Richard Ward III
Richard Ward III joined the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, via its predecessor organization, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), in 1972. Since that time, he has served in a variety of capacities in both the Formula and Discretionary Program areas.

Mr. Ward was a State Representative to the Pacific Trust Territories and Guam while stationed in the San Francisco Regional Office of the LEAA, and to the states of Oregon, Washington and Nevada during the transition to recentralization of LEAA. In 1978, he joined the LEAA’s Law Enforcement Division as the Organized Crime Program Manager. In 1987, he assumed responsibility of Chief of the Law Enforcement Branch, Discretionary Grants Program Division. In July 1993, Mr. Ward was promoted to the position of Director, Discretionary Grants Program Division. A year later, he assumed his current position of BJA Deputy Director. Mr. Ward also served for a number of years as a Hearing Officer for the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program.

Mr. Ward’s efforts on behalf of the LEAA and BJA have been recognized by many awards during his career, including the Assistant Attorney General’s Award in 1991 and the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994. He was appointed to the Government’s Senior Executive Service in 1994.

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