Speaker Bios

SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Craig A. Kelly Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly was Ambassador to Chile 2004-2007. He served as Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell from March 2001 to June 2004. Before that, he served for 2 years as Executive Assistant to Thomas Pickering, who was then the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Ambassador Kelly has served in a variety of overseas posts, including Bogotá, Rome and Paris. In Washington he has served in the Western Hemisphere and European Bureaus as well as at the National Security Council. Holding a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and European History from the University of California-Los Angeles, Ambassador Kelly speaks Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. He holds a diploma from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris and attended the National War College in Washington. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Italy. William Burns Under Secretary, Political Affairs Term of Appointment: 05/13/2008 to present Ambassador Bill Burns holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, Career Ambassador, and became Under Secretary for Political Affairs, the highest career position in the State Department, in May 2008. Ambassador Burns served from 2005 until 2008 as Ambassador to Russia. He was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2001 until 2005, and Ambassador to Jordan from 1998 until 2001. Ambassador Burns has also served in a number of other posts since entering the Foreign Service in 1982, including: Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to Secretaries Christopher and Albright; Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow; Acting Director and Principal Deputy Director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff; and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council staff. Ambassador Burns earned a B.A. in History from LaSalle University and M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. He is the recipient of three honorary doctoral degrees. Ambassador Burns is the author of Economic Aid and American Policy Toward Egypt, 1955-1981 (State University of New York Press, l985). He speaks Russian, Arabic, and French, and is the recipient of two Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and a number of Department of State awards, including two Distinguished Honor Awards, the 2006 Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Ambassadorial Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development, the 2005 Robert C. Frasure Memorial Award for conflict resolution and peacemaking, and the James Clement Dunn Award. In 1994, he was named to TIME Magazine's list of the "50 Most Promising American Leaders under Age 40", and to TIME's list of "100 Young Global Leaders." 05/09/2009 PAGE 1 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Maura Harty Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs Term of Appointment: 11/21/2002 to 02/29/2008 Maura Harty became the Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs on November 21, 2002. Immediately prior to assuming the position in Consular Affairs, she served as the Executive Secretary of the Department of State. Ambassador Harty entered the Foreign Service in 1981, after receiving a bachelor’s degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Following an initial assignment to the American Embassy in Mexico City, Ambassador Harty returned to Washington and immediately participated in the United States’ rescue mission to Grenada. She later served as a Watch Officer in the State Department’s Operations Center and was promoted to Senior Watch Officer during that assignment. In 1987-1988, Harty was a Special Assistant to then-Secretary of State George P. Shultz. Harty returned overseas in 1988 as Chief of the non-immigrant visa section in Bogotá, Colombia. Ambassador Harty subsequently served as Consul at the American Embassy in Madrid. During that time she also assisted in the opening of the American Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1994, Harty served as the Managing Director of the Directorate of Overseas Citizens Services, where she created the office of Children’s Issues. Harty was selected as a Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department in 1995 and subsequently served as Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Following that assignment, she became the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay. Marc Grossman Vice Chairman, the Cohen Group Ambassador Marc Grossman completed 29 years of public service when he retired in 2005 from the State Department as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department’s thirdranking official. Ambassador Grossman served as the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources from 2000-2001. At the direction of the Secretary of State, he transformed the State Department’s human resource strategies, including the Department’s efforts in training, assigning, and retaining personnel at home and abroad. As Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1997 to 2000, Ambassador Grossman was responsible for over 4,000 State Department employees posted in 50 sites abroad with a program budget of $1.2 billion. He played a lead role in organizing NATO’s 50th anniversary Summit in Washington in 1999 and helped direct U.S. participation in NATO’s military campaign in Kosovo that same year. Ambassador Grossman was U.S. Ambassador to Turkey 1994-1997. In Turkey, he promoted security cooperation, human rights and democracy and the U.S.-Turkish economic relationship. 05/09/2009 PAGE 2 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Ambassador Grossman had previously served as the embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission from 1989-1992. As the Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from 1993 to 1994, Ambassador Grossman managed operations for the senior State Department leadership. He served as the Deputy Director of the Private Office of Lord Carrington, the NATO Secretary-General, from 1983-1986 and at the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan from 19761983. A native of Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Grossman graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and later received an MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ambassador Grossman is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. He attained the Foreign Service’s highest rank in 2004, when the President appointed him to the rank of Career Ambassador; he received the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award the following year. Ambassador Grossman serves on the Board of Directors/Trustees of a number of non-profit and educational institutions. ERIKPETERSON Senior Vice President, CSIS Dr. Erik Peterson is senior vice president at CSIS, where he is director of the Global Strategy Institute. As director, he heads the Seven Revolutions Initiative, an internationally recognized effort to identify and forecast global trends out to the year 2025 and beyond. Dr. Peterson also holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis at CSIS. For his contributions to the Center, he received the 2006–2007 CSIS Trustees Award. Before joining CSIS, he was director of research at Kissinger Associates. Dr. Peterson serves on several advisory boards, including those of the X Prize Foundation, the Center for Global Business Studies at Pennsylvania State University, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. He was a fellow of the World Economic Forum and has served on its Global Risk Network. The author of several publications, he is completing a book on global strategic trends and their effects on governance structures in societies across the world. He recently contributed a chapter entitled “Scanning the More Distant Future” to For the Common Good: The Ethics of Leadership in the 21st Century (Praeger, 2006). He has spoken before numerous groups and lectured in 14 countries. Peterson received his M.B.A. from the Wharton school, his M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and his B.A. from Colby College. He holds the Certificate of Eastern European Studies from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and the Certificate in International Legal Studies from The Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands. PATRICK F. KENNEDY Under Secretary, Management Term of Appointment: 11/06/2007 to present. 05/09/2009 PAGE 3 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Ambassador Patrick F. Kennedy, a Career Minister in the Foreign Service, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Under Secretary of State for Management on November 6, 2007. As Under Secretary for Management he is responsible for the people, resources, facilities, technology, consular affairs, and security of the Department of State and is the Secretary’s principal advisor on management issues. He also provides regular direction to the Bureau of Resource Management, and the Chief Financial Officer serves as a core member of the Under Secretary’s senior management team. He is the State Department’s representative on the President’s Management Council. Prior to assuming his new position, he was Director of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation from May 2007; Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Management from April 2005 to May 2007; and from February 2005 to April 2005 he headed the Transition Team that set up the newly created Office of the Director of National Intelligence. From September 2001 to May 2005 he was U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform with the Rank of Ambassador. During this period he also served from May 2003 to the end of November 2003 as Chief of Staff of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and from May 2004 to late August 2004 as the Chief of Staff of the Transition Unit in Iraq. In 1993 he became Assistant Secretary of State for Administration and served in the post until 2001. Concurrently, from August 1996 to August 1997 he served as the Acting under Secretary for Management; during 1998, as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security; and from 1997 to 2001 as the coordinator for the reorganization of the foreign affairs agencies. From 1973, when he joined the Foreign Service, to 1993, he served in a number of positions in Washington and overseas, including as Management Counselor at the Embassy in Cairo and Executive Director and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Executive Secretariat. Ambassador Kennedy is a native of Chicago, Illinois and received a BSFS from Georgetown University. ANNE-MARIESLAUGHTER Director, Policy Planning Staff (S/P) Term of Appointment: 01/23/2009 to present On January 23, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the appointment of Dr. AnneMarie Slaughter as the new Director of Policy Planning. Dr. Slaughter comes to the Department of State from Princeton University where she served as Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs. Prior to becoming Dean, she was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign and Comparative Law and the Director of Graduate and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. She also taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the University of Chicago Law School. Dr. Slaughter is a distinguished writer, commentator, and teacher on a wide range of international affairs issues. Her most recent book, The Idea that Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World, was published by Basic Books in 2007. In 2006 she coauthored the final report of the Princeton Project on National Security, “Forging a World of Liberty under Law,” with Professor John Ikenberry. 05/09/2009 PAGE 4 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Dr. Slaughter earned an A.B. from Princeton University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an M.Phil and D.Phil from Oxford University. Her doctoral dissertation examined “Conceptions of the German Question in West German Domestic Politics, 1975-1985.” TEDDYTAYLOR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DGHR Teddy B. Taylor is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service holding the rank of Minister Counselor. Mr. Taylor assumed his duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Human Resources in June of 2006. Mr. Taylor’s previous assignment was Director of the Office of Employee Relations in the Bureau of Human Resources in August of 2004. A native of the District of Columbia, Mr. Taylor is a 1975 graduate of Florida A&M University, receiving his bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He joined the Foreign Service in 1978, serving his first tour at the American Embassy in Guatemala City, Republic of Guatemala. Specializing in consular affairs, Mr. Taylor has served as the US Consul General at the US Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (2001-20003) and the US Embassy in Budapest, Hungary (19951999). During his assignment to Budapest, Mr. Taylor was awarded the Department’s prestigious Barbara Watson Award for Consular Excellence, in recognition of his innovative and inspirational leadership of the consular section and consular issues at the Embassy. In addition to his first tour in Guatemala (1978-80) as a consular/economic officer, Mr. Taylor also served as a consular officer at the American Embassies in Tegucigalpa, Honduras (1983-85) and Panama, Republic of Panama (1981-83). Additionally, Mr. Taylor served as the Special Assistant in the Office of Visa Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs (92-93). Mr. Taylor was the Deputy Director of Press and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (85-87), Deputy Policy Officer for Latin America at the former United States Information Agency (87-88), Deputy Director for East Asian and Pacific Assignments in the Bureau of Human Resources (88-91), Deputy Examiner, Board of Foreign Service Examiners, Bureau of Human Resources (91-92) and Director of the Orientation Division at the Foreign Service Institute (2001-2003). Mr. Taylor was a member of the forty sixth Senior Seminar, the Department of State’s premiere senior leadership training program. His foreign languages are Spanish, Turkish, and Hungarian. He is married to Antoinette Corbin-Taylor, also a career member of the Foreign Service. They have two children, an adult daughter Blair, and a teenage son Ashton. ROSELIKINS Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute Term of Appointment: July 23, 2007 to present Ms. Likins is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She joined the Foreign Service in June 1981 and has served overseas as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Monterrey, Mexico, as Chief of the political section at the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. From August 2000 to June 05/09/2009 PAGE 5 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS 2003, Ms. Likins served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador. In Washington, Ms. Likins has served in the (then) Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, as the Honduras Desk Officer, as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, as Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary for Global Affairs, as Director of the Department's Operations Center, as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs from 2003 to 2006. Most recently, Ms. Likins served as the Dean of FSI’s School of Professional and Area Studies from June 2006 to July 2007. Ms. Likins graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia in May 1981 with magna cum laude honors for her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish and International Affairs. At Mary Washington, Ms. Likins was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board honor societies. Ms. Likins has been awarded the Department's Meritorious and Superior Honor awards on several occasions. She was awarded the Horsemen of Madara medal by the Government of Bulgaria in July 1997 and the Order of Jose Matias Delgado by the Government of El Salvador in June 2003. Ms. Likins received an honorary doctorate from the University of Mary Washington in May, 2005. Ms. Likins speaks Spanish and Bulgarian and is a member of the American Foreign Service Association. Ms. Likins is married to John F. Likins and they have two sons. THOMASROBERTSON Thomas B. Robertson took up duties as Dean of the Leadership and Management School in September 2007. From September 2004 to August, 2007 he was Ambassador to Slovenia. Ambassador Robertson is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor. He began his career in the Foreign Service in 1981, serving overseas in Moscow from 1982-84 as aide to the Ambassador, and as political officer in Bonn, Germany from 198486. From 1986-89 he was Deputy Director for Exchanges in the Office of Soviet Union Affairs at State. In 1990, Ambassador Robertson moved to Budapest, Hungary, where he was chief of the Political Section. He worked in the office of the Special Coordinator for Counter-terrorism 1993-94, as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for European and Canadian Affairs in 1994, and as European specialist in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs from 1994-95. Ambassador Robertson was the Law Enforcement Counselor at the American Embassy in Moscow from 1995-1997. In April 1998 he returned to the Embassy in Budapest as the Deputy Chief of Mission, where he served until March 2001. From March until August 2001, he served in Hungary as the U.S. Charge d'Affaires a.i. 05/09/2009 PAGE 6 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS Ambassador Robertson worked at the National Security Council as Director for Russian Affairs beginning in September 2001. In 2002 he returned to the Department of State to serve as a Career Development Officer in the Senior Level Division of the Bureau of Human Resources. Before entering the Foreign Service, Ambassador Robertson was a guide and then an exhibit manager with the U.S. Information Agency, working on cultural exhibits in the Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, and Zaire from 1975-81. He has a bachelor degree from Princeton University, a masters from Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs, and has studied in Germany, the Soviet Union, and Italy. From 1997-98 he studied at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He speaks Russian, German, Hungarian, and some Slovene, French and Italian. He is married to Antoinette Scala Robertson. They have two children, Thomas and Elizabeth. LIEUTENANTGENERALPAULJ.SELVA Lt. Gen. Paul J. Selva is Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. He oversees matters requiring close personal control by the Chairman, with particular focus on international relations and politico-military concerns. General Selva graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980, and completed undergraduate pilot training at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. He has held numerous staff positions and has commanded at squadron, wing and headquarters levels. Prior to his current assignment, he was Director, Air Force Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. General Selva is a command pilot with more than 3,100 hours in the C-5, C-17A, C-141B, KC10, KC-135A and T-37. EDUCATION 1980 Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1983 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1984 Master of Science degree in management and human relations, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 1992 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1992 Master of Science degree in political science, Auburn University, Montgomery, Ala. 1996 National Defense Fellow, Secretary of Defense Strategic Studies Group, Rosslyn, Va. ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1980 - July 1981, student, undergraduate pilot training, Reese AFB, Texas 2. July 1981 - December 1984, co-pilot and aircraft commander, 917th Air Refueling Squadron, Dyess AFB, Texas 3. January 1984 - December 1988, co-pilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and flight commander, 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. 4. January 1989 - July 1991, company grade adviser to Commander, Strategic Air Command, later, manager of offensive aircraft systems and executive officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Resources, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt AFB, Neb. 05/09/2009 PAGE 7 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS 5. August 1991 - July 1992, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 6. July 1992 - June 1994, instructor pilot and flight commander, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, later, Commander, 722nd Operations Support Squadron, March AFB, Calif. 7. June 1994 - June 1995, Commander, 9th Air Refueling Squadron, later, Deputy Commander, 60th Operations Group, Travis AFB, Calif. 8. July 1995 - June 1996, National Defense Fellow, Secretary of Defense Strategic Studies Group, Rosslyn, Va. 9. July 1996 - August 1998, assistant to the Director, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Net Assessment, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 10. August 1998 - July 2000, Commander, 60th Operations Group, Travis AFB, Calif. 11. July 2000 - June 2002, Commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash. 12. June 2002 - June 2003, Vice Commander, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill. 13. June 2003 - November 2004, Commander, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, Ill. 14. December 2004 - August 2006, Director of Operations, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott AFB, Ill. 15. August 2006 - June 2007, Director, Air Force Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 16. June 2007 - October 2008, Director, Air Force Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and Director, Air Force QDR, Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C. 17. October 2008 - present, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. STEPHENB.SLICK Stephen B. Slick was named November 3, 2005, by President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs and Reform. Mr. Slick, a senior CIA operations officer, recently served as Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council. He received his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University, his master's degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and his JD from the University of California, Los Angeles. STEWARTROBINSON Principal Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs United States Department of Justice Since 1999, Stewart Robinson has served as Deputy Director of the Office of International Affairs, United States Department of Justice. The Office of International Affairs (OIA) is the point of contact with countries around the world in matters relating to the extradition of international fugitives, and acts as the Central Authority for the United States in requests to obtain information and evidence in criminal investigations and prosecutions pursuant to U.S. Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties. He is Director of the International and National Security Coordinators’ Program of the Department of Justice, providing direct liaison and with each of the 94 United States Attorneys Offices around the country on international and national security issues, and is responsible for establishing and maintaining foreign operational posts for the Department through placement of Department of Justice Attaches at U.S. embassies around the world. Mr. Robinson has participated in the negotiation of bilateral law enforcement treaties with countries in various regions of the world, and has represented United States law enforcement interests at the United Na05/09/2009 PAGE 8 SE ENIOR XECUTIVE HRESHOLD EMINAR TS SPEAKER BIOS tions and in other mutlilateral fora. Prior to joining OIA, Mr. Robinson was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas, and was engaged in the private practice of law. He has handled and supervised thousands of criminal matters, and has presented over 300 criminal cases to juries. From 1987 - 2000, Mr. Robinson served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, where he was Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in Dallas, Chief of Fraud and Public Corruption Prosecution, and was directly responsible for the investigation and prosecution of complex criminal cases involving bank fraud, health care fraud, insurance fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, mail and wire fraud, narcotics trafficking (including OCDETF cases), organized crime, bank robbery, kidnapping, bribery, official corruption, and other crimes. From 1983 to 1987 he was a partner in the law firm of Barklow, Robinson, Prospere and Byrne in Dallas, Texas. During this time he served as Chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association. From 1973 to 1983, Mr. Robinson was an Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas, serving as a Misdemeanor Prosecutor, Felony Prosecutor and Chief Felony Prosecutor . From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Robinson served as Assistant Director for criminal programming in the Office of Legal Education, United States Department of Justice. From 1998 through 1999 he was Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division for International and National Security Matters. Mr. Robinson holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Law at: Georgetown University Law Center; The George Washington University Law School; The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law; and American University’s Washington College of Law. He received his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, and his B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. REX PATTERSON Senior Policy Analyst RM/SPP No biography available. 05/09/2009 PAGE 9