From 101st Airborne to Chasing HVT's in the FBI | Michelle Taylor | Ep. 213

Michelle Carron Taylor spent 14 years as a Special Agent in the FBI, investigating cyber, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and corruption matters. As a Special Agent, she also worked with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to provide security assessments and real-time threat monitoring of large scale sporting events, such as NASCAR races and the Preakness Stakes, a premier thoroughbred horse race. While in the FBI, she also served as Director for Legislative Affairs for the White House National Security Council and on the staff of the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, where she was responsible for homeland threat and cryptocurrency issues. In 2017, she was selected to join the U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel’s Office investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, where she held a leadership role on the obstruction of justice investigation. After leaving government, Michelle held a senior position at a research consultancy and advised global technology companies on policy challenges and brand communications strategies. Michelle is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where she served as a military intelligence officer in domestic and overseas assignments, to include combat deployment.