I help individuals and teams thrive in adversity by providing practical skills and tools I developed over several decades as a U.S. diplomat in challenging environments.
I served as a U.S. diplomat from 1993 until 2016 with assignments at the U.S. Embassies in Senegal, Rwanda, Israel, and Kuwait and as the U.S. Consul General in Kolkata, India. In 2003, I opened the Office of the U.S. Consul in Baghdad, Iraq, where I received the State Department’s award for heroism.
In 2016, I created the U.S. Department of State’s Center of Excellence in Foreign Affairs Resilience, where I designed resilience tools and resources for foreign affairs professionals across the U.S. government.
I’ve given keynote speeches, lectures, and training sessions to a wide range of audiences including federal government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies.
If you want to learn more about my work as a U.S. diplomat, watch this extended interview that I gave while Associate Dean for the School of Professional and Area Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute.