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
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Peter Lavoy
Succeeded by	Greg Treverton
Personal details
Born	August 12, 1955 Kenmore, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Harvard University (AB) Princeton University (MA)

Biography

Kojm received 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.[2][3] From 1979 to 1984 he was a senior editor at the Foreign Policy Association in New York City.[3][2]

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.[3][2]

From 1998 to 2003, Kojm was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence Policy and Coordination in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.[3] 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.[3]

Between 2004 and 2006, he was a Visiting Professor at his alma mater, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.[3] In 2006, he was a senior adviser to the Iraq Study Group.[3][2] 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.[3][2]

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.[4]

References

1. "DNI Clapper Announces New National Intelligence Council Chairman". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
2. NIC personnel
3. Center for American Progress biography
4. "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN