John Tien

John Tien is a distinguished public servant and military veteran with an extensive career spanning military, government, and private sector roles. He is a first-generation Chinese-American who graduated from West Point in 1987 and was the first Asian-American in the academy's 200-year history to be the highest-ranked cadet in his class.1

Key Professional Highlights::

• Served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2021 to 202312
• U.S. Army Colonel who completed 24 years of active duty, including three combat tours in Iraq1
• Worked on the National Security Council during the Obama and Bush administrations2
• Served as a managing director at Citigroup from 2011 to 20211

Current Roles::

• Distinguished external fellow at Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute2
• Board Director for Union Pacific Railroad3
• Board member of Avalon Action Alliance3
• Member of Leadership Atlanta since June 20173
• Board of Councilors at The Carter Center3

Tien holds a B.S. from West Point, an M.A. from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and completed a National Security Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School.2 He currently resides in Atlanta with his wife Tracy and continues to be actively involved in veteran support and civic leadership organizations.1