Karen Tandy | |
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Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | |
Assumed office June 2016 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
9th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration | |
In office September 17, 2003 – November 10, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Asa Hutchinson |
Succeeded by | Michele Leonhart |
Personal details | |
Education | Texas Tech University (BA) Texas Tech University School of Law (JD) |
Karen Pomerantz Tandy is an American attorney and law enforcement official who served as the 9th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2003 to 2007. She was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 31, 2003. She was the first female head of the DEA.[1] Since 2016 she has served on the Homeland Security Advisory Council.