Darrell Blocker

Awarded the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal upon retirement from a 32-year career in the U.S. Intelligence Community (four as an Air Force analyst and 28 as an Operations Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency), Darrell M. Blocker is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer for MOSAIC (Multi Operational Security Agency Intelligence Company), as the National Security Program Manager for CT-Watch, a global solutions provider of training and consulting in counterterrorism, security and intelligence and as an ABC News Contributor, with subject matter expertise on Africa, Iran, North Korea and Terrorism. His CIA career highlights include serving as Chief of their iconic operational training facility, Deputy Director of the Counterterrorism Center, Chief of Africa Division, and served multiple times as a Chief of Station—the highest honor for his career track. Darrell was the most senior black CIA officer in the Directorate of Operations when he retired in October 2018 with the rank equivalency to a three-star general. Mr. Blocker is a certified executive coach and mentor and a frequent public speaker on leadership and diversity and inclusion issues. He is currently serving on two nonprofit boards dedicated to improving the future of youth in foster care (Peace4Kids.org) and ending the exploitation and the human trafficking of youth and women (HumanSlavery.com). Darrell now lives in Santa Monica after a lifetime residing and working in ten foreign countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, including Italy, Okinawa, South Korea, Niger, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, Pakistan, and Switzerland. On the Hollywood entertainment front, Darrell is collaborating on several creative endeavors with a New York Times best-selling author and multiple entertainment industry projects and served as a Consultant on Season 2 of an MGM/Skydance production (CONDOR).

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