Kenneth M. Valentine

Ken Valentine retired from the United States Secret Service in 2020 as Special Agent in Charge of the Dignitary Protective Division, culminating a twenty-four-year career that included a decade on the Presidential Protective Detail serving Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. During that career he led presidential security operations in more than seventy countries and served as a congressional advisor on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where his work contributed to President George W. Bush signing the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 into law. Following his federal service, Valentine served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Security and Operational Risk at Regions Bank. He now consults and trains businesses, churches, and private families on security strategy and leadership development, and is a certified trainer with the Pointman Leadership Institute. He serves on the board of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and The WellHouse, a recovery home for human trafficking victims. Valentine holds a BA from Purdue University and a JD from Mississippi College. He has completed leadership programs at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and American University, and has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, and News Nation. He is the author of Cheating Death and Staying Sharp, both published by Post Hill Press. Welcome to the Jungle: Standing Tall in a Fallen World is his third book.