JOHN C. GANNON
Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Assistant Director of Central Intelligence
for Analysis and Production
John C. Gannon was appointed ADCI/AP in June 1998. He continues to serve as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, a position he has held since July 1997,
Previously he served as Deputy Director for Intelligence. Prior to that position, Mr. Gannon served as Director in the Office of European Analysis beginning March 1992.
Mr. Gannon began his government career as a political analyst on Latin America. He also had a brief tour in the Office of Economic Research, worked on the staff of The President's Daily Brief, and held various management positions in the Office of European Analysis before becoming Deputy Director of the Office in May 1989.
He served as a Naval Officer in South East Asia (Engineer Officer on an amphibious landing ship) on active duty from 1967-70 and later in the Naval Reserve as an instructor of navigation at Navy OCS in Newport, Rhode Island. He retired from the Naval Reserve with the grade of Captain in 1990,
Also active in civic affairs, Mr. Gannon was elected to the Falls Church (Virginia) City Council (1980-82) and was subsequently appointed to the city's Planning Commission (1984-88), on which he served as Vice Chairman and Chairman. He later served on the City's Economic Development Commission,
Mr. Gannon earned his BA in psychology from Holy Cross College in 1966, his MA in history from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1972, and his Ph.D. in history there in 1976, His graduate studies focused on Latin America, and his doctoral dissertation documented the evolution of political parties in Jamaica, He taught social studies and science in a secondary school in Jamaica as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (1966-67), and later taught high school for a year while completing graduate studies in Saint Louis.
Mr. Gannon is a native of Worcester Massachusetts. He is married to Mary Ellen and resides in Falls Church, Virginia. They have three children, Jonathan, Mark, and Elizabeth.