| Office: | Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
| Term Start: | December 16, 2015 |
| Term End: | January 20, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Michael G. Vickers |
| Successor: | Joseph D. Kernan |
| Office1: | Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
| Term Start1: | October 2013 |
| Term End1: | May 2015 |
| Birth Name: | Marcel John Lettre, II |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Gainesville, Georgia |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Marcel Lettre (born August 9, 1972)[1] is a former United States federal government official. He served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence from December 2015 to January 2017. He now works for Lockheed Martin.
Born in Gainesville, Georgia, Marcel Lettre attended Terry Sanford Senior High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, graduating in 1990. He graduated from with a B.A. degree in political science in 1994. Lettre earned a M.P.P. degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2000.[1] [2]
From the onset of the Obama Administration, Lettre served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. In 2011, he served as a Special Assistant to Secretaries of Defense Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, and Bob Gates, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Panetta.[3] Later, Lettre was confirmed by the Senate and held the position of Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (PDUSDI) from October 2013 to May 2015.[4]
Lettre was nominated as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence by President Barack Obama on August 5, 2015.[5] [6] He was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2015,[2] and he stepped down in January 2017.[7]
Lettre now works for Lockheed Martin.[8]
Lettre is married, and he has two daughters.[2]