The Secret Service announced the appointment of George Mulligan, a former director of the White House Military Office, as its first chief operating officer.
“George is a proven leader who will bring broad management experience, knowledge and initiative to the Secret Service as our first COO,” Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy said Tuesday.
After serving in the White House Military Office, Mulligan spent 29 years in the Department of Defense working as both a civilian executive and a former naval office.
Before joining the Secret Service, he served as chief of staff at the Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics and as deputy director of the Washington Headquarters Services and Enterprise Management.
Clancy’s decision to tap Mulligan is the latest effort to reform the Secret Service after a string of embarrassing security lapses last fall.
Clancy and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced the creation of the COO position in March following a recommendation of an independent panel reviewing the problems at the Secret Service.
