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SAN FRANCISCO LEADERSHIP
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Javier Pena began his career in law enforcement with the Webb County Sheriff’s Office in 1977 as a Deputy Sheriff. (Webb County is the area of Laredo, TX). In 1979, SAC Pena graduated from Texas A&I University with a BA in Sociology/Psychology In 1984, he joined the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Special Agent and was assigned to the Austin Resident Office until 1988. In 1988, SAC Pena volunteered for an assignment at the DEA office in Bogota, Colombia, and became the co-case agent in the investigation targeting Medellin Cartel leader Pablo Escobar. SAC Pena lived and worked in Colombia until 1994. During that time he was the main liaison between the DEA and the Anti Narcotics Police in Medellin, Colombia. In 1994, Special Agent Pena was promoted to the position of Group Supervisor and transferred to the San Juan, Puerto Rico DEA Office. There he supervised a number of DEA Agents and deputized Task Force Officers who were involved in complex investigations targeting local drug organizations. In 1997, SAC Pena was transferred to the Special Operations Division of DEA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., where his duties included the oversight and coordination of sensitive, multi-jurisdictional investigations. In 1999, SAC Pena was promoted once more and returned to Colombia as the Assistant Country Attaché of the DEA Bogota Country Office. As the ACA, Mr. Pena was in charge of the day to day management of all the criminal investigations being conducted by the DEA in Colombia. In 2001, Mr. Pena ended his second tour of duty in Colombia and was selected as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio District Office, which covers San Antonio, Austin and Waco, Texas. In 2004, Mr. Pena was promoted again and appointed Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division. As such he is responsible for all DEA operations in Northern California, from Bakersfield in the South to the border with Oregon in the North. Michael
L. Chapman Prior to his assignment in Bangkok, Special Agent Chapman was assigned as DEA’s Chief of Public Affairs. As DEA’s chief spokesperson, Special Agent Chapman dealt directly with major national publications including the New York Times and Washington Post, as well as with other international and local media. He addressed all high profile issues, and assisted in the production of numerous television specials profiling DEA including “Inside the DEA” on A&E, and several episodes of the “Arrest and Trial” series. He coordinated DEA’s national press conferences, and provided guidance to field offices regarding a myriad of press issues. Following his assignment as Chief of Public Affairs, Special Agent Chapman served as DEA’s Acting Chief of both Congressional and Public Affairs. He provided oversight to the sections of Public Affairs, Congressional Affairs, Demand Reduction, and DEA’s Internet Services, DEA’s Speechwriters, and the Audiovisual and Graphics Units. Prior to preparing for his assignment to Bangkok, Special Agent Chapman was DEA’s representative to the White House and established DEA’s liaison program with the Office of Homeland Security. In 1998, Special Agent Chapman was assigned as the Country Attaché for the Seoul Korea Country Office. Prior to this, he served as a supervisor on the Mexican border in McAllen, Texas. This assignment followed field assignments in Tampa, Florida; Karachi, Pakistan; and Miami, Florida. Special Agent Chapman began his law enforcement career in 1978 with the Howard County Police Department in Maryland. He served in the divisions of Patrol, SWAT, and Criminal Investigations. He was hired as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1985. Special Agent Chapman has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland, a Masters of Public Administration from Troy State University in Alabama, and has attended Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Executive Leadership. He is married to the former Ann L. Rafferty, and they have six children.
Greg Sullivan began his career in law enforcement as a Merced County Deputy Sheriff in 1979. In 1984, Mr. Sullivan became a police officer for the Merced Police Department. In 1985, Mr. Sullivan was hired as a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent and was assigned to the Spokane, Washington Resident Office. Mr. Sullivan was transferred to the Barranquilla, Colombia Resident Office. During his time in Colombia, Mr. Sullivan worked closely with the Colombia National Police in developing Maritime Smuggling and Intelligence programs targeting the North Coast of Colombia. Furthermore, Mr. Sullivan completed temporary duty assignments in Ecuador and Bolivia in support of Operation Snowcap. In 1991, Mr. Sullivan was assigned to the San Francisco Division Office as the Special Agent Recruiter and in 1992 was transferred to the San Francisco LSD Task Force. Mr. Sullivan was re-assigned to the Fresno Resident Office in 1994 and worked methamphetamine laboratory investigations throughout California’s Central Valley. In 1996, Mr. Sullivan was promoted to Group Supervisor at the San Jose Resident Office. While in San Jose, Mr. Sullivan commanded the Heroin High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. Mr. Sullivan was transferred to DEA Headquarters in 1999, and was assigned as an Inspector in the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). In 2001, Mr. Sullivan transferred to the Fresno Resident Office as Resident Agent in Charge (RAC). In June 2002, Mr. Sullivan was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in the San Francisco Field Division. His current ASAC responsibilities include oversight of the Special Support Unit, Technical Operations Group, Mobile Enforcement Team, Marijuana Group, Asset Removal Group, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program, and Administrative Support Unit. ASAC Sullivan holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from California State University Fresno and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. Throughout his career with DEA he has received four exceptional performance awards and two DEA Administrator’s Awards. Gordon D. Taylor
After graduating from the DEA Academy, Mr. Taylor was assigned to the DEA San Diego Field Division where he served from 1987 to 1996. During his time in San Diego, he worked in the Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team, an international money laundering squad and a street gang task force. Mr. Taylor served as an undercover agent in several major investigations, including an investigation that targeted a German citizen responsible for smuggling European anabolic steroids into the United States. Mr. Taylor’s infiltration of the German steroid organization resulted in the largest undercover seizure of anabolic steroids in the history of the DEA at that time. In 1996, Mr. Taylor was reassigned to the DEA Academy, where he served as an instructor in the fields of interview and interrogation techniques as well as confidential informant management. Mr. Taylor has provided advanced interrogation training to other federal agencies and local law enforcement throughout the nation. He has also taught interrogation techniques to law enforcement agencies overseas, including the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division in Seoul, Korea, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta, Canada, and the International Law Enforcement Academy in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 1997, he was promoted to a Supervisory Special Agent and was transferred to DEA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. While assigned to DEA Headquarters, Mr. Taylor oversaw the Mobile Enforcement Team Program and the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program. In 2000, Mr. Taylor was transferred to the DEA Sacramento District Office where he took over as Resident Agent in Charge. In January 2002, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in the San Francisco Field Division, and was assigned responsibility of managing the DEA Sacramento District. As ASAC of the Sacramento District Office, Mr. Taylor currently manages DEA operations in 34 of California’s 58 counties. He has oversight of the DEA Sacramento District Office, Redding Post of Duty, Modesto Post of Duty, Fresno Resident Office and Bakersfield Resident Office. Mr. Taylor holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from California State University Sacramento (1985). Throughout his career with DEA he has been the recipient of numerous awards and commendations. |
Special Agent Michael L. Chapman recently reported as the Assistant Special
Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division. He oversees enforcement
operations in San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Oakland, and at
the San Francisco International Airport. Prior to that, Mr. Chapman
directed DEA operations throughout East Asia. This included supervision
of fourteen offices within twelve countries spanning from China north
to Australia south; and from Burma west to the Philippines east. Additionally,
he oversaw the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) program in Thailand
that employed 125 personnel from the Royal Thai Police (Narcotics Suppression
Bureau) and the Office of the Narcotics Control Board. Personnel within
this program develop complex cases and can be credited with last year’s
indictment of twenty-one high-level members of the notorious, Burma-based,
Wei Hsueh-Kang heroin and methamphetamine Trafficking Organization.
This achievement also involved the seizure of millions of dollars in
assets owned by Wei and members of the United WA State Army that support
Wei’s drug trafficking and money laundering activities.
Gordon Taylor began his law
enforcement career as a police officer with the Sacramento Police Department
in 1986. He served in the patrol division
until 1987, at which time he was hired as a Special Agent with the Drug
Enforcement Administration. At the conclusion of his DEA Academy training
in Quantico, VA, Mr. Taylor ranked as the top student in his class and
was presented with the “Outstanding Student Award.”