PEARL S. MUNDT
Pearl S. Mundt, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is
the Executive Director, Air Force Office of Special
Investigations (AFOSI), Quantico, Virginia. Her responsibilities
include strategic engagement, enterprise and headquarters
management, development and integration of cyber and
other command priorities, and oversight of the Special
Investigations Career Program.
A career civil servant and Special Agent with AFOSI, Ms.
Mundt directed and led law enforcement and
counterintelligence investigations and operations at every Air
Force level. She has served multiple tours as a Special Agent
in Charge, a deployment to Iraq, Deputy Director of an AFOSI
wing, and Deputy Director, Office of Security and
Counterintelligence, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO),
Chantilly, Virginia.
Prior to her appointment to the Senior Executive Service, Ms.
Mundt served as the Executive Director, AFOSI Investigations
Collections and Operations Nexus (ICON) Center, Quantico,
Virginia, where she was the principal advisor to AFOSI and
Department of the Air Force leadership on all global law
enforcement, counterintelligence, counterterrorism,
specialized investigative activities, and integrated force
protection operations for the Department.
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Arts, Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, N.Y.
2005 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2010 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2017 Excellence in Government Fellowship, Partnership for Public Service, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. December 2000 – January 2003, Criminal Investigator, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 419, Tyndall Air
Force Base, Fla.
2. January 2003 – March 2006, Procurement Fraud Branch Chief, AFOSI Detachment 114, Tinker AFB, Okla. (March 2004 – June
2004, Deployed Counterintelligence Agent, Coalition Provisional Authority/CI, Baghdad, Iraq)
3. March 2006 – July 2007, Superintendent, AFOSI Detachment 114, Tinker AFB, Okla.
4. July 2007 – July 2009, Special Agent in Charge, AFOSI Detachment 614, Seoul, Republic of Korea
5. July 2009 – August 2012, Special Agent in Charge, AFOSI Detachment 631, Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska
6. August 2012 – July 2016, Deputy Director, AFOSI 8th Field Investigations Region, Peterson Space Force Base, Colo.
7. July 2016 – October 2017, Acting Group Chief, Resource Evaluation Group, Mission Integration Directorate, National
Counterintelligence and Security Center, Bethesda, Md.
8. October 2017 – September 2020, Deputy Director, Office of Security and Counterintelligence, National Reconnaissance Office,
Chantilly, Va.
9. September 2020 – April 2023, Executive Director, AFOSI ICON Center, Quantico, Va.
10. April 2023 – Present, Executive Director, AFOSI, Quantico, Va.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
NRO Gold Medal
NRO Silver Medal
Meritorious Civilian Service Medal (x5)
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Exemplary Civilian Service Medal
Air Force Association's Outstanding Civilian Senior Manager of the Year
AFOSI Command Junior Civilian Agent of the Year
AFOSI Region 6 (Pacific Region) Rudolph M. Schellhammer Senior Civilian Special Agent of the Year
(Current as of September 2024)