William J. Burns
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Career Ambassador

Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 1)

Michelle Kwan
State Department Adviser, Figure-Skating Champion

Joseph Nye
Professor and Former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School

Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy West Point

Peter Westmacott
British Ambassador to the United States

Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Director-General of the U.S. Foreign Service

Peter Ammon
German Ambassador to the United States

Alec Ross
Former Adviser for Innovation, Department of State

Janice Jacobs
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs

Kurt Volker & Andrew Kuchins
The State and Future of U.S.-Russian Diplomacy

Daniel Fried
Global Sanctions Coordinator, Department of State

David Ensor
Director, The Voice of America, former CNN correspondent

Nirupama Rao
Indian Ambassador to the United States

Jan Krc
Advances for LGBT Diplomats in the U.S. Foreign Service

Susan Johnson
President of the American Foreign Service Association

Tom Countryman
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security

Rajiv Shah
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development

Thomas Pickering
Former Undersecretary of State, Career Ambassador (Part 2)

John Negroponte
Former Director of National Intelligence

Nisha Biswal
Assistant Secretary of State, South & Central Asian Affairs

Kurt Campbell
Former Assistant Secretary of State, Asian and Pacific Affairs

James Jeffrey & Avis Bohlen
Career Diplomats’ Role in Policy-Making

Nancy McEldowney
Director, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State

Stephen Beecroft
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

Gary Doer
Canadian Ambassador to the United States

P.J. Crowley
Former Assistant Secretary of State Public Affairs

Kim Beazley
Australian Ambassador to the United States

Tara Sonenshine
Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs

Jimmy Mauldin
Raising a Family in the U.S. Foreign Service

Philip Reeker
U.S. Consul-General in Milan, Fmr Ambassador to Macedonia

Barbara Slavin
The State and Future of U.S.-Iranian Diplomacy

Krishna Urs
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation

Kerry O’Connor
Innovation Catalyst at the Department of State