Christopher A. Kojm

Christopher A. "Chris" Kojm is a professor at George Washington University. He served as the chairman of the United States National Intelligence Council from 2009 to 2014.[1]

Chris Kojm
Chair of the National Intelligence Council
In office
July 6, 2009  July 5, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPeter Lavoy
Succeeded byGregory F. Treverton
Personal details
Born (1955-08-12) August 12, 1955
Kenmore, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Princeton University (MA)

Biography

Kojm was valedictorian at Lancaster High School.[2] Kojm went on to receive an AB from Harvard College in 1977 and an MA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1979.[3][4] From 1979 to 1984 he was a senior editor at the Foreign Policy Association in New York City.[4][3]

From 1984 to 1998 he was a staff member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee under Lee H. Hamilton, the ranking member, then chairman of the committee.[4][3]

From 1998 to 2003, Kojm was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Policy and Coordination in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.[4] He then served as Deputy Director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, later serving as president of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project.[4]

Between 2004 and 2006, he was a Visiting Professor at his alma mater, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.[4] In 2006, he was a senior adviser to the Iraq Study Group.[4][3] In 2007, he became a faculty member of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and returned to teach at the Elliott School in 2014.[4][3]

In November 2020, Kojm was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Intelligence Community.[5]

References

  1. "DNI Clapper Announces New National Intelligence Council Chairman". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  2. Cervantes, Niki (June 19, 2004). "Area native helps lead 911 panel". The Buffalo News. p. D1.
  3. NIC personnel
  4. Center for American Progress biography
  5. "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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