Randolph Alles

Randolph D. "Tex" Alles, born in 1954, is an American law enforcement officer and government official currently serving as the Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management. He has held various leadership roles, including Acting Under Secretary and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary within the DHS Management Directorate. From April 2017 to May 2019, he served as the 25th Director of the United States Secret Service. Prior to this, Alles was the acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and had a distinguished military career in the United States Marine Corps, retiring as a major general after 35 years of service. Alles graduated from Texas A&M University in 1976 and later earned a master's degree from the Naval War College in 1999. His military career included commanding Marine Aircraft Group 11 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After retiring from the Marine Corps in 2011, he joined CBP, where he held multiple leadership positions, including Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations and acting Executive Assistant Commissioner for Enterprise Services. In April 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Alles as Director of the Secret Service. However, in April 2019, it was reported that Trump planned to remove him from this position, referring to him as "Dumbo." By May 2019, Alles transitioned to DHS, initially serving as Deputy Under Secretary for Management under Acting Under Secretary Chip Fulghum. He later became the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the ...