Dustin R. Gillespie
Special Agent in Charge Dustin R. Gillespie leads the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Omaha Field Division, overseeing the daily operations of 11 offices throughout Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and eight counties along the western borders of Illinois and Wisconsin.
Mr. Gillespie joined the DEA as a Special Agent in 2006 and was assigned to the Phoenix Field Division. While there, he worked alongside federal, state and local investigators, conducting complex conspiracy investigations targeting transnational criminal organizations (TCO) along the Southwest Border.
In 2014, Mr. Gillespie was reassigned to the DEA Office of Training in Quantico, Virginia, where he served as an instructor in the Basic Agent Training Program. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Gillespie was promoted to Staff Coordinator in the Gangs and Violent Crime Section of the Special Operations Division. In this role, Mr. Gillespie coordinated multi-jurisdictional investigations targeting violent international gangs and TCOs trafficking drugs and other contraband between Central America and the United States.
Following this assignment, Mr. Gillespie returned to the Phoenix Field Division as Group Supervisor of a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Enforcement Group and a Strike Force Group. In these assignments, Mr. Gillespie led multi-agency teams targeting Mexico-based cartel leaders and their criminal distribution networks across the United States.
In 2020, Mr. Gillespie was reassigned as a Staff Coordinator at the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC). While at EPIC, he implemented new protocols and information technology systems for real-time actionable intelligence sharing with law enforcement agencies across the country.
Mr. Gillespie transferred to the Salt Lake City District Office in the Rocky Mountain Field Division in 2021 and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge. In this role, Mr. Gillespie oversaw DEA’s operations in Utah while working collaboratively with federal, state and local partners to prioritize investigations targeting cartels and other violent criminal organizations responsible for distributing deadly drugs into Utah’s communities.
Mr. Gillespie is originally from Alaska and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from Middlebury College in Vermont. Upon graduation, he served four years on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army. In 2005, Mr. Gillespie received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle.