Barbara Bodine

Ambassador (ret.) Barbara K. Bodine is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and concurrent Director of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. A former career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Bodine served in leadership positions in Iraq and Kuwait, and as Ambassador to Yemen from 1997 through 2001. She has held senior positions in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, as Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Director of East African Affairs, and as Dean of Professional Studies at the Foreign Service Institute.