Experience

• President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace
• Former US diplomat who served as US Consul General, Jerusalem. He also served at US embassies in Laos, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
• Served as Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Management, Deputy Director for UN Political Affairs in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, and in the Bureau for Middle Eastern and South Asian Affairs as Director for Regional Affairs, Director for Israeli and Arab-Israeli Affairs and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs. He also served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research and as Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism
• Recipient of the Department of State’s Meritorious, Superior, and Presidential Honor Awards