Henry Crumpton was sworn in as Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State in August 2005. Crumpton, a dedicated member of the intelligence community, joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1981. During his tenure, as a CIA operations officer, he served on multiple field assignments many of them abroad and acted as Chief of Station for two of these operations. In Washington, Ambassador Crumpton held senior management positions, including a one-year assignment at the Federal Bureau of Investigation as Deputy Chief of the International Terrorism Operations Section from 1998-1999. He returned to the CIA and was appointed the Deputy Chief Operations at the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center from 1999-2001, during which time he commanded the CIA's Afghan campaign. Following his service at the Center for Counterterrorism, Crumpton served as Chief of the National Resources Division from August 2003 until June 2005.
Ambassador Crumpton serves as an advisory board member to the Department of Homeland Security's Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). He was a contributing author to the book “Transforming U.S. Intelligence.” He is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Intelligence Commendation Medal, the George H. W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism, the Sherman Kent Award, the Donovan Award and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the CIA's highest award for achievement.
He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in
International Public Policy, with honors, from John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
