Rodney Faraon

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Rodney Faraon is a former

CIA senior intelligence officer.[1]

Biography

Faraon is also a partner and Chief Creative Officer at Crumpton Global LLC, a business intelligence, political risk, and public strategy firm,

President George W. Bush administrations[8] and was awarded the Director's Medal for his work.[9] He is also the President of Aardwolf Creative,[10] a company that produces CIA-themed shows and movies.[11] He was the executive producer of and inspiration for State of Affairs,[12][13] a 13-episode NBC series about a CIA analyst starring Katherine Heigl and Alfre Woodard.[14] As of 2019, Faraon became a partner with private equity firm Crumpton Ventures.[15][16]

In July 2021, Faraon appeared as a contestant on the inaugural season of BravoTV show "Top Chef Amateurs."[17]

Early life and education

Faraon was born in Kansas City, KS, then later relocated to Iowa for his teen years.[18] After graduating from Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa) in 1988 he moved to Washington, DC to attend Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Sept. 11 Revealed The Importance And Limits Of The President's Daily Briefing". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  2. ^ "United States: Crumpton Takes on High Profile Disney Executive - Issue 579 dated 09/10/2008". Intelligence Online. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. ^ "Rodney Faraon". The Cipher Brief. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  4. ^ "Ex-CIA Officers Make a TV Drama With 'State of Affairs'". Military.com. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. ^ "Rodney Faraon". Crumpton Global. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  6. ^ "Arlington Dad Inspires NBC's Latest Primetime Drama". 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  7. ^ "Meet the Man Who Inspired the New CIA Drama "State of Affairs" | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  8. ^ Brokaw, Francine. "Katherine Heigl talks 'State of Affairs'". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  9. ^ "Rodney Faraon". The Cipher Brief. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  10. ^ "Katherine Heigl CIA Drama Lands at NBC". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  11. ^ McNary, Dave (2016-02-27). "STX Developing Spy Thriller With Former CIA Agent Henry Crumpton". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  12. ^ "Ex-CIA Officers Make a TV Drama With 'State of Affairs'". Military.com. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  13. ^ "Meet the Man Who Inspired the New CIA Drama "State of Affairs" | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  14. ^ Hamedy, Saba (18 November 2014). "TV ratings: NBC wins key demo; 'State of Affairs' has decent premiere". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  15. ^ "Joseph Faraon". AIM13. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  16. ^ "AIM13CVP". AIM13. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  17. ^ "Arlingtonian as Amateur Top Chef". www.arlingtonconnection.com. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  18. ^ "From the CIA to Hollywood | Pfeiffer Law". www.pfeifferlaw.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  19. ^ Morain, Michael. "Behind the scenes: Katherine Heigl channels Iowan". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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