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Episode 11 Part 2: Powerhouse Woman, Dr. Rhonda Glover Reese

In the second part of episode 11, retired Supervisory Special Agent Rhonda Glover Reese talks to us about leadership. She tells us about the challenges of ascending the ladder into Senior Executive Service (SES) positions and how those challenges put her on the path of true leadership! She also shares with us about her many accolades, her decisions to start mentoring and coaching others, and her company the Rhonda M. Glover Group LLC.

Episode 11: Powerhouse Woman, Dr. Rhonda Glover Reese

Dr. Rhonda Glover Reese is a retired Supervisory Special Agent who served in the FBI for 34 years. She held various leadership roles from Program Manager/Program Coordinator, Supervisory Special Agent to Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC). She also had temporary duty assignments within the Senior Executive Service at FBIHQ. In part 1 of episode 11, Dr. Reese talks to us about her mother, a hidden figure! Yes, she was a mathematician for NASA! and how her mother was her inspiration. Dr. Reese talks to us about her journey into the Bureau, beginnings, progressions, her work as an Undercover Agent and leading narcotic investigations, and we begin our conversation about her leadership journey!

Episode 10: Trailblazer Larissa Knapp

Larissa Knapp is the current Executive Assistant Director (EAD) of the FBI's National Security Branch. EAD Knapp is the highest-ranking FBI Special Agent and the first Asian American woman to achieve such branch. Talk about breaking the glass ceiling! EAD Knapp and I engage in a candid conversation about her life and career. Tune it to hear how a girl raised in New York climbed to the top and how she leads the FBI with excellence!

The Israel-Hamas War with Special Guest Bob Dougherty

Special Guest Bob Dougherty, a retired CIA Operations Officer, with 26 years of Agency experience, 23 of which he spent undercover working terrorism matters, and I have a conversation about the Israel-Hamas war. We have a candid discussion and provide our thoughts on the war, perspectives based on working the Hamas threat and potential impact on the homeland, and talk about how to stay vigilant during these heightened state of security.

Edición Especial: Doris Beaton

This is a Special Edition episode recorded in Spanish.  Retired SSA Doris Beaton has 27 years of federal government experience, 25 of those dedicated to the FBI. Doris started her career in the FBI in 1997 as a Clerk at the HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, then was promoted to FOIPA PA Paralegal Specialist. In the year 2000, she attended Quantico and became a Special Agent. During her career, Doris worked in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at HQ in Washington, DC. Doris worked investigations related to crimes against children, domestic and international terrorism, and, counterintelligence and espionage. She was the SSA for the domestic terrorism squad, HUMINT squad, and was a CHS Coordinator for the entire SJ office. Doris led counterintelligence efforts under the oversight of the White Office and she and her team received accolades and citations for their extraordinary work. Doris was also a firearms instructor, providing instruction for 15 years in the San Juan and in the Jacksonville, FL offices. Doris retired after 25 years from the Jacksonville office.

Episode 9, Part 2: No One is For Sale

Retired FBI Special Agent Ida D'Antonio Hangen shares with us her journey into the law enforcement world and talks to us about her 22-year career in the Bureau. Ida who had a remarkable 28 year career in law enforcement, worked against human trafficking, crimes against children, and Indian Country Crime. From heart-wrenching cases to tips that can save our children and teenagers, this episode is not to be missed! Listener discretion is advised as there is sensitive content related to violence, sexual abuse, and suicide.

Episode 9, Part 1: No One is For Sale

Retired FBI Special Agent Ida D'Antonio Hangen shares with us her journey into the law enforcement world and talks to us about her 22-year career in the Bureau. Ida worked against human trafficking, crimes against children, and Indian Country Crime. In this episode we learn about Ida and what motivated her to join law enforcement, from becoming a probation officer, to a cross-trained firefighter and police officer, to joining the FBI! A true Badass! She then talks to us about human trafficking. From heart-wrenching cases to tips that can save our children and teenagers, this episode is not to be missed! Listener discretion is advised.

Episode 8: 9/11 - 22nd Anniversary- Let’s Never Forget

This episode is dedicated to everyone who was affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to all of those who lost their lives that day, to their families, to everyone who responded from civilians to first responders, and to all of those whose lives were taken post 9/11 due to cancer and other health issues that arose from being at ground zero. Retired Special Agent Amy Loughney-Bytof, who had just joined the Bureau in 1998, and who was loving life in the Big Apple, joined me on the 22nd Anniversary of the attacks to speak about what it was like to be in the city that morning. Full of emotions, good and terrible memories from that tragic day, Amy reminisced about that morning. She is one of the many heroes nobody knows about. Amy put on her invisible cape and ran towards the epicenter to assist, not giving it a second thought; and, even as the towers were engulfed in flames, she searched for personal belongings and body parts at ground zero and at Fresh Kills landfill.  Luckily, she survived and was able to share with us her experience. She reminds us to never forget. God Bless America.

Episode 7: Let’s Follow the Money

Let's immerse ourselves in the world of retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Debra LaPrevotte. SSA LaPrevotte is an expert in Kleptocracy! In her 20-year career with the FBI, she seized over one billion dollars from foreign corrupt officials. But, she did not just sit at a desk examining boxes and following the money trail, she also did some badass work for the Evidence Response Team (ERT) processing crime scenes and disaster scenes. From bank robberies to identifying corpses! Since her retirement, SSA LaPrevotte has continued to work against human injustice, atrocities, and corruption in the most corrupt areas of the world! She has done this by being a Senior Investigator for the Sentry, which is owned by George Clooney and John Pendergast! How badass is she!

Episode 6, part 2:The world of an FBI hostage negotiator

In this episode, retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Zorka Martinovich talks to us about some of the hostage cases she worked, some heartbreaking and some with a positive resolution. From kidnappings in the Caribbean to kidnappings by terrorist organizations, Zorka gets real. Perhaps my most thought-provoking content thus far, it'll get you thinking about the US hostage policies. Zorka also talks to us about her post-FBI life and some of the training that she has imparted.