Assistant Deputy Director
Homeland Security

Steven J. Wilson

Colonel (Ret.) Steve Wilson began his twenty-eight year military career in 1977 as a soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve where he served as an Intelligence Interrogator. He later transferred to the Louisiana Army National Guard and attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA. In 1979, Wilson graduated and was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Honor Graduate. In 1986, after attending Officer Basic Course and Airborne School, Wilson entered active duty service and was assigned to the famed 1-141st Field Artillery Battalion. He went on to serve in various command and staff level positions. 

In January 1989, Wilson transferred to the 415th Military Intelligence Battalion (Linguist) as the Battalion Operations Officer where he directed Interrogation, Counter Intelligence, and Linguist operational missions and training world-wide.

In 1994, Wilson was reassigned to Washington, D.C., to serve as a Detailed Inspector General for Intelligence Oversight at the National Guard Bureau where he worked until 1997, when he transferred to the Defense Intelligence Agency to direct specific intelligence operations.

Three years later, Wilson joined the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, where he served as Operations Chief of the South Central Group. There, he directed the operational training of former Eastern Bloc countries in preparation for their entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 

In 2003, Wilson returned to the National Guard Bureau as Chief of the Intelligence Branch for the Army National Guard. Later, he became the Current Intelligence Director – J2, for the newly formed National Guard Bureau Joint Staff where he served until his retirement in December of 2004.

Prior to beginning his military career, Wilson served a combined 14 years in law enforcement, from 1972 to 1986, with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, New Orleans Police Department, and Louisiana State Police.

In 2004, Colonel (Ret.) Wilson joined the Department of Homeland Security as Chief of Information Integration, deploying the Homeland Security Information Network to all 50 states and six territories.  The network was instrumental in saving lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In September of 2006, Wilson became the Assistant Deputy Director for Homeland Security for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, where he oversees the state’s critical infrastructure, information technology, and the Intelligence Fusion Center.

Wilson is a graduate of the U. S. Army Intelligence Advanced Course, Combined Arms Staff School and the Command and General Staff College.  In 1985, he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Tulane University and completed Masters of Strategic Intelligence course study at the American Military University.

His awards and decorations include numerous Army Meritorious Service, Army Commendation, and Achievement Medals, Joint Service and Air Force Commendation Medals, and numerous State awards which include the Louisiana Commendation and Emergency Service Medals.