Director NATO Office of Security (NOS)

Michael Turner Evanoff

December 2007 -

Born : 5 December 1961

Before being apponted Director of the NATO Office of Security (NOS), Michael Evanoff was the Senior Foreign Service Special Agent-in-Charge of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Protective Detail. He was the principal security advisor to Secretary Rice and her senior staff.

Prior to serving on Secretary Rice's staff, Mr. Evanoff was the Executive Director of the State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), a public-private partnership created to foster cooperation and promote the exchange of overseas security information between the U.S. Government and the U.S. private sector. As Executive Director, Mr. Evanoff more than doubled the number of OSAC Country Councils, which provide participants a forum to exchange relative security information, from 49 to 103 councils worldwide.

During his twenty-two year career with the Diplomatic Security Service, Mr. Evanoff has served in a variety of overseas and domestic assignments that have focused on overseas security program management, international and US military liaisons, criminal and counter-intelligence investigations, and dignitary protection. His overseas assignments include Islamabad, Pakistan (2001-2003), where he served as Counselor for Regional Security, including responsibility for U.S. interests in Afghanistan.

Mr. Evanoff was the first Diplomatic Security Service officer to establish a permanent liaison office with the U.S. European Command (EUCOM/NATO) in Stuttgart, Germany (1999-2001). Prior to that, he was the Senior Regional Security Officer in Rabat, Morocco, and the Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark/Reykjavik, Iceland. He also opened the new Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia, and the new U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia­Herzegovina, where he worked with NATO and UN forces during the Bosnian conflict. Mr. Evanoff began his overseas career in 1990 as an Assistant Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines.

Mr. Evanoff's domestic assignments include Deputy Chief of the Protective Liaison Division, and Senior Agent-in-Charge with the Office of Dignitary Protection. Mr. Evanoff also served as an instructor and team leader to DS' Mobile Counter-Terrorism training unit. Mr. Evanoff's first assignment was as an investigator in the Washington Field Office.

Mr. Evanoff was named the 2003 Diplomatic Security Employee of the Year for his work in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is also the recipient of numerous Department of State awards, including two Senior Foreign Service Performance awards and three Superior Honor Awards. He was promoted into the Senior Foreign Service in 2003.

Mr. Evanoff received a Bachelor's degree in Police Science from Eastern Kentucky University with a minor in Corporate Security. He was the recipient of an athletic scholarship and an active member of the school's NCAA Division 1 AA National Champion football team. Mr.Evanoff is a member of the International Organization of Chiefs of Police and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. He is an honorary member of the International Security Management Association.

Mr. Evanoff is married to Sarah B. Greywall.