On Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, the FBI Campus in Huntsville hosted a small audience for the dedication ceremony at the Richard Shelby Center for Innovation and Advanced Training.

The audience included retired U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Senator Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), current and former Members of Congress, four federal judges, business leaders from across the State, family and lifelong friends of Senator Shelby and dozens of former Shelby congressional staffers – which included five of his former Chiefs of Staff.