Ron Roof is a Supervisory Special Agent within the Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). Ron currently serves as the Acting Director of FASTC and the Deputy Assistant Director for the Training Directorate.
Ron entered DSS in 2002 and served on the protective details for Secretaries Powell and Kerry. Later, Ron served on the President of Liberia’s protective detail and subsequently deployed to Beirut to support the U.S. Embassy’s security efforts during the 2006 Lebanon War. Along with serving in the U.S. diplomatic missions to Afghanistan and Colombia, Ron was the Regional Security Officer at U.S. Embassy Rangoon and managed the Mission’s security response to the 2021 Burmese military coup d’état. Ron also served as a State Department liaison to the Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg and completed the Counterterrorism and Public Policy Fellowship Program at Duke University.
Before joining the Department of State, Ron served as a Police Officer in Raleigh, North Carolina, and in the United States Army with the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Ron received his undergraduate degree in Asian studies from Florida State University. He earned a master’s degree in strategic intelligence with a concentration in terrorism studies.