FDD sponsors educational opportunities for mid-career U.S. national security professionals. Alumni of these
programs are not FDD employees and join FDD’s National Security Network (NSN).
National Security Network Participant
FDD’s National Security Fellow
2019 - 2020
2019 - 2020
National Security Network Participant
Mark McKinnon
Department of Defense
Biography
Last updated: Jul 31, 2019
Mark McKinnon is an Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence on critical technology protection issues and security efforts to combat adversary technology theft. Previously, he supported multiple agencies across the national security landscape. In this capacity, Mark was responsible for identifying and disrupting terrorist threats to Western Europe and the U.S. Homeland. Mark is a native of Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the University of Mississippi.