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SUMMARY:Former CIA Spy\, Ambassador Henry Crumpton\, on "Global Complexity:
  Risk & Opportunity"
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\nAmbassador Henry A. Crumpton is the founder and C
 EO of Crumpton Group (CG) LLC\, an international research/advisory and bus
 iness development firm. Established in January 2008\, CG serves the Fortun
 e 500 leadership and the global business elite. He is also the CEO of Crum
 pton Ventures\, with investments in telecommunications\, cyber-security\, 
 training/education\, and robotics with an emphasis on unmanned aerial syst
 ems.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton is the CEO of Aardwolf Creative LLC\, a TV/fil
 m production company\, including a joint venture with STX Entertainment. S
 ince 2008 he has served as an independent director of Argan Inc. (NYSE: AG
 X). He is also on the advisory boards of Enirgi Group\, a Toronto based na
 tural resource enterprise with global operations\, and DC Capital Partners
 \, a private equity firm that owns Michael Baker Inc.\n\nA 24-year veteran
  of the CIA’s Clandestine Service\, Ambassador Crumpton served as an ope
 rations officer in the foreign field\, including tours as Chief of Station
 . From 1998-1999 he was the Deputy Chief of the FBI’s International Terr
 orist Operations Section. From 1999-2001 he served as the Deputy (Operatio
 ns) of the CIA Counterterrorist Center. After 9/11 he led the CIA’s Afgh
 anistan campaign in 2001-2002. From 2003-2005 he was the Chief of the CIA
 ’s National Resource Division\, responsible for all Clandestine Service 
 operations in the United States. In 2005 the President of the United State
 s appointed Crumpton as Ambassador-at-Large and the Coordinator for Counte
 rterrorism at the US Department of State. He retired from US government se
 rvice in 2007.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton is the author of the New York Times 
 bestselling book\, The Art of Intelligence (2012)\, which has been transla
 ted into several foreign languages including Arabic and Chinese. He also i
 s a contributing author of Transforming US Intelligence (2005).\n\nHe is a
  member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the OSS Society. His honor
 s include the Intelligence Commendation Medal\; the George H.W. Bush Award
  for excellence in counterterrorism\; the Sherman Kent Award\, in recognit
 ion of an outstanding contribution to the literature of intelligence\; the
  Donovan Award\; and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal\, the CIA’s hi
 ghest award for achievement.\n\nAmbassador Crumpton earned a B.A. in Polit
 ical Science from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in Internatio
 nal Public Policy\, with honors\, from Johns Hopkins University’s School
  of Advanced International Studies.\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nVIP Reception with A
 mbassador Crumpton - Friday\, September 9th\, 6:00pm\n\nThe podcast for th
 is event is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click 
 here to listen.
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