The LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada will host an informative and in-depth look into the United States’ Diplomatic Security Service, presented by an active agent and member of the LGBTQ Community.
Uniting diversity and community, Kala Bokelman, Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, will be the guest speaker for a fascinating evening of agency dialogue and career opportunities.
Kala Bokelman has been a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) special agent for 17 years. Her domestic assignments include the San Francisco Field Office and Washington, D.C., headquarters. She has also served as the assistant regional security officer (ARSO) in Maputo, Mozambique, and Baghdad, Iraq, and ARSO-Investigator in San Jose, Costa Rica.
In 2018, she returned to DS for a domestic assignment in the Overseas Criminal Investigative Division and currently leads the Recruitment Division for DSS. Roughly half of her time in DSS has been spent investigating crimes involving human trafficking, sexual assault, and fugitive returns.
She has two children and has been out her entire career.
WHEN: April 8, 2022 at 6:30pm
WHERE: 401 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89101
The event is free to the public.
