Washington, D.C. : Director Christopher Wray has named Ashley T. Johnson as the special agent in charge of the St. Louis Field Office.
Ms. Johnson most recently served as section chief of the International Operations Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Johnson joined the FBI as a special agent in 2007 and was assigned to the New Orleans Division, where she investigated civil rights and white-collar crime violations.
In 2011, Ms. Johnson was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Cyber Division. While there, she worked on the assistant director’s executive staff as the communications specialist and oversaw national cyber investigations for five field offices.
In 2013, Ms. Johnson joined the Atlanta Division, where she supervised the civil rights and law enforcement corruption squad. She would later supervise the division’s domestic terrorism squad, chiefly accountable for all domestic terrorism threats in the state of Georgia.
In 2017, Ms. Johnson was selected to create and sustain an airport squad at the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. As leader of the squad, she was responsible for all criminal, domestic and international terrorism, cyber, and counterintelligence investigations.
In 2018, Ms. Johnson was appointed assistant special agent in charge of the Atlanta Division’s Criminal Branch. In that role, she led the criminal and administrative branches. During her tenure, she founded the Atlanta Development and Leadership Council, which focused on diverse mentorship, leadership development, and skills assessment and training initiatives.
In 2020, Ms. Johnson joined the Human Resources Division at FBI Headquarters.
Ms. Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, a masters in sociology, and a master of social work in public policy and social welfare. Prior to joining the FBI, Ms. Johnson worked as a probation officer and psychiatric social worker.
