Jonathan Snow

Deputy Director Snow was appointed by Governor Newsom and joined the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in August 2024. Deputy Director Snow provides direction and oversight to the Cal OES Homeland Security Division. In this role, Deputy Director Snow is responsible for the State Threat Assessment Center (STAC), the California Cyber Security Integration Center (Cal-CSIC), and the following homeland security programs: the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisory Committee; the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force; Port and Maritime Security; Chemical Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive material (CBRNE) Protection and Preparedness; Event Planning Security; Critical Infrastructure Protection; and Statewide School Safety. Deputy Director Snow also provides administrative oversight to the application of California’s homeland security grants, known as the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI).

Prior to joining Cal OES, Deputy Director Snow spent 21 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as Special Agent, specializing in national security threat issues. Assigned to the Sacramento Field Office, his final assignment at the FBI was an executive management role as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) overseeing the National Security and Crisis Management programs, where his responsibilities included International and Domestic Terrorism, Counterintelligence, Cyber, Critical Incident Response, SWAT, Training, National Academy, and Division Compliance/Chief Security Officer. Deputy Director Snow also spent over three years in Washington, D.C. as Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division.