Garrison Courtney

Garrison K. Courtney formerly served as the Chief of Public Affairs for the Drug Enforcement Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Justice.[1] Courtney is currently a partner with a Washington, D.C. based government consulting and services firm.

Previous to working for the DEA, Courtney was the Seattle District public affairs and community outreach director with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for Northern Idaho, Washington and British Columbia. After the INS merged into the United States Department of Homeland Security, Courtney moved to Washington, D.C., serving as a senior spokesperson for U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the former Border & Transportation Security Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Courtney also worked for Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Florida), as the Communications Director and Homeland Security Legislative Assistant in 2004.[2]

Courtney has also worked as a reporter and television weather anchor for CBS affiliates in several states, including KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana and KVAL-TV in Eugene, Oregon and as a producer for TMZ TV. Courtney is an Army veteran, and is a graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Department at The University of Montana also holding a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University. Courtney also attended MSU-Northern in 1996, where he served as the editor of The NoMoCo, the school paper.[3]

References

  1. Drug dealing doctor or compassionate caretaker? Miami jury to decide in death of West Palm Beach man, Vanessa Blum, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, February 17, 2009
  2. Harris' staff quick to quit; They leave for better jobs, Katherine Harris says, but turnover worries watchers, Jeremy Wallace, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 28 November, 2005.
  3. A Northern Tidbit, Bill Lanier, Northern Network News, the official newsletter for MSU-Northern, April 20, 2007, p. 4.

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