Mr. Valenti has a broad range of experience in both the public and private sectors.

As the first Chief of Counterterrorism for the Port Authority Police Department following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Mr. Valenti was tasked with protecting some of the most critical infrastructure assets in the world without a road map. His responsibilities included establishing a counterterrorism program—identifying vulnerabilities in physical security, infrastructure, and investigative processes—while simultaneously leading investigations and being the agency’s lead executive assigned to the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force management team. Upon being promoted to Deputy Chief of the Port Authority Police Department several years later, Mr. Valenti conducted a complete review of the police department’s budget to ensure operational efficiency. He also actively negotiated several labor contracts in conjunction with the agency’s legal department and was the department’s representative on New Jersey’s Domestic Preparedness Task Force which crafted policy as it related to both security and emergency response protocols for the state of New Jersey.

In 2008, Mr. Valenti retired to join a hedge fund as a senior advisor where he eventually transitioned into a role where he led a distressed company, restructured it, and sold the company to a strategic buyer. Mr. Valenti was elected to the Board of Education in Chatham, New Jersey, in 2017. Mr. Valenti is also on the Board of the New York Police Chief’s Benevolent Association and a member of the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police). He has been a regular security and counterterrorism contributor to the local news media in New York and New Jersey, and has been featured on News 12 New Jersey’s “New Jersey Power and Politics.” Mr. Valenti is a graduate of New Jersey City University where he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. He also is a graduate of St. Peters University, where he earned an MBA in Management.