The Hon. John Sherman

John B. Sherman ’92 became Dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service on 1 August, 2024. Prior to this he spent 30 years in national security and intelligence positions in the CIA, Department of Defense, and other agencies where he worked and led activities ranging from overhead reconnaissance to all-source analysis to open-source intelligence. He most recently served in the Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed position as Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, where he oversaw technology and cyber modernization for a 4-million person enterprise with a $60B IT and cyber budget. John is a 1992 Distinguish Military Graduate of Texas A&M University where he served as Corps Commander. He also earned a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Houston and he served as an Army Air Defense Officer. He is married to Liz, Class of ’91, who has also served a full career in national security, and they have two grown children who are both professionals in public service.