Dan Cotter

Executive Director, Office of Science & Engineering
US Department of Homeland Security

Dan Cotter serves as Executive Director, Office of Science and Engineering in the Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this role, he leads the advancement of science and technology to support the homeland security mission, including overseeing technology centers, requirements generation, standards, systems engineering, test and evaluation, and support to DHS research and acquisition programs. In 2018, Dan received the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive. Dan holds an M.B.A. from Texas A&M University, a M.S. in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences from George Mason University, and a B.S in Hydrology from the University of Arizona.