Marie Jones is a senior international and defense researcher and co-director of the RAND Forecasting Initiative. Jones has two decades of Intelligence Community experience leading strategic analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean and providing intelligence support to the national security decision-making process. Prior to joining RAND, she was a Senior National Intelligence Service executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). At ODNI, her roles included serving as the National Intelligence Officer for the Western Hemisphere and as the Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Management Council. She also served at the Defense Intelligence Agency as a senior analyst and manager, focusing on counter-narcotics trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some of her recent projects at RAND have involved the use of forecasting and foresight in supporting public policy, scenario analysis of Latin America, and conflict in Africa. She received an M.S. in national security strategy from the National War College and an M.A. in security studies and a B.S. in international politics from Georgetown University.
B.S. in international politics, Georgetown University; M.A. in security studies, Georgetown University; M.S. in national security strategy, National War College
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