Christopher A. Kojm

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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 (age 66)
Kenmore, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[citation needed]
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Princeton University (MA)

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]

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. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e NIC personnel
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Center for American Progress biography
  4. ^ "Agency Review Teams". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

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Preceded by
Peter Lavoy
Chair of the National Intelligence Council
2009–2014
Succeeded by
Gregory F. Treverton
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