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James Steinberg
Outgoing Deputy Secretary of State (January 2009-); Incoming Dean, Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
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Over the course of his 35-year career, Steinberg has earned a reputation as a foreign policy heavyweight.
His international relations experience is expansive: he worked on Capitol Hill as a staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee; as an analyst at the RAND Corporation in California; and as the director of the State Department's Policy Planning Department. Former President Bill Clinton named him deputy National Security Adviser in 1996.
- Career History: Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of International Affairs at University of Texas (since 2005); Foreign Policy Director, Brookings Institution, (2001 to 2005); Senior adviser, Markle Foundation, (2000 to 2001); Deputy National Security Adviser, (1996 to 2000)
- Other government positions: Director, State Department Policy Planning Office, (1992 to 1996); Aide, Senate Armed Services Committee (1983 to 1985)
- Birthday: May 7, 1953
- Hometown: Boston, Mass.
- Alma Mater: Harvard College, B.A., 1973; Yale University, J.D., 1978
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