First Female Secret Service Director has Miami Roots, as Obama Set to Make Pick

President Barack Obama is set to appointJulia Piersonas the first female to lead the U.S. Secret Service, the Washington Post reports.

The former Secret Service director,Mark Sullivan, resigned after the agency suffered a prostitution scandal involving more than 10 of its agents during a trip by Obama to Colombia.

Pierson started her 30-year career at the agency in its Miami office. Shepresently serves as chief of staff of the Secret Service, and has held various position throughout her three decades on the job, including deputy assistant director in the Offices of Administration and of Protective Operations, overseeing the agencys Presidential Protective Division, Vice Presidential Protective Division and Special Services Division. She was also assistant director of the Office of Human Resources and Training.

Sullivan called her appointment a "historic and exciting time" for the service.