Garrison K. Courtney formerly served as the Chief of Public Affairs for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), an agency of the United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

. Courtney is currently a partner with a Washington, D.C. based government consulting and services firm.

Previous to working for the DEA, Courtney was the Seattle District public affairs and community outreach director with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for Northern Idaho, Washington and British Columbia. After the INS merged into the United States Department of Homeland Security

United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...

, Courtney moved to Washington, D.C., serving as a senior spokesperson for U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the former Border & Transportation Security Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Courtney also worked for Rep. Katherine Harris

Katherine Harris

Katherine Harris is an American Republican politician, former Secretary of State of Florida, and former member of the United States House of Representatives. Harris won the 2002 election to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. She held that post...

 (R-Florida), as the Communications Director and Homeland Security Legislative Assistant in 2004.

Courtney has also worked as a reporter and television weather anchor for CBS affiliates in several states, including KPAX-TV

KPAX-TV

KPAX-TV is a television station in Missoula, Montana, broadcasting locally on channel 8 as an affiliate of CBS, with programming from The CW on digital. The station is owned by Evening Post Publishing Company. The station is part of the Evening Post's Montana Television Network, a network of...

 in Missoula, Montana and KVAL-TV

KVAL-TV

KVAL-TV, channel 13, is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, USA. It is an affiliate of the CBS network. The station began broadcasting on April 15, 1954...

 in Eugene, Oregon and as a producer for TMZ TV. Courtney is an Army veteran, and is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Department at The University of Montana also holding a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

. Courtney also attended MSU-Northern in 1996, where he served as the editor of The NoMoCo, the school paper.

External links

• DEA official web site
• News from DEA - News Releases
• LinkedIn: Garrison Courtney
• http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1697198/Garrison-Courtney
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/capitolcommunicator/3991499168/
• http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-01/world/bolivia.dea_1_bolivian-government-autonomy-movement-chapare?_s=PM:WORLD
• http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/examiner-the-washington-dc/mi_8118/is_20100502/3-minute-interview-garrison-courtney/ai_n53579638/
• http://articles.cnn.com/2008-02-06/entertainment/heath.ledger_1_accidental-overdose-anti-anxiety-prescription-drugs?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
• http://www.allpointbulletin.com/news/article.exm/2002-09-01_ins_kicks_off_review_of_nexus_program
• http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/79-harris-meets-with-rove-eyes-fla-senate-race-in-06