There’s a new sheriff in town – well, not exactly, but there is a new director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.

On Feb. 14, Laurie R. Doran was appointed NJOSHP director by Gov. Phil Murphy. She previously served as the acting director since June 2021 and was also director of the division of intelligence and operations. Doran joined the state agency in 2018 and spent 32 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s directorate of operations prior to that.