Chris Dudley, Deputy Director

Chris Dudley became the Deputy Director for the U.S. Marshals Service in September 2009. Previously, Mr. Dudley was the Associate Director for Administration. In that capacity, he supervised and coordinated the administrative and support divisions of the U.S. Marshals Service. These divisions are responsible for financial and human capital resources, training, information technology, management support and the asset forfeiture program.

Chris Dudley was named the Chief of Staff to the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service in June 2006. In that capacity, Mr. Dudley assisted both the Director and Deputy Director with the oversight of the daily operations and strategic planning of the agency, and setting and implementing policy for the service. Prior to joining the Office of the Director, Mr. Dudley was the Chief of the Domestic Investigations Branch. The Domestic Investigations Branch is responsible for the oversight of the fugitive task force program, 15 Most Wanted program, and budget, policies and programs related to domestic fugitive investigations. Before assuming his duties with the Domestic Investigations Branch, Mr. Dudley was assigned to the International Investigations Branch, first as a Senior Inspector and then as the Chief of the Branch from November 1999 until October 2004.

A career U.S. Marshals Service employee, Mr. Dudley joined the agency as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division in 1990. During his eight-year tenure in Atlanta, he worked in all aspects of the U.S. Marshals Service and was a member of the fugitive investigations unit. He also worked on several state and local task forces and participated in numerous fugitive operations including Operation Trident, Operation Gunsmoke, Operation Olympus, and the development of the Puerto Rico Fugitive Task Force. In 1998, he was promoted to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Washington, D.C., field office.

A native of Athens, Ga., Mr. Dudley was raised in Blacksburg, Va. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Business Management from Clemson University in 1988.

Mr. Dudley is former chair of the International Liaison Officer’s Association and is a member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Sheriffs’ Association.

Mr. Dudley is married. He and his wife have one child.