Gordon Gray Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC

Washington DC

Washington, DC

Washington, DC

- Oversaw the day-to-day operations of the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) as its Chief Operating Officer.- Acted as the CEO's senior policy and management advisor. - Coordinated the work of NUSACC's employees at its Washington, DC headquarters and its branch offices in Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Salt Lake City.

Fort Lesley J. Mcnair, Washington, DC

- Served as the International Affairs Advisor, a position first held by George Kennan.- Developed curriculum and academic policy.- Taught core courses on national security strategy.- Lectured to several different audiences at the National Defense University.- Led and mentored the State Department contingent at the National War College, consisting of five.

Fort Lesley J. Mcnair, Washington, DC

- Faculty seminar leader for two core courses on strategy and for two electives on the Middle East.- Appointed to Academic Board and search committee for new faculty.- Deputy course director for core course on strategy (responsible for curriculum development).- Lectured at the National Defense University (2012-14); Brigham Young University and the.

Tunis, Tunisia

- Chief Executive Officer of the Embassy at the beginning of the Arab Spring.- Directed U.S. support for Tunisia’s transition to democracy and successfully advocated for a robust annual increase in assistance programming (from $17 million to $200 million).- Supervised over 90 U.S. and 240 Tunisian employees.- Extensive interaction with visiting Members of.

Baghdad, Iraq

- Coordinated U.S. policy toward Iraq’s nine southern provinces, with a particular focus on governance, energy infrastructure, and economic development.- Engaged with the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait to improve their relationship.

Washington, DC

- Responsible for promoting U.S. interests in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and for oversight of the Near East bureau’s regional affairs office.- Provided policy guidance to eleven Ambassadors.- Frequent briefings for Members of Congress and their staffs.

Cairo, Egypt

- Chief Operating Officer of what was then the largest U.S. Embassy in the world, with over 500 U.S. employees and 1,600 locally engaged staff.- Provided day-to-day guidance for military and development assistance programs totaling $2 billion annually.- First U.S. diplomat to travel to Libya in 2004.

Domestic assignments: Director, Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs; Director, Regional Affairs Office in the Office of the Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism; multilateral affairs officer, Office of Soviet (then Russian) Affairs; desk officer for Kuwait; staff assistant, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.Foreign assignments: Ottawa, Canada.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

Master Of Arts (M.A.), International Affairs