Hosted by the Bush School of Government & Public Service, the Intelligence Studies Program, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, the Ready Room, and the Program on Women, Peace, and Security.
MARCH 23 – KEYNOTE SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT
Mary Margaret Graham
Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection and Senior CIA Operations Officer
Education
Mrs. Graham is a graduate of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania and obtained a Masters degree in Russian Studies at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She and her husband, Ian, live in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Career
In May 2005, Mary Margaret Graham was appointed as the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection. In this role, she worked on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence to conceptualize and manage DNI oversight of intelligence collection programs across the 16 Agencies of the Intelligence Community. She was responsible for developing a dynamic, enterprise approach to intelligence collection as well as planning the development of future intelligence capabilities.
Mrs. Graham previously served as CIA’s Associate Deputy Director for Operations for Counterintelligence. In her 29+ years with the CIA she had numerous field and headquarters assignments. From 1999 to 2001, Mrs. Graham served as Chief of the National Resources Division; from 1998 to1999 she served as the Deputy Chief of the Europe Division. She also served as the Executive Assistant to William Crowell, then Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, in the mid-1990s.
Following her retirement, Mrs. Graham was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s JFK School of Government.
Honors and Awards
Mrs. Graham has earned several prestigious medals for her service: the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal in 2008, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service in 2008, the Intelligence Medal of Merit in 2005, the Donovan Award in 2001, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1996.
Post-Retirement Activities
Mrs. Graham served on the Intelligence Advisory Board for the Mitre Corporations as well as on the Board of Directors of the CIA Officers Memorial. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation which is devoted to addressing young adult suicide through both education and research. In addition, Mrs. Graham was also Vice-Chair of the MFA Associates, a group of 100+ volunteers who are docents and floral designers at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. She is also member of the MFA’s Patron Program Committee.
Keynote Address Details:
- Title: One Woman’s 30 Year Career in U.S. Intelligence
- Date: March 23, 2022
- Reception: 5-6 p.m. CT
- Keynote Address: 6-7 p.m. CT
- Location: Annenberg Presidential Conference Center/Via Teleconference for Bush School DC
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