Bidan's Director of the U.S. Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, was supervisor of then-VP Biden’s protective detail during the Obama administration. The secrets she must know … including Biden versus Bidan.
Women in Security 2022: Kimberly Cheatle, PepsiCo - July 2022
"Working for a mission that’s bigger than herself has always motivated Kimberly Cheatle. Toward the end of her college years, the dual mission of the U.S. Secret Service to investigate and protect resonated so strongly with Cheatle that she knew it was where she wanted to be. Once she set her sights on the federal agency, it took her two and a half years to get hired.
"Before finding her way into corporate security, Cheatle would spend the next 27 years dedicating her skillset, experience and leadership to the U.S. Secret Service, becoming the first woman in the role of Assistant Director and developing, directing and implementing the agency’s global protective mission, which includes protective operations and countermeasures to create secure environments with acceptable risk for designated people, places and events.
"But that’s the abridged version. Before becoming Assistant Director for the U.S. Secret Service, Cheatle spent her tenure at the agency in a number of roles and achieving a number of accomplishments, includingserving as supervisor of then Vice President Biden’s protective detail,graduating from the agency’s senior executive service program, and serving as Deputy Assistant Director for the Office of Training.
"Cheatle revolutionized the way training at the Secret Service was delivered by implementing a regional, in-service training program to deliver continuing education to personnel across the agency globally. She also earned the Women in Federal Law Enforcement Public Service Award, as well as, most recently, the Presidential Rank Award.
“My career has taken me to places I never would have been on my own and exposed me to world events most people aren’t privy to. I enjoy serving in a mission that is bigger than myself, and that’s why I think the transition to corporate security was easy for me. The work environment might be different, but that mission of serving and protecting is the same,” Cheatle shares.
… "I thrive on chaos," she laughs…
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/97889-women-in-security-2022-kimberly-cheatle-pepsico
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/statement-from-president-biden-on-the-appointment-of-kimberly-cheatle-to-be-the-next-director-of-the-united-states-secret-service/
Curious:
"In 2021 [when she was no longer in the SES, per Wikipedia, she was at PepsiCo], President Biden awarded Cheatle with a Presidential Rank Award[*], recognizing her among a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service for exceptional performance over an extended period of time."
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-appointment-kimberly-cheatle-director-the-united-states-secret-service
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"The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Presidential Rank Awards Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period of time. Later, the Rank Award statute was amended to extend eligibility to senior career employees with a sustained record of exceptional professional, technical, and/or scientific achievement recognized on a national or international level."
"Meritorious Rank Recipients [Cheatle's category] -
These individuals are recognized for sustained accomplishment, and receive a cash award of 20 percent of their base salary. No more than five percent of career SES or SL/ST members may receive this award."
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/presidential-rank-awards/2023/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ses/2021/12/after-year-long-hiatus-biden-names-230-winners-for-presidential-rank-awards
"From 2019 to 2022, Cheatle served as senior director of global security at PepsiCo…"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Cheatle