A.B. Krongard Executive Director Central Intelligence Agency

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A. B. “Buzzy” Krongard was appointed Executive Director  of the Central Intelligence Agency on March 26, 2001.  From February 1998 until March 2001, Mr. Krongard served as Counselor to the Director of Central Intelligence.

Mr. Krongard had previously worked in various capacities at Alex. Brown Incorporated, the nation’s oldest investment banking firm.  In 1991 he was elected as Chief Executive Officer and assumed the additional duties of Chairman of the Board in 1994.  Upon the merger of Alex. Brown with Bankers Trust Corporation in September 1997, Mr. Krongard became Vice Chairman of the Board of Bankers Trust and served in such capacity until joining CIA.

Mr. Krongard was involved in many industry and community activities.  He served as Chairman of the Securities Industry Association in 1996 and was named the outstanding executive in the financial services industry in 1995 and 1996 by Financial World.  In 1997 he received the Golden Plate award from the American Academy of Achievement.

Mr. Krongard received an A.B. degree with honors from Princeton University in 1958 and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1975.

He served three years of active duty as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and ended his service as a Captain.

His hobbies include fox hunting, scuba diving and martial arts in which he holds black belt and equivalent rankings in several disciplines.  He was elected to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1981.

Mr. Krongard is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and resides in Baltimore and McLean, Virginia. He was married to the late Patricia A. Lion and has three adult sons.