James Steinberg joined the Obama administration as deputy secretary of state in January 2009. He was the former director of Foreign Policy studies at Brookings and also a nonresident senior fellow while dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in Austin.
Experience
Current Positions
- Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas
- Board of Directors, Pacific Council on International Policy
- International Advisory Board for the International Programs Committee of the Governing Board of the National Research Council
- Board of Directors, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Member, President's Council on International Activities, Yale University
Past Positions
- Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
- Senior Advisor, Markle Foundation
- Deputy National Security Advisor to President Clinton
- Director, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Analysis, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State
- Senior Analyst, RAND Corporation
- Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
- National Security and Military Affairs Counsel, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)
Education
- J.D., Yale University, 1978
- A.B., Harvard College, 1973