Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation

The chief, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, abbreviated as chief, IRS-CI or chief, CI or simply Chief, is the head and chief executive of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States' federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes. Criminal Investigation is a division of the Internal Revenue Service, which in turn is a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury. The chief is the highest ranking executive within IRS-CI and reports to the chief executive officer.

The chief is appointed by the commissioner of internal revenue and oversees a worldwide staff of approximately 3,300 CI employees, including approximately 2,200 special agents who investigate and assist in the prosecution of criminal tax, money laundering, public corruption, cyber, ID theft, narcotics, terrorist-financing and Bank Secrecy Act related crime cases.

The current chief is Jarod Koopman since April 11, 2026. Prior to being selected chief, Koopman was the chief tax compliance officer, overseeing IRS employees in its enforcement divisions.

Powers and duties The powers and duties of the chief are spelled out in the Internal Revenue Manual, Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 19.

(1) The chief is responsible for the full range of planning, managing, directing, and executing the worldwide activities of CI. The chief together with the deputy chief, directly supervises the Directors of the HQ offices, as well as the area directors, field operations.

(2) The Office of the Chief includes the following sections: Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff C&E EDI RPE

(3) The chief of staff, together with the deputy chief of staff, manages the chief's and deputy chief's official appointments, speaking engagements, calendar items, and duties associated with the selection of senior management personnel. Additionally, the chief of staff supervises the commissioner's protection detail which provides daily executive protection to the IRS commissioner.

(4) Communications and Education plans, coordinates, and produces communications products and tools for CI. Communications and Education provides a wide range of products and services to help achieve communications goals to a variety of audiences; employees, managers, the media, tax, accounting and business professionals, and other external and internal stakeholders. Communications and Education also coordinates field office publicity through the PIOs who are special agents trained in media relations. Communications and Education is also the home to CI's Legislative Liaison who manages and enhances CI's relationship with members of Congress, ensures CI sections are informed of pending legislation affecting their areas, and responds to Congressional inquiries and correspondence.

(5) Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is responsible for identifying trends and issues of an EEO and diversity nature, and potential barriers to equal employment opportunity within CI. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion's responsibilities include educating management and employees on equity, diversity & inclusion, how to resolve complaints and conflict in the workplace, and providing observation on recruitment, outreach, promotion, retention, and leadership initiatives, thereby improving workforce demographics to achieve equal opportunity.

(6) Review and Program Evaluation independently reviews, evaluates, and reports on CI field operations, program areas, and headquarters sections in a fair and objective manner. Review and Program Evaluation identifies risks, emerging issues and best practices which affect CI; assess CI's leadership effectiveness, and ability to manage and mitigate risk; evaluate CI operations to ensure investigative alignment with the Compliance Strategy; and to ensure compliance with established policies and prior TIGTA, GAO, and RPE recommendations.

List of officeholders The following is a complete list of officeholders from 1919 to present.United States. Internal Revenue Service. 75 Years of IRS Criminal Investigation History, 1919-1994. Rev. 2-96. [Washington, D.C.?]: Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1996.

N° Picture Name Term Length Notes 1 – January 26, 1943First and longest serving Chief 2 – December 31, 1951Former Assistant Chief to Elmer L. Irey 3 – November 25, 1952Title changed to Director of the Intelligence Division 4Garland H. Williams – August 31, 1953Simultaneously agent in the Bureau of Narcotics 5 – August 15, 1955Resigned to become Regional Commissioner in New York 6 – June 30, 1959Former Assistant Regional Commissioner (Intelligence) of the Dallas Region 7 – December 31, 1965Resigned to become District Director in Pittsburgh 8 – June 13, 1970Former Director of the Internal Security Division 9 – June 30, 1972Former Chief in the Los Angeles District 10 – May 9, 1975Former Assistant Regional Commissioner (Intelligence), Midwest Region 11 – March 20, 1982Intelligence Division renamed to Criminal Investigation (CI) during his tenure 12 – December 12, 1986First officeholder to be titled Assistant Commissioner (Criminal Investigation) 13 – April 3, 1988Former Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Criminal Investigation) 14 – October 20, 1989Former Assistant Regional Commissioner in North Atlantic Region 15 – January 10, 1993Resigned to become District Director in St. Paul, Minnesota 16 – December 31, 1995Former Assistant Regional Commissioner for Criminal Investigation in Midwest Region 17 – April 11, 1999First Director of Refund Fraud in 1994 18 – May 31, 2002First Chief that was not a Special Agent or Postal Inspector before being named Chief 19 – January 8, 2004Former Director of Field Operations for the Central Area 20 – February 25, 2007First female Chief 21 – January 31, 2009Former prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office 22 – March 30, 2012Retired to serve as Executive Vice President of Compliance for Samsung Electronics America 23 – May 31, 2017Recipient of the 2015 Presidential Rank Award 24 – September 30, 2020Chief during the agency's 100th anniversary 25 – March 31, 2024Former Deputy Chief and Director of Field Operations 26 – April 10, 2026Former Deputy Chief and Executive Director of Global Operations, Policy and Support 27 – PresentFormer Chief Tax Compliance Officer

Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation

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