Mark M. Lowenthal

Dr. Mark M. Lowenthal is the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and concurrently is the Vice Chairman for Evaluation on the National Intelligence Council. Dr. Lowenthal returned to the government in 2002, initially serving as Counselor to the Director of Central Intelligence.

Between 1997 and 2002, Dr. Lowenthal served in the private sector, working as a consultant to government and industry clients on intelligence issues, most recently with SRA International.

Dr. Lowenthal was the staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 104th Congress (1995-97), where he directed the committee’s study on the future of the Intelligence Community, IC21: The Intelligence Community in the 21st Century. He also served in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), as both an office director and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. He also was the Senior Specialist in US Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Dr. Lowenthal has written extensively on intelligence and national security issues, including five books and more than 90 articles or studies. His most recent book, Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy (Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000), has become the standard college and graduate school textbook on the subject. A revised edition will be published in 2002. He also has written a fantasy novel.

Dr. Lowenthal received his B.A. from Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He is an Adjunct Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He also serves as the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee for AFCEA, formerly the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. In 1988, Dr. Lowenthal was the Grand Champion on Jeopardy!, the television quiz show.