Mark Sappenfield is Editor at The Christian Science Monitor. Prior to taking the position in 2017, Mark was the Monitor’s national news editor for three years and deputy national news editor for five. His previous posts involved reporting from South Asia, including Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as India; the Pentagon; the San Francisco Bay Area; and Boston. He has also reported from seven Olympic Winter and Summer Games. Mark began his career at the Monitor in 1996. He received his degree in journalism from Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.