Nancy Soderberg
nsoderberg@comcast.net; 646-591-0912
www.nancysoderberg.org
EXPERIENCE
2009-
President, the Connect U.S. Fund, Washington, DC
2006-
Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Director of Public Policy Initiatives,
University of Northern Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.
2006-
President and CEO, Soderberg Solutions. An international consulting firm
assisting clients navigate the complex international environment.
2001-2005
Vice President for Multilateral Affairs, International Crisis Group, New
York, New York. International organization based in Brussels, Belgium,
which advocates policies for world conflict prevention. Responsible for
advocacy at the United Nations and other multilateral institutions.
2004
Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York, New York.
1997-2001
Alternate Representative to the United Nations, Presidential Appointee
with rank of Ambassador, New York, New York. Responsibilities
representing the US at the UN Security Council on a wide range of
national security issues. Represented US in negotiations at the Security
Council, participated in mission to key conflict areas, and promoted U.S.
national security policy at the UN and with the leadership of other nations.
included
1993-1996
Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
(19941996) and Staff Director of National Security Council (1993-1994),
Washington,
DC. Responsible for day-to-day crisis management, briefing
the President,
developing U.S. national security policy and handling issues
regarding the press
and Congress.
1992
Foreign Policy Director of the Clinton/Gore 1992 Presidential Campaign,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
1985-1992
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy,
Washington, DC. Advised Senator on key foreign policy issues, drafted
legislation, wrote speeches.
1988
Foreign Policy Director, Dukakis/Bentsen presidential campaign, Boston,
Massachusetts.
1980-82
Budget Analyst, New England Merchants National Bank, Boston,
Massachusetts.
EDUCATION
M.S.
1984
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
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Concentration: Development Economics.
B.A.
1980
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. June 1980. Concentration:
French, minor economics. Junior Year spent at the Sorbonne in Paris,
France.
APPOINTED/ELECTED VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
2008 -
Elected Precinct Committeewoman, Duval County Democratic Executive
Committee, Jacksonville, Florida.
2002-2006
Appointed
President of the Sister Cities Program of the City of New York.
by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Volunteer service.
PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants from America and What We Need in
Return, John Wiley and Sons, 2008.
The Superpower Myth, The Use and Misuse of Military Might, John Wiley and Sons,
2005.
“Role of the United Nations in An Age of U.S. Hegemony,” Dag Hamarskjold and the
Future of the UN, Algrave Macmillon.
“Imperatives for the International Community in Iraq,” Iraq and America: Choices and
Consequences, Ellen Laipson and Maureen S. Steinbruner Editors, The Henry L. Stimson
Center, Washington, DC, 2006.
“A threat to One is a Threat to All: On the New Collective Security,” Ethics and
International Affairs, Volume 20, Number 2, 2006.
"US-UN Relationship-- a Difficult But Necessary Parthnership," American Foreign
Policy Interests, Volume 28, N. 4, August/2006, pp 311-318.
“The United Nations Joins the New War,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs,
November 2002.
ARTICLES
“Argentina Has a Bond It Wants to Sell You. Deadbeat nations should be kept out of
U.S. Capital Markets,” The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2009
“The Case for Keeping Gates,” The Washington Post, October 12, 2008.
“The Debate We Want to Hear,” The Washington Post, September 26, 2008.
“What They Really Said,” The Washington Post, September 28,2008.
“A Good Enough Spy Law,” The Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2008.
“The Way Forward on Darfur,” Opinion, May 15, 2008.
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“US support for UN Peacekeeping: Areas for Additional DOD Assistance,” National
Defense University, September 2007.
“America Must Tell Cristina Fernandez to be More Responsible,” Financial Times,
September 2007.
“Steering Clear of Chavez,” The Washington Times, March 2007.
“Parliament of Annan: To start getting American Foreign Policy back on track, look no
further than Turtle Bay,” Democracy Journal, August 2006.
“Argentina’s Annoying New Friend,” Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2006.
“Peacekeepers Are not Peacemakers,” The New York Times, August 2, 2006.
“The Four Big Myths Behind the Lebanon Crisis,” Financial Times, July 31, 2006.
“The U.S. Must Use Influence to Cool Tensions in the Middle East, Florida Times Union,
July 21, 2006.
“Intervention Gap in Africa,” May 30, 2006.
“The UN’s Missed Opportunity,” Financial Times, September 14, 2005.
“Why Women Matter,” Salon.com, August 2005.
“Turns Out Diplomacy Works,” Washington Monthly, May 1, 2005.
“America’s Place on the World State: Time for Bush to Abandon the Superpower Myth,”
San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 2005.
“Ambassador or Embitterer,” The American Prospect, April 5, 2005.
“Is Bush Worth a Second Look?” Globe and Mail, March 23, 2005.
“America’s Forgotten War,” The Boston Globe, March 21, 2005.
“The African Union Moves a Quiet Revolution,” The Christian Science Monitor,
February 2005.
“To the Front, Reluctantly,” The Washington Post, June 20, 2004.
“Take Back the United Nations,” The Washington Times, January 21, 2003.
US Forces Have to Stay in Afghanistan,” International Herald Tribune, February 18,
2002.
MEDIA APPEARANCES (sampling only, regular commentator on MSNBC
and major networks)
The Al Franken Show, Air America Radio, August 22, 2006.
O’Reilly Factor, FOX, August 21, 2006.
Tucker with Tucker Carlson, MSNBC, July 24, 2006.
Have your Say, BBC, July 2006.
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The Situation with Tucker Carlson, MSNBC, April 4, 2006.
O’Reilly Factor, FOX, February 9, 2006 on terrorism.
Playing for the Future, WNYC, September 7, 2005.
Discussion of Withdrawal from Iraq, PBS, June 20, 2005.
Discussion of Bolton’s UN nomination, NPR, April 11, 2005.
Surprise Pick, NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, PBS, March 8, 2005.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, March 1, 2005.
UN Report Proposes Organizational Reforms, PBS, December 2, 2004.
A Troubled Transition, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, April 19, 2004.
Policy on Cuban/Haitian Refugees Differs Greatly, NPR, April 6, 2004.
BBC with Tim Sebastian, March 21, 2003.
HARDtalk, BBC, March 21, 2003.
BBC, February 25, 2003,
BBC, July 31, 2000.
BBC, May 16, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York, member;
Concern Worldwide, New York, New York, member of board;
National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York, New York,
Advisory Board;
Tannenbaum Center, New York, New York, Advisory Board.
LANGUAGES
French – fluent; Spanish – proficient.
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