As the Deputy Superintendent of the Sheriff’s Investigative Division (SID), Lee DiStefano will be responsible for managing all aspects of SID and the Gang Intelligence Unit (GIU) and she will report directly to the Chief of Staff.

Ms. DiStefano is a licensed private investigator with over 30 years of experience in investigations, and over 25 years’ experience in investigations’ management. Before joining the Sheriff’s Department, she operated, directed and managed an investigative firm providing specialized white collar investigative services to major corporations, law firms and incorporated financial and management entities many with international outreach. She managed a staff of 40 investigators and was also responsible for the oversight of all administrative, payroll, tax and ledger functions.

Lee began her career in an entry–level capacity and was subsequently promoted to the position of Intelligence Research Specialist at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms where she was responsible for the review, analysis, and dissemination of all intelligence for the New England Region.

She subsequently became a Senior Investigator, Investigative Supervisor and Group Manager at a major Boston–area investigative firm. She was also an Investigative Consultant for the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission and worked as a Senior Investigative Supervisor of the Know Your Customer Department for Bank of America (formerly Bank Boston.) where she led a staff of investigators in the detection and investigation of money laundering, structuring and other suspicious/questionable financial dealings in accordance with the Financial Recordkeeping and Report of Currency Transactions Act of 1970 (Bank Secrecy Act).

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