JUST IN: New Secret Service Deputy Director Announced

JUST IN: Secret Service Deputy Director Announces Resignation

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Earlier today, Director Curran announced to the workforce that he has selected Mark Ryan to serve as the agency’s 25th Deputy Director. pic.twitter.com/AN7ogr71Gi

— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) October 20, 2026

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Special Agent Ryan currently serves as the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Special Services Division
providing principal oversight in the coordination and execution of the White House Mail Screening
Facility and the development and sustainment of all Secret Service armored vehicle platforms.Prior to his
assignment with the Special Services Division, SA Ryan was assigned to the Technical Security Division as
the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of Operations where he directed the coordination and scheduling of
roughly 130 Technical Security Division Personnel and provided budget preparation and implementation
in support of external partner asset requirements.SA Ryan also led several directorate and division level
teams as a first line supervisor. His divisional assignments included serving as the Assistant Special Agent in
Charge of the Protective Fleet and Maintenance Branch and Specialty Vehicle Branch, Special Services
Division, where he coordinated the development of programmatic plans to maintain current protective
fleet levels while creating future armored vehicle fleet requirements. At the directorate level, SA Ryan was a
direct report to the Assistant Director of Protective Operations where he served as the Assistant Special
Agent in Charge, Special Projects Section, leading a team of Special Agents in a myriad of projects
evaluating protective activities to improve protective operations through the coordinated efforts of
identification, development, and implementation of innovative protective technology. Prior to his
supervisory assignments, SA Ryan was assigned to the Presidential Protective Division for approximately
six years. He began his career with the Secret Service in 2001 as a Special Agent assigned to the Dallas Field
Office. SA Ryan is a native of Arlington, Texas and has a Bachelor of Science Degree (Biology) from
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.

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Secret Service Director Sean Curran moves quickly to fill the leadership vacuum in the No. 2 spot after Deputy Matt Quinn announced his retirement on Friday, effective Nov. 7, citing family reasons.

Mark Ryan is a 25-year veteran agent who has held several leadership roles,… https://t.co/oCgRoskQ3D

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) October 20, 2026

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Secret Service Director Sean Curran moves quickly to fill the leadership vacuum in the No. 2 spot after Deputy Matt Quinn announced his retirement on Friday, effective Nov. 7, citing family reasons.

Mark Ryan is a 25-year veteran agent who has held several leadership roles, including the deputy Special Agent in Charge of the Special Services Division. He spent six years in the Presidential Protective Division.

Quinn is stepping down amid a number of drone controversies, including conflict-of-interest questions about counter-drone contracts and his former employer, Fortem Technologies, the maker of the Secret Service’s Drone Hunter. Curran and Quinn played up the Drone Hunter technology by displaying its capabilities to CBS News’ 60 Minutes in a segment just days before Quinn announced his plans to leave the agency.

The Department of Homeland Security just inked an up to $1 BILLION deal with Fortem in late August. What role, if any, did Quinn play in securing that deal for his prior employer? Was it competitively bid? Did Quinn have stock in Fortem that benefited from the deal– is he returning to Fortem? Are there technological problems with the Drone Hunter platform that has prevented it from being fully implemented in the Secret Service other than for training purposes?

The Secret Service is not responding to a series of questions that RealClearPolitics submitted about it the day before and the morning of Quinn’s announced resignation on Friday.

Here’s my latest story in the link below about all the recent drone controversies and questions surrounding Quinn’s departure.

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