Mark Lowenthal

Lowenthal is married to Cynthia Lowenthal. Together, they have two children, Sarah and Adam. The family resides in Reston, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. == Professional background ==

United States intelligence In 1995, Lowenthal served as the staff director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In this capacity, he directed the committee's study on the future of the Intelligence Community, "IC21: The Intelligence Community in the 21st Century". Lowenthal was the Senior Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. In 2002, Lowenthal began serving as the CIA's Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production (ADCIAP). He also served as the Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council from 2002–2005. After the creation of the Director of National Intelligence, his position was realigned to meet the recommendations of the 9/11 and WMD Commissions. The functions of his position were divided and incorporated into several roles in the new ODNI structure. As the Assistant Director, Lowenthal was instrumental in having the Intelligence Community adopt the National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF). The framework provides guidance on the priorities of the President for intelligence collection requirements. It is the basis upon which all analysis and production decisions are made and ultimately impacts all members of the Intelligence Community. Reportedly, Lowenthal also started a process to evaluate the Community's performance against the NIPF. Intelligence community reforms Lowenthal has been one of several voices in opposition to the initiatives to change the way the Intelligence Community produces analysis. He serves the intelligence community as the President and CEO of the Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC, In 2007, Lowenthal attended the ODNI's Analytic Transformation conference held in Chicago. At that event, he took the microphone questioning the ultimate objective and endstate of analytic transformation. He called into question the ability of technological solutions like Intellipedia and A-Space to resolve some of the most pressing reforms in the community. Lowenthal was quoted as saying, "I think, unfortunately, a lot of this is pandering to a bunch of commissions that have no understanding of what we do for a living, or the nature of our work, and to a workforce. And I don't think that's a sufficient ground for a transformation. And so I'm left here wondering, what's the end state? For what reason?" In January 2009, Lowenthal was interviewed by Charlie Rose on the American television interview show Charlie Rose. He discussed several topics related to national security and intelligence. In that interview, Dr. Lowenthal expressed his opinion that the overall community was appropriately sized, but that the experience levels of the community were extraordinarily low. He went on to indicate that the staff of the ODNI was too large and should be evaluated for downsizing. ==Jeopardy! appearances==

Lowenthal was a successful contestant on the American game show Jeopardy!. He first appeared as a contestant in the spring of 1988 and went on to win the Tournament of Champions in that year. in 2005, he played in the first round of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions and won $5,000 after losing his first round game, and in 2014, he won in the first round of the Battle of the Decades, defeating Frank Spangenberg and Phoebe Juel. His total cash winnings were $159,901, plus $10,000 from the Battle of the Decades. In 1992, Lowenthal co-wrote Secrets of the Jeopardy Champions with Chuck Forrest, a fellow Jeopardy! champion. The book was marketed as an instruction manual for prospective contestants on "America's favorite question-and-answer game". ==Published works==

• Lowenthal, Mark M. Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy, CQ Press; 10th edition, 2025; . • Lowenthal, Mark M. ‘’Vigilance Is Not Enough: A History of U.S. Intelligence’’ Yale University Press, 2025; • Lowenthal, Mark M. The U.S. Intelligence Community: An Annotated Bibliography (Organizations and Interest Groups), Routledge, 1994; . • Forrest, Chuck; and Lowenthal, Mark. Secrets of the Jeopardy Champions, Grand Central Publishing, 1992; . • Lowenthal, Mark M. U.S. Intelligence: Evolution and Anatomy Second Edition (The Washington Papers), Praeger Paperback, 1992. . • Lowenthal, Mark M. Leadership & Indecision (Harvard Dissertations in American History and Political Science), Dissertations-G, 1988. . • Lowenthal, Mark M. Crispan Magicker, Avon Books, 1979. . ==References==