English: Christopher Karl Mellon at TTSA announcement.

Christopher Mellon was born to the Mellon family. He is the son of Karl Negley Mellon and Anne Stokes Bright, and the great-grandson of Gulf Oil co-founder William Larimer Mellon. His great-great-grandfather, Thomas Mellon, founded Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh.

Christopher Karl Mellon (born October 2, 1957), is a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations and later for Security and Information Operations. He formerly served as the Staff Director of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Mr. Christopher Karl Mellon has a B.A. in economics from Colby College in 1980 and a master's degree from Yale University in international relations, with a concentration in finance and management, in 1984.

Mellon was featured on episode #1645 of the Joe Rogan Experience on the 5th of May 2021.