Gregg Wenzel

Who was Gregg Wenzel?

Gregg David Wenzel was a National Clandestine Service Officer of the Central Intelligence Agency killed in Ethiopia in 2003.

He was born in Manhattan, New York to Gladys and Mitch Wenzel, brother of Maura, Rachel and Heather. Wenzel spent his childhood years in the Bronx and in Monroe, New York. He was a graduate of Monroe-Woodbury Senior High School in 1987, and Binghamton University in 1991. He studied abroad at Tel Aviv University and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1994.

After graduating, Wenzel worked as an Assistant Public Defender for Miami-Dade County, Florida for three years. He then worked as Bar Counsel for the Florida Bar. Wenzel was a police academy instructor for the Miami-Dade Community College-North Campus School of Justice and Safety Administration, Assistant Public Defender for Dade County and also served on the Florida Bar Counsel where he tried Supreme Court cases.

Wenzel was a ten-time marathon runner and finisher, three-time Ironman finisher as well as a world traveler.