Nicholas Deml

Nicholas J. Deml is an American attorney, former intelligence official, and has served as the Federal receiver overseeing the New York City jail system since January 2026. Deml previously served as the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections from November 2021 until August 2025. Deml left the Vermont Department of Corrections to lead the boutique management consulting firm Everly Bly & Co. Deml served as a clandestine intelligence officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and as an aide to U.S. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin and U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.