John Roth

John Roth served as the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security, having been appointed by the president to that role in March 2014. He retired from that position in 2017 after 32 years of government service. Prior to his appointment as Inspector General, John led the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal enforcement program and worked in the Department of Justice in a variety of operational and policy roles for 25 years, including Associate Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General, and acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General. He also headed the department’s primary money-laundering prosecution and policy office and served as the department’s liaison to the Financial Action Task Force. John also wrote the seminal treatise on terrorist financing during his time as team leader on the 9/11 Commission.