Crime Bureau Names Schweitzer Senior Vice President, COO

October 20, 2008

Joe Wehrle, president and CEO Officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau, recently announced the appointment of James K. Schweitzer as senior vice president and Chief Operating Officer (COO)for NICB.

As former director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety,
Schweitzer led 1,500 employees charged with enforcing traffic, motor vehicle and motor carrier laws, providing security for public officials and state properties, and administering highway safety and criminal justice grant programs.

Prior to becoming director of Public Safety, Schweitzer served over 33 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He began his FBI career in Tampa, Fla., and served in a variety of assignments in the field and at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. As chief of New Agent’s Training at the FBI Academy, Schweitzer supervised all instructors and was responsible for the FBI’s National Academy Program. In 2002, Schweitzer was appointed special agent in charge of the Columbia, South Carolina, FBI office where he oversaw the creation of a Joint Terrorism Task Force and the opening of a Computer Crime Center.

Schweitzer has completed executive programs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Kellogg School of Management. In 2006, he completed the FBI National Executive Institute.

The National Insurance Crime Bureau is headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., and identifies iteself as the nation’s leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to preventing, detecting and defeating insurance fraud and vehicle theft through information analysis, investigations, training and public awareness.

Source: National Insurance Crime Bureau

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