The U.S., Russia and Bridging the East-West Divide
UW Grainger Hall 975 University Ave. , Madison, Wisconsin
CESSI Lecture Series: "The U.S., Russia and Bridging the East-West Divide"
Ian Kelly
About the speaker: Ian Kelly is the State Department's Diplomat in Residence for the Midwest. He is a career Senior Foreign Service Officer. From March 2010 to September 2013, he was the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). He has also served as Director of the Office of Russian Affairs (2007-2009) and State Department Spokesman from 2009 to 2010. On March 12, 2015, President Obama nominated Ian Kelly to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Georgia. Ambassador Kelly has a Ph.D. from Columbia University in Russian Language and Literature..