Jesús Montes (he/him/él) is the inaugural Homeland Intelligence Liaison and Briefer to the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House. Jesus is also an NSLC alum 🙂 In his role, he delivers the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) latest intelligence insights to senior NSC officials on issues spanning from cybersecurity and transnational crime to counter-terrorism and irregular migration. Prior to this role, Jesús served as a career analyst within the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) where he produced analytic papers on Latin American and Caribbean security, political, and migration issues. He has traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in service of the DHS mission, and has a broad network across the US intelligence and policy communities. He is also the founding member, former co-chair, and current Recruitment Chair for DHS I&A’s LGBTQIA+ employee association, PRISM. He has received multiple recognitions for his work, including the 2023 Secretary’s Award for Team Excellence, 2022 Secretary’s Meritorious Service Silver Medal Award, the National Military Intelligence Foundation’s LTG Patrick M. Hughes Award for Exceptional Homeland Intelligence, and a National Intelligence Council – Western Hemisphere.
