Updegrove, Mark K.

Mark K. Updegrove (born August 25, 1961) is an American author, historian, journalist, and a political analyst and the Presidential Historian for ABC News. He is the chairman and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, Texas. Previously, he served as the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum for eight years. He has interviewed seven U.S. Presidents and is the author of six books, including Make Your Mark: Lessons in Character from Seven Presidents, The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House, and Incomparable Grace: JFK in the White House. Updegrove is the host of the PBS show Live From the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove, which is currently in its third season. Season 3 will feature Stacey Abrams, Alec Baldwin, Amy Coney Barrett, Noah Hawley, Richard Linklater, Vice President Mike Pence, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, and others.