Experience

• Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy (2005-2008)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Middle East, South Asia, Oceania and Africa (1999-2004)
• Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations (1996 to 1999)
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia from (1993 to 1995)
• Chief of Mission and Consul General in Jerusalem during the Madrid Peace process (1991-1993)
• Numerous postings in the Middle East and the United Nations, achieving the rank of Career Minister in the Foreign Service