Stephen Maloney

• Executive Director, National Targeting Center
• US Customs & Border Protection

Stephen T. Maloney was appointed Executive Director (XD), National Targeting Center (NTC), for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in March of 2024 and is a career member of the Senior Executive Service. As Executive Director, he leads over 800 personnel tasked to sustain the highest level of performance in targeting and counter network operations. The NTC is responsible for overseeing advanced targeting, research, analysis, and counter-network collaboration efforts with federal, state, local, and international partners, to obtain, operationalize, and act upon vital information to protect our nation against emerging threats.
Mr. Maloney oversees a diverse staff employing multi-layered, risk-based approaches to securing our Nation’s borders, to
include collecting and analyzing advance traveler and cargo information, enhanced law enforcement technical collection capabilities and providing timely analysis of intelligence and data/information. XD Maloney directs and oversees NTC’s efforts at establishing liaisons, data, and intelligence-sharing relationships with federal, state, local, foreign, and private sector partners. Mr. Maloney and his NTC team are the leading edge in implementing intelligence and targeting capabilities that support CBP’s primary mission to secure America’s borders while facilitating legitimate trade and travel.
XD Maloney assumed command of the NTC after serving as Director, Field Operations (DFO) for the Baltimore Field Office (BFO) from 2021 to 2024. As DFO, he led over 1,000 employees across six states in the Mid-Atlantic region. The BFO has 26 ports of entry, including three major airports and thirteen seaports. Annually, the BFO processes the admission of more than 6 million international aviation and maritime passengers and crew and clears over $300 billion worth of commercial imports and exports.
Prior to the BFO, Mr. Maloney served as Director of CBP’s Field Transformation Team (FT2) for the Office of Field Operations (OFO) from 2019 to 2021. The FT2 enforcement strategy modernized the training, capabilities, and performance metrics of frontline officers conducting passenger and cargo inspections at our nation’s ports of entry.
XD Maloney served in various leadership positions, including as Director of the Counterterrorism Division at the NTC, Acting Port Director, CBP Area Port of New York/Newark; Acting Deputy Executive Director, Admissibility and Passenger Programs, OFO; Acting Assistant Port Director, Miami International Airport; and Supervisory Program Manager for Border Security at CBP’s Miami/Tampa Field Office. He has also represented CBP internationally as an instructor, team leader, and short-term advisor in Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, and Israel.
XD Maloney began his career as an immigration inspector in Miami in 2002, where he served inspection duty in both the passenger and cargo environments.
XD Maloney has always had a keen interest in public service. Prior to joining CBP, he served as a high school teacher in Baltimore and in Hollywood, Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Georgetown University and is a 2017 graduate of the CBP Leadership Institute. He and his wife of 25 years have two children.