Mark Cheng

Mark Cheng is a national security leader and veteran China hand with over 40 years of experience solving tough problems, building partnerships, and successfully conducting high risk/high return operations in the field and at enterprise levels.

Mark served at the Department of State where he spent the majority of his tours focused on China. After joining the CIA in the late 1990s, Mark worked on China, South Asia, Counterterrorism, Covert Action, Intelligence Community Affairs, and was the Chief of the National Resources Division in the Directorate of Operations. Mark recently served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) as the Deputy Executive Director, then as Executive Director of the PIAB

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has an MA in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.