Also serves as a professor of practice and is developing international leadership programs at Arizona State University; most recently was Center for Transatlantic Relations managing director; previously U.S. ambassador to NATO; was principal deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State; former director for NATO and West European Affairs at the National Security Council; was deputy chief of staff for NATO's Office of the Secretary General; former legislative fellow in the office of Senator John McCain; as U.S. Foreign Service officer, served in Brussels, Budapest, London and Washington, D.C.; was intelligence analyst for Northern Europe with the Central Intelligence Agency; M.A., international relations, The George Washington University