Steve Neavling

Kevin W. Walker, the former acting deputy director and general counsel of the National Drug Intelligence Center, was named the FBI’s equal employment opportunity (EEO) officer, the FBI announced Thursday.

Walker’s job entails overseeing discrimination complaints, the DOJ Mediator Corps, the reasonable accommodation process and the sign language interpreter program.

Between 2006 and 2007, Walker was the chief prosecutor for U.S. forces in the Iraqi theater of operations and supervised trial team involved in courts-martial.

Walker earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and has various post-graduate degrees.