Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, and management of a multi-million dollar budget, and 400+ Special Agents.
Prior to his senior executive appointment as Director, Mr. Curran established and served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Donald Trump Detail, where he strategically led the physical multi-state protection portfolio for the 45th President, in a dynamic environment which required executive decision-making, innovation, flexibility, and resourcefulness.
A law enforcement veteran, Mr. Curran began his Secret Service career in September 2001, as a Special Agent in the Newark Field Office, where he conducted protection, intelligence, investigations, recruitment, and logistics support for the district.
From 2008 – 2013, Mr. Curran was assigned to the Presidential Protective Division within the Office of Protective Operations, where he provided physical protection to the President of the United States and his family at their residence, and during domestic and overseas protective travel. This assignment would amplify his readiness for future assignments such as the Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge of the Dignitary Protective Division (2014 - 2016) and the Washington Field Office (2016 - 2018) where he managed response teams to critical incidents throughout Washington, D.C., and National Capital Region.
In 2018, Mr. Curran was promoted to the position of Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Presidential Protective Division, with direct oversight and responsibility of multiple protectees, as well as reviewing, analyzing, and enhancing security plans for the President’s multiple residences. During his tenure, he also graduated from the Secret Service’s Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, earning a Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program from American University.
Mr. Curran holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources Training and Development from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stockton University in Galloway Township, New Jersey.