Randolph J. Deaton IV

Experience

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  Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Computer Programmer & Analyst
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  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Nov 1998 - now

  From 08/16/2021 - 02/11/2023, I was the Program Manager and Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI's Art Crime Program and Art Crime Team. The Art Crime Program is situated in the FBI's Transnational Organized Crime Section at FBI Headquarters and is responsible for the FBI's entire portfolio of criminal investigations involving theft, fraud, and the illegal trafficking of art, antiquities, and other cultural property. The Art Crime Team consists of 20+ members stationed across the United States who investigate and support art crime and cultural property matters and provide training both domestically and internationally. Show less

  • Special Agent & Senior Resident Agent

    Feb 2023 - now

  • FBI Counterintelligence Task Force Member

    Feb 2023 - now

  • FBI Art Crime Team Member

    Nov 2016 - now

  • FBI Airport Liaison Agent

    Jan 2002 - now

  • FBI Supervisory Special Agent & Art Crime Program Manager

    Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

  • FBI Correctional Intelligence Coordinator

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2021

  • FBI Special Agent & Senior Resident Agent

    Mar 2001 - Aug 2021

  • FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Member

    Mar 2001 - Aug 2021

  • FBI Special Agent - New York Office

    Mar 1999 - Mar 2001

  • FBI Special Agent - FBI Academy

    Nov 1998 - Mar 1999
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  U.S. Speaker Program, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

  Aug 2021 - now

  Member

  Available to conduct in person and virtual presentations on a variety of issues, but specifically art crime and related cultural property matters, in support of U.S. embassies and consulates missions around the world.

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  Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee and Cultural Antiquities Task Force

  Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

  Member/FBI Representative

  Provide subject matter expertise and law enforcement support to the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee (CHCC) and the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF). The CHCC is an interagency coordinating committee that is chaired by the U.S. Department of State and serves as a collaborative mechanism for the Federal government in response to the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (Public Law 114-151). The CATF, a working group within the CHCC, is comprised of U.S. Government enforcement agencies with the broad mandate to coordinate law enforcement efforts both within the U.S. and internationally in disrupting the trafficking in antiquities, training of U.S. and foreign law enforcement and Customs agents, and supporting local governments, museums, preservationists, and law enforcement to protect, recover, and restore cultural antiquities and sites worldwide, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Show less