The group consists of recent graduates from the top Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs.
Initially, one graduate of Harvard Business School was hired to work in the Director's Office.
In 2003, another Harvard Business School graduate joined the FBI to work for the chief financial officer.
The work of these two merited the attention of the FBI's senior leadership and led to a proposal for a formal business school recruiting program.
In 2007, executives from 25 FBI divisions participated in the three-year-old Special Advisor Program.