ROLAND S. MARTIN Noted among TV Week's "Top 12 To Watch In TV News," Roland S. Martin is a nationally syndicated, award-winning journalist and columnist. Currently, Martin is the chief political editor and face of the revolutionary daily news program "News One Now" for TV One. News One Now is an innovative multi-platform media source, delivering up-to-theminute topical, political, entertainment, sports and pop culture information and analysis via radio, TV and social media, through NewsOne.com, a website from Radio One's web division, Interactive One. Martin is senior analyst for the Tom Joyner Morning Show, where his daily segment is heard on more than 100 stations and 8 million people. Honored with the 2013 National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) Journalist of the Year Award, Martin is a two-time winner of the NAACP Image Award and has received more than 40 professional media awards, as well as honors by numerous organizations for his contributions to the media. Martin spent six years as a CNN Contributor, and as a member of the network's "Best Political Team on Television" he earned the esteemed Peabody Award for his 2008 Presidential Election coverage. Roland has been named three times to Ebony Magazine's 150 Most Influential African Americans.
PERRYE K. TURNER, Director James B. Comey named Perrye K. Turner as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston Division. Mr. Turner most recently served as SAC of the Louisville Division. Mr. Turner, a native of Shreveport, LA worked as a Senior Commercial Property Claim Representative with Aetna Casualty and Surety before entering on duty as a Special Agent in 1991. He was assigned to the Huntsville Resident Agency in the Birmingham, AL Division. In 1995, he moved to the Monroe Resident Agency in the New Orleans Division where he worked organized crime, drug/gang and public corruption investigations. In 1999, Mr. Turner was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Criminal Investigation Division at FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ) where he worked in the Drug Section, Mexican/Criminal Syndicates Unit. In August 2005, Mr. Turner was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in the Memphis, TN Division where he managed the criminal and administrative programs for three years and all national security branch programs for two years. Mr. Turner earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and statistics from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA and a Masters of Business Administration from Belhaven University in Jackson, MS.
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