Katie Lord currently serves as a Domestic Security Strategist (DSS) with the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) where she interfaces with community safety leaders to facilitate access to NTAC resources to further the development of targeted violence prevention programs. In addition, Ms. Lord conducts presentations on targeted violence prevention, and participates on consultations to enhance and support threat assessment programs as well as to offer guidance on individual complex threat cases.

Ms. Lord has 20 years of experience with the U.S. Secret Service, which includes working as an analyst in the Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division (PID), where she took part in the threat assessment process to determine the risk of harm posed by concerning individuals as well as potential risks associated with foreign travel. In addition, Ms. Lord worked to establish the U.S. Secret Service Insider Threat Program and was certified as an Insider Threat Program Manager by Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute and by the U.S. Government’s Counter-Insider Threat Program. She is also a recipient of the 2022 DHS Secretary’s Award for Innovation.

Prior to joining the U.S. Secret Service, Ms. Lord developed management simulations and trained assessors at an international human resources company. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s-level certificate in Human Resources Management from LaRoche College.