Texas A&M Receives National Counterintelligence Award at World’s Preeminent Research Security Conference

Pictured from left to right: Tara Jones, Acting Deputy Director, DCSA; Norma Schoellman, Assistant Facility Security Officer, A&M System Research Security Office; Ryan Mills, Director of Security Operations, A&M System Research Security Office; Dr. Joe Elabd, Vice Chancellor for Research, A&M System; Glenn Hegar, Chancellor, A&M System; Dr. Kevin Gamache, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Research Security Officer, A&M System Research Security Office.

The Texas A&M University System was presented with the 2024 Jack Donnelly Excellence in Counterintelligence Award last week during the 10th annual Academic Security & Counter-Exploitation (ASCE) Conference in College Station. 

Awarded by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) and the Office of Counterintelligence, the Jack Donnelly Award recognizes institutions that demonstrate exceptional commitment to protecting sensitive and classified research from foreign intelligence threats. The Texas A&M University System’s Research Security Office—led by Chief Research Security Officer Dr. Kevin Gamache—has now achieved this distinction a record four times (2017, 2019, 2023, and 2024), more than any other academic institution. 

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