Derek Mayer

Derek Mayer currently serves as the Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Chicago Field Office. Mr. Mayer is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and is a graduate of  Louisiana State University.

Mr. Mayer began his Secret Service career in 2000 as a Special Agent in the Washington Field Office before moving on to the Vice-Presidential Protective Division from 2008 – 2012 where he had the honor of protecting Vice Presidents Richard Cheney and Joseph Biden. Mr. Mayer was in the Dignitary Protective Division from 2012 – 2014 where he was tasked with coordinating the protection for all visiting foreign heads of state and government. Mr. Mayer served in the Los Angeles Field Office from 2014 – 2016 as a supervisor overseeing the district’s budget and protective operations. Mr. Mayer moved back to Washington, DC in 2017 to start the newly formed Obama Protective Division which commenced on January 20, 2017. In this role he served as the Assistant Detail Leader for former President Barack Obama and the Detail Leader for former First Lady Michelle Obama. Mr. Mayer arrived in Chicago in the fall of 2018 where he served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of protective operations until July 2022 when he was promoted to the Deputy Special Agent in Charge overseeing the daily operations of the entire district.

Mr. Mayer has also been a part of the last two Presidential elections, serving as a Shift Leader for Presidential Candidate Donald Trump throughout the 2016 Presidential campaign and as the  Detail Leader for the future First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, during the 2020 Presidential campaign.