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United States Anne Milgram has established a distinguished career in law enforcement and public service, culminating in her leadership of the Drug Enforcement Administration following extensive experience as New Jersey's Attorney General and a focus on criminal justice reform.
Former DEA Chief Anne Milgram joined Overhaul's Board as an advisor, bringing her expertise in law enforcement, national security, and criminal behavior to the company's global supply chain risk management.
Anne Milgram joined the law firm Lowenstein Sandler as special counsel in their Emerging Companies & Venture Capital group and White Collar Defense practice before being sworn in as DEA Administrator.
Anne Milgram served as a legal advisor for Wolf Entertainment, consulting on the television series 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' to ensure accuracy in portraying legal system and courtroom procedures.
From 2011-2015, Milgram was head of the Criminal Justice Initiative at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, leading the development and implementation of a new pretrial risk assessment tool.
Anne Milgram was born on December 1, 1970, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey. She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University in 1992 with a degree in English and political science. Milgram continued her education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, earning a Master of Philosophy in social and political theory in 1993, and then received her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1996. She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in 1997. In 2001, she joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor, where she specialized as the Special Litigation Counsel for Human Trafficking, leading key prosecutions in this field. Her contributions earned her the U.S. Department of Justice Special Commendation for Outstanding Service and the U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award.
From 2007 to 2010, Ms. Milgram served as the Attorney General for New Jersey, leading the 9,000-person Department of Law & Public Safety and overseeing state and county prosecutors, as well as over 30,000 local law enforcement officers. During her tenure, she initiated a partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2007, allowing New Jersey to track illegal firearm sources through real-time electronic access to ATF’s E-Trace system. Following her service as Attorney General, Milgram became a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law, focusing on criminal justice reform through data, analytics, and technology. She was instrumental in creating an innovation lab dedicated to using metrics to transform the criminal justice system.
On June 28, 2021, Anne Milgram was sworn in as the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), where she leads an agency of more than 10,000 individuals, including nearly 5,000 Special Agents and 800 Intelligence Analysts, across 239 domestic offices and 91 foreign offices. As Administrator, she has prioritized combating the fentanyl crisis by targeting global criminal networks, particularly the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel, identified as primary drivers of drug poisoning deaths in the United States. Under her leadership, DEA launched Operation Overdrive, a data-driven initiative to dismantle drug networks in high-violence areas, and the “One Pill Can Kill” public awareness campaign. Her strategic focus includes modernizing DEA’s data systems and empowering law enforcement personnel with advanced technology.
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