Public Policy and Foreign Service Veteran with Global Advocacy

CV for Kent Brown

****-**: Consultant for JT International in Eurasia and Central Europe, focused on government relations, especially with law enforcement agencies and international organizations, to combat the illicit trade in tobacco.

1996-2003: Vice President, Governmental Relations, JT International, Geneva and Moscow. Responsibilities included devising strategies for governmental and public relations.

1995-96: Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. Responsible for managing an office dedicated to the careers and assignments of U.S. Foreign Service personnel.

1992-95: U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia.

1990-92: International Affairs Adviser to NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, SHAPE, Belgium. Responsibilities included advising NATO military leaders on political and diplomatic aspects of the integrated military command.

1988-90: Office Director for Strategic and Theater Policy, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. Responsibilities included coordinating and managing the diplomatic aspects of U.S. participation in arms control agreements and their verification.

1984-88: Senior Political Adviser, U.S. Delegation to conventional arms control negotiations, Vienna. Responsibilities included the political aspects of NATO-Warsaw Pact relationships, preparing negotiating positions, coordinating NATO tactics.

1984: NATO Defense College, Rome. A training period, designed to enhance military and civilian mutual understanding.

1980-83: Consul General and Head of Internal Political Section, U.S. Embassy, Moscow. Responsibilities included managing all aspects of American citizen services and visa issuance; observing, analyzing and reporting on political and economic developments in the USSR; advocating U.S. foreign policy positions to the Soviet authorities.

1975-79: International Affairs Officer, Offices of Soviet Union and Eastern European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. Responsibilities included monitoring and coordinating a vast array of issues in the U.S. relationship with countries of the region.

1974-75: Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California. A training and educational period designed to expose diplomats to academic study and debate.

1973-74: Watch Officer, Operations Center, Executive Secretariat, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. Responsibilities included coordinating the flow of information to the Secretary and State and his principal advisors, and crisis management.

1970-73: Consular and Political Officer, U.S. Embassy, Prague. Responsibilities included all aspects of consular work and reporting on internal and foreign relations issues in the CSSR.

1969: Consular Officer, U.S. Embassy, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Issuance and control over immigration visas to the United States.

1967-69: Political Officer, U.S. Embassy, Panama. Responsibilities included monitoring public reaction to the U.S.-Panamanian negotiations on the Canal, and other aspects of U.S.-Panamanian bilateral relations.

Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Political Science, University of California.

Languages: Russian and Spanish (good), German (fair), Czech, Serbian and French (minimal).

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