Winston Lord is a retired American diplomat. As Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor and then as Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State,Lord was a close adviser to Henry A. Kissinger and was instrumental in bringing about the renormalization of U.S.-China relations in the 1970s.
Thomas Reeve "Tom" Pickering is a retired United States ambassador. Among his many diplomatic appointments,he served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.
Robert Bigger Oakley was an American diplomat whose 34-year career (1957–1991) as a Foreign Service Officer included appointments as United States Ambassador to Zaire,Somalia,and Pakistan and,in the early 1990s,as a special envoy during the American involvement in Somalia.
Prudence Bushnell is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Kenya and as United States Ambassador to Guatemala.
Eileen A. Malloy served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian affairs in the United States Department of State. She served as the United States Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 1994 to 1997.
Eric Steven Edelman is an American diplomat who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2005–2009),U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2003–2005),U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Finland (1998–2001),and Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs (2001–2003). A career Foreign Service Officer,Edelman entered the Senior Foreign Service in 1992. He is a recipient of the Secretary of Defense's award for Distinguished Civilian Service (1993) and the State Department's Superior Honor Award.
Kristie Anne Kenney is a former senior U.S. 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.
The American Academy of Diplomacy is a private,nonprofit,non-partisan,elected organization whose active membership is limited to men and women who have held positions of high responsibility in crafting and implementing American foreign policy. They have served the United States as chiefs of mission in major embassies abroad,and/or equivalent high-level foreign policy positions in Washington.
James Franklin Collins is a former United States Ambassador to Russia. A career Foreign Service Officer in the State Department,he is a Russian specialist.
Henry Allen Holmes was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1982 to 1985 and a career diplomat.
Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes CMG was a British diplomat,political scientist,academic and polymath.
Dennis Coleman Jett is an American diplomat and academic. He served as the United States ambassador to Mozambique and Peru under the Clinton administration and is currently a professor of international relations at the School of International Affairs at The Pennsylvania State University. From 2000 to 2008,he was the Dean of the International Center and lecturer of political science at the University of Florida.
Robert Edwards Hunter is an American government employee and foreign policy expert who was United States ambassador to NATO during the Clinton administration.
Richard Boyce Norland is an American diplomat. He has served as the United States Ambassador to Libya.
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton was an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Central African Empire,Nicaragua,Kuwait,and Peru.
Eric J. Boswell is an American diplomat who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 2008 to 2012. He previously served in the same post from 1996 to 1998.
The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the Secretary of State,the Deputy Secretary of State,and the Director of Policy Planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy. The Board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities,trends that implicate core national security interests,tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies,and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy. The Board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S. Truman Building.
Arlene Render is an American former diplomat. An officer of the United States Foreign Service,she served as the United States Ambassador to the Gambia,Zambia,and Ivory Coast. She was also noted for her role amidst the initial onset of the Rwandan genocide.
Kristina A. Kvien is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Armenia since February 2023. She previously served as United States chargéd’affaires to Ukraine from May to June 2019 and from January 2020 to May 2022. From June 2019 to January 2020,she was deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of the United States in Kyiv.
Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Cyprus since February 2023.
