Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński,known as Zbig,was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor from 1977 to 1981. As a scholar,Brzezinski belonged to the realist school of international relations,standing in the geopolitical tradition of Halford Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman,while elements of liberal idealism have also been identified in his outlook. Brzezinski was the primary organizer of The Trilateral Commission.
Tadeusz Brzeziński was a Polish diplomat and consular official. He was the father of Zbigniew Brzezinski,President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser.
Denise Campbell Bauer is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to France and Monaco. Bauer served as Ambassador of the United States to Belgium from 2013 to 2017. After being nominated by President Barack Obama,she was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on August 2,2013;she was sworn in the following August 7. She left office on January 20,2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she was the executive director of Women for Biden.
Mark William Lippert is an American diplomat who worked as the vice president for international affairs at Boeing from 2017 to 2020. In 2022,he was appointed Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics America. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to South Korea from 2014 to 2017. Prior to his tour as an ambassador,Lippert had served as Chief of Staff for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel,Chief of Staff for the National Security Council,and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs in the Department of Defense. On March 5,2015,he was attacked by a man wielding a knife in South Korea.
Mark Henry Gitenstein is an American lawyer and diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to the European Union since 2022. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on July 27,2021,and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18,2021. He formerly served as the United States ambassador to Romania from 2009 to 2012;he was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 11,2009 and confirmed by the Senate on July 8,2009.
Barack Obama assumed office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
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.
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón is a Dominican Republic-born American attorney and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2022 to 2024. Prior to her service as ambassador she was the chief of staff to First Lady Jill Biden. She formerly served as a litigation and international arbitration partner with the international law firm Winston &Strawn LLP. She was previously a partner with Chadbourne &Parke LLP,practicing in the firm's International Arbitration and Latin America groups. Reynoso is also affiliated with the faculty at Columbia University School of Law and the School of International and Public Affairs. From March 2012 until December 2014,she served as United States Ambassador to Uruguay. She is a former deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the United States Department of State. President Biden nominated her to be the next United States Ambassador to Spain on July 27,2021,being confirmed on December 18,2021.
Jane Dorothy Hartley is an American businesswoman and diplomat,serving as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom since 2022 under the Biden administration. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco from 2014 to 2017 during the Obama administration.
George James Tsunis is an American lawyer and businessman who has served United States ambassador to Greece since 2022. He was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve in the role on October 8,2021,confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10,2022,and began serving on May 10,2022.
Bernadette M. Meehan is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Chile since 2022. She previously worked as chief international officer for the Obama Foundation. She also served as a spokesperson for the United States National Security Council in the Obama Administration.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Nigeria since July 2024. He served as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations from 2020 to 2024 and,in that capacity,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. He previously served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires for Canada.
Virginia Evelyn Palmer is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Ghana since 2022. Palmer is the former United States ambassador to Malawi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate,beginning that assignment in January 2015.
Todd D. Robinson is an American diplomat who has served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs since September 2021. He previously served as the charge d'affaires of the U.S. embassy in Venezuela from December 2017 until being expelled in May 2018,and the U.S. ambassador to Guatemala from 2014 to 2017.
Alexander Mark Laskaris is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Chad since August 2022. He also served as the United States ambassador to Guinea from 2012 to 2015. Laskaris was the faculty leader in the National War College at the National Defense University.
Puneet Talwar is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Morocco. He previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2014 to November 2015. Talwar served as a top Middle East advisor to Barack Obama and played a central role in the backchannel diplomacy that produced the Iran nuclear deal. Prior to working in the White House,he was a top advisor to then-Senator Joe Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for twelve years.
Julianne Smith is an American foreign policy advisor and diplomat who served as the United States Permanent Representative to NATO in the Biden administration from 2021 until 2024. She previously served as deputy national security advisor to then-Vice President Biden in the Obama administration.
Michael R. Carpenter is an American diplomat who serves as Senior Director for Europe at the National Security Council of the Biden Administration,a role he has held since April 2024. Previously he served as United States ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Biden administration.
Jeffrey M. Hovenier is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Kosovo since 2022.
