Tim Carpenter

Tim Carpenter is the FBI’s Art Crime Team Senior Special Advisor. Carpenter also led the Art Crime Team for nearly 6 years, and was the first member of the team promoted from within to lead it. He is a former bomb technician and police officer andserved nearly twelve years in the US Air Force and Air Force Reserve as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician.

Carpenter is frequently sought after for interviews and feature pieces, and has conducted more than 100 interviews for television, print, radio, podcasts, and online formats. He has been featured in Vanity Fair, the Washington Post Magazine, on NPR, CBS, and more. He has also served as a speaker, lecturer and panelist at a variety of prestigious venues, including Congress, the Smithsonian, and George Washington University Law School.

Carpenter started and led the FBI’s largest recovery of stolen and looted cultural property in the Bureau’s history during the landmark Don Miller case. The case marked a turning point for how the FBI approaches sensitive cultural matters, particularly related to Native American tribes. For his efforts in the repatriation process of ancestral remains and historic objects, Carpenter received the Public Service Award from the Society for American Archeology. He is also the recipient of the FBI Director’s Award – the highest honor in the FBI.