Richard Priem

Interim CEO / COO, Community Secret Service

Richard is the interim CEO of the Community Security Service. Originally from Amsterdam, he completed military service in a paratrooper reconnaissance unit of the IDF and held a leadership role in the security organization of the Jewish community in the Netherlands. Following graduate studies at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, Richard worked as a counter-terrorism adviser for the UN in Southeast Asia and New York, assessing national security frameworks and training intelligence and law enforcement agencies in more than a dozen countries. Prior to joining CSS, he served as the NY Director for International Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League.