Jeffrey Prescott

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[†] in the Biden administration. [4] [5]

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Education

Prescott holds a BA from Boston University and a JD from Yale Law School. [6]

Career

After completing law school, Prescott clerked for Judge Walter King Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was also a staff attorney at the Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights. Prescott then relocated to Beijing, where he was a visiting professor at Peking University School of Transnational Law and became the founding director of the China Law Center's branch office. [6]

Prescott previously served as an advisor to the United States National Security Council on policy related to Iran, Iraq, Syria, and the Persian Gulf. He was also deputy national security advisor and senior Asia advisor for then Vice President Joe Biden. [7] Since leaving the Obama administration, Prescott became the executive director of National Security Action and a senior fellow at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. [8]

FAO Nomination

On June 2, 2023, Biden nominated Prescott to be the U.S. ambassador to the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture. [3] On February 8, 2024, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. [9] He presented his credentials to FAO Director General Qu Dongyu on April 3, 2024. [10]

Publications

Articles

  • Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn't Based in Reality, Foreign Policy, January 13, 2020 (co-authored with Ned Price) [11]
  • Trump Doesn't Deserve Any Credit for His Disruptive Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy , March 14, 2019 [12]
  • Will Trump Scuttle the Success of Retaking Mosul? Foreign Policy , March 20, 2017 (co-authored with Daniel Benaim) [13]

Personal life

Prescott is married to Susan Jakes. They have two daughters, Amalia and Phoebe. [14]

Footnotes

† N.b. the appointed role of Deputy to the Ambassador to the UN is a separate position from the Senate-confirmed role of Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations. The deputy to the ambassador assists the U.S. ambassador to the UN by acting as a liaison in Washington, D.C., managing their Washington office, interacting with Congress and acting as a stand-in for the UN ambassador. The two roles co-exist, as in 2019 when Taryn Frideres was Deputy to the Ambassador at the same time that Jonathan Cohen was Deputy Ambassador to the UN.

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References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/USUNRomeAmb/status/1775498553160302628?t=wxpDreHP-hwXx4rkTlpE1Q&s=19
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/JakeSullivan46/status/1761496830959890458?t=_iFmzLdHxcfUDwai_f95jg&s=19
  3. 1 2 "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Meet the BU Alums Invited to Join Biden Administration". Boston University. March 5, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Biden aide noted for experience and calm may become point person on China". South China Morning Post. December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "China Law Center's Jeff Prescott '97 Named 2010-2011 White House Fellow". law.yale.edu. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ Prescott, Jeffrey (January 13, 2020). "Jeffrey Prescott". Foreign Policy. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ "LCWINS | Steering Committee | Jeff Prescott". www.lcwins.org. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  9. ↑ "PN785 — Jeffrey Prescott — Department of State 118th Congress (2023-2024)". US Congress. February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/USUNRomeAmb/status/1775498553160302628?t=QlTKRcf1mMEBZos_SrvM4Q&s=19
  11. ↑ Prescott, Ned Price, Jeffrey (February 28, 2024). "Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn't Based in Reality". Foreign Policy. Retrieved February 25, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Prescott, Jeffrey (February 28, 2024). "Trump Doesn't Deserve Any Credit for His Disruptive Foreign Policy". Foreign Policy. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  13. ↑ Prescott, Daniel Benaim, Jeffrey (February 28, 2024). "Will Trump Scuttle the Success of Retaking Mosul?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved February 25, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Statement of Jeffrey Prescott, Nominee for U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador" (PDF). foreign.senate.gov. November 16, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.


Jeffrey Prescott
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Prescott in 2024
13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
In office
April 3, 2024 [1]  –January 20, 2025
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