Speaker

Jeffrey Feltman is the John C. Whitehead Visiting Fellow in International Diplomacy in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow at the UN Foundation, both based in Washington, D.C.   He is advisor to the Dialogue Advisory Group, the Berghof Foundation, and the European Institute of Peace.  He is on the governing boards of the Middle East Institute, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and the International Foundation for Election Systems.

 Mr. Feltman was appointed as the first U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, a position he held from April 2021 until January 2022.  From 2012 until 2018, Mr. Feltman served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.  Before joining the UN, Mr. Feltman was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, focused largely on the Middle East and North Africa.  From 2009 until 2012, Mr. Feltman was the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.  Prior to his 2004-2008 tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, he served in Erbil, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Tunis, Amman, Budapest, and Port-au-Prince.