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Mark Patrick, CIP, is the Records Officer for the US Department of Defense. He is a retired US Navy helicopter pilot who has served in the federal civil service for over 16 years. He has worked in information and records management for over 18 years and served on the Joint Staff from 2007-2023 prior to assuming his current role. Mark served six years on the AIIM board of directors, as the 2018 board chairman, and in 2019 as Immediate Past Chair. He is an AIIM Certified Information Professional (CIP) and holds NARA’s Agency Records Officer Certificate (AROC), a requirement for all US government Agency Records Officers. He was inducted into AIIM’s Company of Fellows in 2020 in Dallas, as Fellow #225. He holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MA from Tufts University.

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