Nancy mceldowney biography

Nancy McEldowney

American academic & diplomat (born 1958)

Nancy McEldowney

In office
January 20, 2021 – March 21, 2022
Vice PresidentKamala Harris
DeputyPhilip H. Gordon
Preceded byKeith Kellogg
Succeeded byPhilip H. Gordon
In office
February 19, 2013 – June 30, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
SecretaryJohn Kerry
William E. Todd
Preceded byRuth Whiteside
Succeeded byMarc Ostfield(Acting)
In office
August 26, 2008 – July 30, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
SecretaryCondoleezza Rice
Hillary Clinton
Preceded byJohn Beyrle
Succeeded byJames Warlick
Born (1958-10-06) October 6, 1958 (age 66)
Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
EducationNew College of Florida (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
National Defense University (MA)

Nancy Eileen McEldowney[1] (born October 6, 1958)[2] is an American academic and diplomat who served as the national security advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris from January 20, 2021, to Marc

Nancy McEldowney, a former ambassador and career foreign service officer, took over as head of the Foreign Service Institute in February, 2013.

 

McEldowney is from Clearwater Beach, Florida, and graduated from Clearwater High School in 1976. She went on to St. Petersburg College, where she earned an associate’s degree and then to New College in nearby Sarasota, where she graduated in 1981 with a B.A. in economics.

 

McEldowney subsequently earned a master’s in international affairs from Columbia in 1986 and another master’s degree from National Defense University (NDU).

 

McEldowney joined the State Department in 1986. Shortly thereafter, she accompanied President Ronald Reagan to the summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, with Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and in 1988 went on a similar assignment to Moscow.

 

Her early overseas assignments included postings to embassies in Cairo, Egypt and Bonn, Germany. In Washington, McEldowney worked in the Office of Soviet Affairs, the Office of European Security Affairs, the European

Nancy McEldowney

Nancy Eileen McEldowney (* 6. Oktober1958 in Clearwater, Florida) ist eine ehemalige US-amerikanischeDiplomatin, die unter anderem zwischen 2008 und 2009 Botschafterin der Vereinigten Staaten in Bulgarien, von 2013 bis 2017 Direktorin des Foreign Service Institute sowie zwischen 2021 und 2022 als National Security Advisor to the Vice President Nationale Sicherheitsberaterin von US-VizepräsidentinKamala Harris war.

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Nancy Eileen McEldowney, Tochter von Patsy Schamber, begann nach dem Besuch der High School in ihrer Geburtsstadt Clearwater 1976 ein grundständiges Studium am New College of Florida, das sie mit einem Bachelor of Arts (BA) beendete. Ein postgraduales Studium an der Columbia University schloss sie mit einem Master of Arts (MA) ab und absolvierte zudem einen Studiengang an der National Defense University (NDU). Sie trat als Foreign Service Officer in den diplomatischen Dienst des Außenministeriums und war während ihrer Laufbahn unter anderem Direktorin für Europa-Angelegenheiten im Nationalen Sicher

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