CTU Director

The Directors is the agent in command of a CTU Domestic Unit.

At CTU, the Director of a Domestic Unit was the highest-ranking agent in a domestic unit, but answered to superiors from Division and District command. The Director had their own office.

Directors of CTU Los Angeles

Below is a list of Directors of CTU Los Angeles.

Picture	Name	Served during	Status
	Kelly Sharpton	Veto Power	Deceased
	Succeeded Jack Bauer during the events of Veto Power. He took over the role when Jack was thought to be unfit for the job. Jack was then demoted to Director of Field Operations. Later, Jack was promoted again to Director.
	Christopher Henderson	Trinity Nightfall Cat's Claw Vanishing Point	Deceased
	Christopher Henderson served as Director in Cat's Claw. In Vanishing Point, Henderson was head of CTU and was in charge of Jack Bauer's and Tony Almeida's undercover operation in Las Vegas. He was overruled at times by Division officers such as Ryan Chappelle and Alberta Green.
	Jack Bauer	Operation Hell Gate Trojan Horse Day 1 Day 3	Alive
	After the death of his wife, Bauer resigned from his CTU Position. He later returned as Director of Field Operations after Day 2. Jack also took over CTU during Day 3 when Tony Almeida stepped down.
	Alberta Green	Day 1	Alive
	When Jack Bauer was relieved from his command at CTU Los Angeles, Alberta Green was stationed as the Interim Director. At the request of Senator David Palmer, Bauer was reinstated and Green was transfered to District to be replaced by George Mason.
	George Mason	Day 2	Deceased
	Given the role by President David Palmer, Mason was exposed to radioactive material during Day 2 and sacrificed himself to save Los Angeles from a Nuclear Bomb.
	Tony Almeida	Day 2 Day 3 Day 4	Alive
	After taking over from George Mason, Almeida was arrested for treason during Day 3. He again took over the role for an hour during Day 4.
	Erin Driscoll	Day 4	Alive
	Firing Jack Bauer being one of her first actions during her time as Director, Driscoll was a more by-the-book chief. She left after the death of her daughter during Day 4.
	Michelle Dessler	Day 3 Day 4	Deceased
	She filled in during Day 3 after Tony was shot in the neck while attempting to bring Kyle Singer in. Tony took control again a few hours later. She was also brought in to take command after Erin Driscoll left; Dessler helped stop a nuclear missile heading towards Los Angeles. She left with her ex-husband, Tony Almeida at the end of Day 4.
	Bill Buchanan	Day 5 Day 6	Deceased
	First seen at CTU during Day 4 in a supervisor's position, Bill Buchanan handled the start of Day 5 (although Lynn McGill was Acting Director for a period) until CTU LA was taken over by the Department of Homeland Security. He was later reinstated, and had his position again by the beginning of Day 6. Later that day, he was fired by Karen Hayes and Nadia Yassir took over as Acting Director.
	Nadia Yassir	Day 6	Alive
	After Bill Buchanan was fired by Karen Hayes, he named Yassir Acting Director at CTU until Division could send over a new replacement.

Background information and notes

• During Season 5, Karen Hayes from the Department of Homeland Security filled a role analogous to The Director after CTU LA was subsumed under her authority.