James A. Gagliano

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ABOUT JAMES A. GAGLIANO

James A. Gagliano served two terms as the 29th mayor of the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (20••••25). A firm believer in personal term limits, he stepped down, keeping his promise to not be \"that politician.\" A nationally recognized law enforcement analyst and policing methodology subject matter expert, he provides on-air analyses on complex law enforcement and counterterror matters as a FOX News Contributor. An adjunct assistant professor and doctoral candidate at St. John’s University in Queens, NY, he also remains a sought-after speaker on criminal justice, homeland security and organizational leadership matters, delivering keynote addresses for corporate clients and in academic settings. Since 2020, he has served as a member of Board of Directors of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF).Gagliano served 25 years in the FBI and was appointed to a variety of investigative, tactical resolution, crisis management, undercover, mid-level and senior management positions, including assignment to FBI’s elite counterterror unit, the Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), and as Senior Team Leader of FBI New York Field Division’s SWAT Team. During Global War on Terrorism, between 2002 and 2003, he deployed to Afghanistan three separate times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was awarded FBI’s second highest award for valor, the Medal of Bravery, for his SWAT Team’s actions in June of 1993. Between 2008 and 2012, he created and supervised Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force, a multi-agency federal task force that disrupted and dismantled violent street gangs in upstate New York. In one of his final FBI assignments, he studied Spanish language at US State Department, then served as deputy legal attaché and acting legal attaché at United States Embassy in México City, México, prior to retiring in 2016.A 1987 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was a commissioned Infantry Officer, serving as a light infantry platoon leader and company executive officer in the 10th Mountain Division, while stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Drum, New York between 1988 and 1991. His military awards include the Airborne, Air Assault, Jungle Expert and Expert Infantryman badges, as well as the Ranger tab.Mr. Gagliano and his wife, Tiffany, a USG attorney and former ADA, who serves as a trustee on the Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY Village Board, have five children between them and share custody of a recalcitrant, rescued Pitbull pup named Dansby. They happily reside in upstate NY but yearn to get back down to the South.