John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who has been serving as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy since 2024,having previously served as the Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2024. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that,he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.
Millard Evelyn Tydings was an American attorney,author,soldier,state legislator,and served as a Democratic Representative and Senator in the United States Congress from Maryland,serving in the House from 1923 to 1927 and in the Senate from 1927 to 1951.
Charles"Chip" Eustis Bohlen was an American diplomat,ambassador,and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape United States foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe.
Sam Fox was an American businessman in St. Louis,and the owner of Harbour Group Industries. He was the United States Ambassador to Belgium from April 11,2007 until January 2,2009. President George W. Bush appointed Fox to the post by a recess appointment on April 4,2007.
Joseph Edward Davies was an American lawyer and diplomat. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 to be the first chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. From 1936 to 1938,Davies was the second-ever United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union. His book about the experience,Mission to Moscow,and its subsequent film adaptation,made him widely known.
Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long was an American diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. An extreme nativist,Long is largely remembered by Holocaust historians for making it difficult for European Jews to enter the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
Clifford Sloan is an attorney and American diplomat who served as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure at the United States Department of State. Sloan is currently a Dean's Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center and retired partner for Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher &Flom LLP and Affiliates. Previously,Sloan was the publisher of Slate magazine.
Kristie Anne Kenney is an American former senior diplomat who served as the 32nd Counselor of the United States Department of State from 2016 to 2017. She is a recipient of the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and held the nation's highest diplomatic rank of Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service. She served as the Department of State Transition Coordinator for the 2016–17 transition.
David Pressman is an American diplomat and lawyer serving as the United States ambassador to Hungary since 2022. He previously served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs and represented the United States at the United Nations Security Council from 2014 to 2016. Pressman has been described in the media as a "high profile diplomat" and "one of the world's leading human rights advocates".
Hugo Llorens is a retired American diplomat. He is a former U.S. Special Chargéd'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan,(2016–17) and United States Ambassador to Honduras (2008–2011). In his 36-year career he was posted to numerous countries spanning 6 continents. In 2002–2003,he joined the White House staff and served as Director of Andean Affairs advising the President and National Security Advisor on issues pertaining to Colombia,Venezuela,Bolivia,Peru,and Ecuador.
David Huebner is an American lawyer. He is an international arbitrator based in Southern California. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was the first openly gay ambassador in the Obama administration and the third openly gay ambassador in United States history.
Norman L. Eisen is an American attorney,author,and former diplomat. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution,a CNN legal analyst,and the co-founder of the States United Democracy Center. He was co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump in 2020. He served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform,United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic,and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). He is the author of four books,including The Last Palace:Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House (2018). In 2022,he co-authored Overcoming Trumpery:How to Restore Ethics,the Rule of Law,and Democracy.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent who has served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
Larry Edward AndréJr. is a retired American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who had served as the United States ambassador to Somalia from February 2022 to May 2023. He previously served as the United States ambassador to Djibouti from 2018 to 2021,and as the United States ambassador to Mauritania from 2014 to 2017.
Dean Richard Thompson is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Nepal since October 21,2022.
