Jonathan Wackrow is a highly accomplished risk management consultant who advises CEOs, Boards of Directors, and executive management teams of leading corporations on a comprehensive range of critical issues. His expertise encompasses enterprise security risk management, crisis preparedness planning, and the development of robust strategies to safeguard organizations. Jonathan's guidance includes risk intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, physical security, executive protection, and the implementation of effective crisis management procedures. By leveraging his deep industry knowledge and strategic insights, he helps organizations mitigate risks, strengthen resilience, and ensure operational continuity in the face of evolving challenges.

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Jonathan is also an exclusive Law Enforcement Analyst for CNN, providing on-air analysis of law enforcement, security and risk management matters for domestic and international events. He is regularly heard on NPR and quoted in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Politico, and other national publications.

As a nationally recognized expert on law enforcement matters, security policies and procedures, and governance, Jonathan regularly presents at corporate conferences and the annual conferences for national and international trade organizations. In addition to speaking engagements, Jonathan is an executive board member of the ASIS Executive Protection Council; ASIS is the world's largest association for security professionals.

Jonathan spent the majority of his professional career in the United States Secret Service, serving as a criminal investigator, and was assigned to the Presidential Protection Division in Washington, DC.

As a Special Agent assigned to the President’s detail, he managed numerous high-level security operations both in the United States and abroad while assigned to the protection of the President and First Lady of the United States.

Jonathan is a graduate of Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and the United States Secret Service Academy. Jonathan lives in New Jersey with his wife of 19 years and their three children.