Mark Erwin

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Erwin is an Army Reserve officer assigned to the Center for Junior Officers. Prior to this position, Mark served as an instructor with the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership teaching Military Leadership for three years. Mark’s other Army Reserve assignments include operational positions with the State Department Bureau of Counterterrorism and the Joint Staff J2 supporting active-duty units.

After receiving his commission in 2005, Mark served on active duty for six years, including a 15-month deployment to Iraq as a Scout Platoon Leader in OIF 06-08, before transitioning to the Reserves. Mark’s civilian career involves over seven years in the federal government, which began at the White House as a Program Examiner in the National Security Division in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Mark also worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs as an Advisor to VA Secretary Bob McDonald in 2015-2016. Mark is now the Director of a leadership program at a high school in Washington DC.

 Mark is a 2005 graduate of West Point. He also holds a Masters’ degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He lives in northern Virginia with his wife and children.