Rodney Faraon

Rodney Faraon is a former CIA senior intelligence officer[1] and partner at Crumpton Group LLC, a business intelligence and strategy firm,[2] founded by Hank Crumpton.[3] He was a briefer and speechwriter for the Director of Central Intelligence, George J. Tenet[4][5] during both the President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush administrations[6] and was awarded the Director's Medal for his work.[7] He is also the President of Aardwolf Creative,[8] a company that produces CIA-themed shows and movies.[9] He was the executive producer of and inspiration for State of Affairs,[10][11] a 13-episode NBC series about a CIA analyst starring Katherine Heigl and Alfre Woodard.[12] As of 2019, Faraon became a partner with private equity firm Crumpton Ventures which has a partnership with New York-based investment company AIM13.[13][14]

Early life and education

Faraon was born in Kansas City, KS, then later relocated to Iowa for his teen years.[15] 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.[16]

References
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  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. Nov 2014, 17 (2014-11-17). "Ex-CIA Officers Make a TV Drama With 'State of Affairs'". Military.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Arlington Dad Inspires NBC's Latest Primetime Drama". 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  5. "Meet the Man Who Inspired the New CIA Drama "State of Affairs" | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  6. Columnist, Francine Brokaw Community. "Katherine Heigl talks 'State of Affairs'". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  7. "Rodney Faraon". The Cipher Brief. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  8. "Katherine Heigl CIA Drama Lands at NBC". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  9. McNary, Dave (2016-02-27). "STX Developing Spy Thriller With Former CIA Agent Henry Crumpton". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  10. Nov 2014, 17 (2014-11-17). "Ex-CIA Officers Make a TV Drama With 'State of Affairs'". Military.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. "Meet the Man Who Inspired the New CIA Drama "State of Affairs" | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  12. Hamedy, Saba. "TV ratings: NBC wins key demo; 'State of Affairs' has decent premiere". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  13. "Joseph Faraon". AIM13. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  14. "AIM13CVP". AIM13. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  15. "From the CIA to Hollywood | Pfeiffer Law". www.pfeifferlaw.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  16. Morain, Michael. "Behind the scenes: Katherine Heigl channels Iowan". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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