Former FBI Leader Addresses Organized Crime

     As part of International Focus Week at Ferrum College, Rick Robillard, an expert in foreign organized crime and Internet crime, will speak on the topic “The Impact of International Crime on the United States,” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 in Lower Franklin Hall. Robillard is the former head of the FBI Headquarters Strategic Operations Intelligence Center.

     “We’re very fortunate that Ferrum College brings these programs to us. Many law enforcement agencies can take advantage of hearing speakers who have expertise in national issues with potential local fallout,” said Franklin County Sheriff W.Q. Overton.

     Robillard entered duty with the FBI in 1978. As an FBI Academy graduate, he was assigned to investigate white collar crimes. In 1982, he was selected to serve on the U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations, Surveys, and Investigations staff where he specialized in Department of Defense funding issues. In 1995, he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge, where he managed all major investigative programs, including Organized Crime and Drugs, White Collar Crimes, and Foreign Counter Intelligence.

     In 1998 he entered the Senior Executive Service at the FBI Headquarters, where he oversaw the FBI’s Organized Crime and Drug Programs, prior to being designated Chief of Criminal Intelligence.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Ken McCreedy, director of the Criminal Justice program at Ferrum College, at (540) 365-4392.

     Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. To learn more about the College, call 1-800-868-9797 or visit www.ferrum.edu.
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