David Brant

Dave Brant is a retired career Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) special agent and executive. He served in the NCIS from 1977 to 2005, leading the agency as its director from 1997 until his retirement in December 2005.

Background and education Brant received his undergraduate education at Bradley University and a master's degree from Indiana State University. During his time at NCIS, he graduated from the Senior Executive Course at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Before joining NCIS, Brant was a police officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Career in law enforcement

Brant spent thirty years working in law enforcement, 28 of them at the NCIS, the last 8 years as its director.

Post law-enforcement career

After he left NCIS Brant worked as a security expert for the accounting firms Deloitte Consulting and BDO.