USA FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. : Director Christopher Wray has named Douglas M. Goodwater as the special agent in charge of the Oklahoma City Field Office. Mr. Goodwater most recently served as a section chief in the Office of Public Affairs at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Goodwater joined the FBI as a special agent in 2007. During his first assignment in the Oklahoma City Field Office, he investigated gangs and drug trafficking organizations as part of the Safe Streets Task Force and worked on violent crime investigations.
In 2013, Mr. Goodwater transferred to the Guam Resident Agency, a satellite of the Honolulu Field Office. In Guam, Mr. Goodwater investigated financial crimes and public corruption and participated in the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. In 2015, Mr. Goodwater was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters, where he worked in a regional operations unit supporting international terrorism investigations.
Mr. Goodwater transferred to the Houston Field Office in 2016 as supervisory special agent overseeing international terrorism investigations.?He later supervised Houston’s Transnational Organized Crime – Western Hemisphere squad, which was co-located with the multi-agency Houston Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force.
In 2020, Mr. Goodwater was selected to serve as an assistant special agent in charge in the Chicago Field Office, overseeing the Criminal Enterprise Branch. Later in 2020, he assumed the position of Chicago’s deputy special agent in charge and was responsible for the Executive Services Branch, which included SWAT, security, internal audit, community outreach, media, and training.
Mr. Goodwater was promoted in 2022 to chief of the Media and Engagement Section of the Office of Public Affairs at FBI Headquarters,?where he had oversight of the National Press Office and the Community Relations Unit, with responsibility for the FBI’s media and community relations programs.
Mr. Goodwater earned a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska Omaha.
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