Debra Marks

Strategic Advisor and Board Member

Ms. Marks currently works as a Government Programs Executive on Capitol Hill with IBM in Washington, DC. Prior to joining IBM, Ms. Marks worked for 18 years at Dow Jones Newswires, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal Europe and CNBC as a chief correspondent and bureau chief in several European capitals. As a journalist, she has covered major news events, including the Persian Gulf War, the Northern Ireland Peace Process, European corporate reporting scandals, Russia’s accession to the Group of Eight (G-8), the transition to a single European currency as well as events at NATO, OPEC and the European Union. She has won several awards for journalism, created Dow Jones’ first training program for aspiring journalists and is the author of the Dow Jones style manual. Ms. Marks graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Relations in 1983 from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC and Bologna, Italy. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in History and Political Science.