The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C. with campuses in Bologna,Italy and Nanjing,China.
Robert L. Gallucci is an American academic and diplomat,who formerly worked as president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He previously served as dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University,from 1996 to June 2009. Prior to his appointment in 1996,for over two decades he had served in various governmental and international agencies,including the Department of State and the United Nations.
Edward Peter Djerejian is a former United States diplomat who served in eight administrations from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton (1962–94.) He served as the United States Ambassador to Syria (1988–91) and Israel (1993–94),Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Press Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1985–1986),and was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (1991–1993.) He was the founding director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy (1994-2022) He is a senior fellow at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is a Proprietor of the Boston Athenaeum. Djerejian was elected chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation's board of directors (2013–2015). Djerejian is the author of the book Danger and Opportunity:An American Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East
Richard A. Boucher is an American diplomat who was deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2009 until 2013. He took up post on November 5,2009. Prior to joining OECD,he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs,a post he took up on February 21,2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation.
Lino Gutiérrez is an American diplomat.
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations,foreign policy,and international development of the George Washington University,in Washington,D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
Cynthia Grissom Efird is an American diplomat and career foreign service officer who served as the United States Ambassador to Angola from 2004 to 2007. She was succeeded by Dan Mozena.
Cynthia Perrin Schneider is an American diplomat and educator from Pennsylvania. She was the 61st United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from June 29,1998 to June 17,2001.
Nancy Eileen McEldowney is an American academic and diplomat who served as the national security advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris from January 20,2021 to March 21,2022. She was previously a career Foreign Service officer,served as United States ambassador to Bulgaria (2008–2009),and was director of the Foreign Service Institute from February 2013 until June 2017.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who serves as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he has held since April 5,2023. He served as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011,and as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. He served as the chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard,from 2020 to 2023,and as the vice chair of the Asia Group from 2017 to 2020,where he oversaw the firm's South Asia practice. He also practiced law for many years at Steptoe &Johnson LLP in Washington DC,and served as a Senior Counselor and Lead of the India and South Asia practice at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Thomas O. Melia currently serves as Washington director at PEN America. Previously,he served in the Obama Administration as USAID's assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia (2015–2017) and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights and Labor,at the United States Department of State (2010–2015). Melia previously served as executive director of Democracy International,an organization that designs,implements,and evaluates democracy and governance programs around the world. Melia also served as the deputy executive director of Freedom House,a human rights organization.
Helen Reed-Rowe,a career diplomat of the Senior Foreign Service,served as the first resident United States Ambassador to Palau.
Daniel Brooks Baer is an American politician and former diplomat from Colorado currently serving as Senior Vice President for Policy Research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Baer served in the Obama administration's State Department,first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor from 2009 to 2013,and then as United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe from 2013 to 2017. In 2018,Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Baer as the executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
Janet Ann Sanderson is a former American diplomat and an adjunct professor of international relations at Georgetown University. During her 34-year career as a foreign service officer,she served as U.S. Ambassador to Haiti and U.S. Ambassador to Algeria,among other assignments. While Ambassador to Haiti her administration was subject to multiple Inspector's General queries but no adverse actions were ever taken.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022,he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.
Robert Francis Cekuta is a career Foreign Service Officer,and served as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan from February 2015 through March 2018.
Judith Gail "Judy" Garber is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Cyprus from 2019 to 2022. She previously served as the United States ambassador to Latvia and as the acting assistant secretary for Oceans,Environment and Science at the State Department.
Thomas P. Kelly III is an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti and Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
Christopher John Lamora is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Cameroon since 2022.
