Mark P. Lagon (born 1965) is an American political scientist and practitioner. His areas of expertise include human rights, global health, human trafficking, and global institutions and governance. Lagon is the Chief Policy Officer at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and a Distinguished Senior Scholar at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.[1]
Lagon earned his B.A. in government from Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1986. He earned his Ph.D. with distinction from Georgetown University in 1991.[2] Lagon later published his dissertation as a book called The Reagan Doctrine: Sources of American Conduct in the Cold War’s Last Chapter (Praeger, 1994).
Lagon then co-founded the Global Business Coalition Against Human Trafficking, a partnership of businesses addressing human trafficking in corporate activity around the world.[8] In 2015, he was appointed President and CEO of Freedom House, a non-governmental organization that researches, advocates for, and assists the promotion of democracy and human rights globally.[9][10]
Lagon returned to the Walsh School of Foreign Service in 2016. He was its inaugural Centennial Fellow and continues to be a Distinguished Senior Scholar.[11] In 2017, he joined Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a US non-profit advocating for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria,[12] an international partnership between governments, businesses, and civil society to combat epidemics.[13][14]
Lagon is the son of World War II-era Polish refugees and was raised in Concord, Massachusetts.[18] He is married to Dr. Susan Lagon, a political scientist and longtime Senior Fellow at Georgetown University.
^Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (2007-05-15). "Lagon, Mark P."2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
^Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (2007-05-15). "Lagon, Mark P."2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-21.