John Sherman

John Sherman is an American intelligence official who is the chief information officer of the Intelligence Community (IC).

Sherman was formerly the deputy director of CIA's Open Source Enterprise (OSE).Before that, he served in several senior executive positions at NGA, dealing with analysis, collection, homeland security, organizational strategy, and international affairs.

Previously, Sherman was the principal deputy national intelligence officer for military issues on the National Intelligence Council, and as a White House Situation Room duty officer. He began his IC career in 1997 as a CIA imagery analyst assigned to the former National Imagery and Mapping Agency, now known as NGA.

Sherman graduated from Texas A&M University with a BA in history. He also earned a master's degree in public administration from the University of Houston. Following graduation from Texas A&M, he was a US Army Air Defense officer in the 24th Infantry Division. He is graduate of the Department of Defense CAPSTONE course, ODNI's "Leading the IC" course, and the CIA Director's Seminar.

Sherman has been awarded the Meritorious Presidential Rank, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, NGA's Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, and Canada's Chief of Defense Intelligence Medallion. He is married with two grown children.