ICE Leadership

Mr. Todd Lyons, a member of the Senior Executive Service, currently serves as the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Lyons served as the acting Executive Associate Director of ICE – Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) where he led ERO in its mission to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of noncitizens who undermine the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws. Responsible for a budget of approximately $4.4 billion, Mr. Lyons directed the operations of more than 8,600 employees assigned to 25 ERO field offices and headquarters, in more than 200 domestic locations and 25 overseas locations, and he oversees eight Assistant Directors of ERO’s headquarters divisions.

Additionally, Mr. Lyons held the role of the Assistant Director of Field Operations for ERO, and Deputy Assistant Director of Western Operations and the Southwest Border. Previously Mr. Lyons served as the Field Office Director (FOD) for the ERO Boston Field Office. As the FOD, Mr. Lyons oversaw all immigration enforcement activities within the Boston Field Office, as well as all ERO activities within the states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont. Additionally, Mr. Lyons served as the Deputy Federal Coordinator (DFC) for the 122nd Boston Marathon and the DFC for the July 4th Boston Fireworks and Concert 2018. 

Mr. Lyons served as an Assistant Field Office Director (AFOD) in ERO Dallas from April 2015 to Sept 2017, where he led the Criminal Alien program for North Texas and Oklahoma serving 205 counties and law enforcement agencies. Prior to being selected as AFOD, Mr. Lyons served as the Chief of Staff for the ERO Dallas Field Office Director from Aug 2014 to March 2015, and before that served as a Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer for Fugitive Operations.

Mr. Lyons began his career in federal service with the United States Air Force in 1993, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe. He left active duty in July of 1999; however, after September 11, 2001, Mr. Lyons was recalled to active duty and deployed overseas, serving as the Antiterrorism/force protection liaison for Special Operations Command - Central.

In August 1999, Mr. Lyons began his civilian law enforcement career in the State of Florida. In April 2007, Mr. Lyons joined ERO as an Immigration Enforcement Agent in Dallas, TX.

Mr. Lyons holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice Leadership from New England College.

Madison Sheahan is a member of the Senior Executive Service and the deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ms. Sheahan oversees ICE’s day-to-day operations, leading over 20,000 employees— including over 6,800 criminal investigators in Homeland Security Investigations and 6,000 officers in Enforcement and Removal Operations. She oversees personnel assigned to more than 400 domestic and international offices and administers an annual budget of greater than $9 billion.

Prior to serving as ICE’s deputy director, Ms. Sheahan served as the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, overseeing a $280 million budget and leading a team of over 800 employees across the wildlife, fisheries, and enforcement divisions. She established the Special Operations Group within the enforcement division to prioritize public safety, cementing historic partnerships with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies for major events such as Mardi Gras and Super Bowl LIX. In this role, she also advised Governor Jeff Landry as a member of the state's cabinet and Unified Command Group.

Prior to serving the State of Louisiana alongside Governor Landry, Ms. Sheahan worked for former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem in various leadership positions. Including in the governor’s official office, the state republican party, and on special initiatives aimed at advancing the governors agenda. She played a major role in passing one of the strongest bills in the nation protecting women’s sports.

Ms. Sheahan is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University, where she was a member of the women’s rowing team and earned a bachelor's degree in public affairs, public management, leadership, policy, and agribusiness, with minors in community and business leadership.

Jon Feere is the Chief of Staff of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He served previously at ICE as the Senior Advisor to the Director from January 2017 through January 2021 where he focused on improving the agency’s enforcement programs to better promote ICE’s mission. He also drove implementation of President Trump’s Executive Orders and directed the development of a number of public-facing reports and policies aimed at increased transparency.

Previously, Mr. Feere was the Director of Investigations at the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank focused exclusively on the study of immigration, where his portfolio included a wide range of issues, from fraud within the nation’s foreign student program to the criminal impact of underenforced immigration laws.

Mr. Feere received his B.A. in political science from the University of California, Davis and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law. While attending law school, Mr. Feere worked in the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, specifically the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Mr. Feere has been quoted extensively by the national print media, has appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and provided commentary on numerous radio stations. His editorials have appeared in wide variety of publications, and he has testified before Congress. He has also been an invited speaker at number of college campuses including Notre Dame, Harvard University, and the University of Texas.

Marcos Charles is the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Acting Executive Associate Director. In this role, Mr. Charles leads ERO in its mission to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of aliens who undermine the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws.

Derek Gordon serves as the Acting Executive Associate Director for Homeland Security Investigations and oversees over 10,000 employees, including special agents, criminal analysts, mission support personnel and contract staff assigned to over 237 offices throughout the United States and over 56 countries around the world.

Susan C. Dunbar is the executive associate director of ICE’s Management and Administration directorate. In this role, Ms. Dunbar oversees and coordinates all ICE’s administrative and managerial components, including its information technology infrastructure, the Human Capital Program, acquisition and procurement activities, workforce training, information governance and privacy. She also has administrative oversight for ICE’s budget and financial management. In this position, Ms. Dunbar oversees an organization of over 1,600 employees in offices across the United States, providing management and administration services to ICE’s global workforce of over 20,000 law enforcement and support employees. 

Prior to serving in this role, Ms. Dunbar served as the chief human capital officer for ICE. She was responsible for managing more than 230 employees located in Washington, D.C., Dallas, and Laguna Niguel, California, providing human resources services for more than 20,000 ICE employees worldwide. She oversaw hiring and staffing, classification, benefits and retirement, payroll and compensation, retention and recruitment, employee and labor relations, employee assistance and peer support programs, employee performance management and awards, workers’ compensation, human resources policy and HR information technology.

Ms. Dunbar has also served as the Office of Human Capital’s deputy chief human capital officer, Strategy & Services, and executive director for Employee and Labor Relations. In these roles, she was responsible for management of medical affairs, including the workers’ compensation program, executive services, employee and labor relations, assessments and workforce planning, and employee assistance and peer support programs. Prior to joining OHC, Ms. Dunbar was the division director for Inspections and Detention Oversight, which was under the Office of Professional Responsibility. She was responsible managing three units that inspected and reviewed ICE offices, operations and processes and provided executive management with independent assessments of ICE’s mission’s effectiveness and efficiency. Since 2004, Ms. Dunbar has also served in other key positions within ICE. She was the legislative counsel within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor and the policy director for ICE.

Ms. Dunbar is a recipient of the 2021 Presidential Meritorious Senior Executive Service Rank Award. She holds a law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degrees in international relations and political science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Jennifer M. Fenton is the Associate Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).

Ms. Fenton most recently served as the Deputy Associate Director of OPR for the past 5 years. In this capacity, she was responsible for providing oversight and direction of OPR’s budget and increasing programmatic transparency. Ms. Fenton joined OPR in 2015 as the Assistant Director of ICE Inspections and was responsible for ensuring that ICE’s immigration detention facilities, certified undercover operations, and other programs were compliant with policies and procedures.

Ms. Fenton began her career in ICE in 2007 in the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, where she served in several capacities, including as the Chief of the Enforcement and Removal Operations Law Division. Ms. Fenton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics from George Mason University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Ms. Fenton is a member of the Senior Executive Service and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics from George Mason University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Charles Wall is the principal legal advisor for ICE’s Office of the Principal Legal Advisor. As principal legal advisor, Mr. Wall oversees a staff of over 2,000 attorneys and support personnel who represent DHS in removal proceedings and provide accurate, timely, and complete legal advice and counsel to the agency’s senior officials and workforce.

From 2016 until his appointment as principal legal advisor, Mr. Wall served as deputy chief counsel for OPLA New Orleans, where he oversaw the work of a team of assistant chief counsel, managed the Enforcement and Removal Operations and Employment Law portfolios across multiple states, and supervised the worksite enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations certified undercover teams.

Mr. Wall began his career with ICE as an assistant chief counsel in Louisiana in 2012. As an assistant chief counsel, Mr. Wall prosecuted nondetained removal cases at the New Orleans office, served as an HSI embedded attorney, and traveled extensively throughout OPLA New Orleans’ area of responsibility, providing training, presentations and legal advice to ERO and HSI. Mr. Wall also prosecuted detained removal cases at the Oakdale office, where he served as an OPLA national security-designated attorney, securing removal orders in complex and high-profile national security immigration cases.

Prior to joining OPLA, Mr. Wall served as a prosecutor and senior assistant district attorney at the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office from 2009 to 2012. In this role, Mr. Wall and his team were responsible for securing countless major felony convictions against dangerous and violent criminals.

Mr. Wall holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of New Orleans and a Juris Doctor from Tulane Law School.

Ms. Jennifer Cleary is the Chief Financial Officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ms. Cleary leads a team of 350 personnel, including three subordinate Senior Executives, and is responsible for budgetary, accounting, and financial oversight for the agency’s $8 billion budget, and serves as the liaison for Congressional Appropriations engagement.