Ambassador Frank Wisner, Patton Boggs, LLP

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Executive-in-Residence Program brings executives to campus to talk about the challenges, awards, and current issues facing their organizations.

Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Patton Boggs, LLP, provides clients with strategic global advice concerning business, politics, and international law from the firm’s Washington and New York offices. Ambassador Wisner’s diplomatic career spans four decades and eight American presidents. He served as ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India during his extensive career in the State Department. In addition to his role as ambassador to four countries, he has served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. Ambassador Wisner was also senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from 1982 to 1986. As Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs, Frank Wisner worked closely with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to launch negotiations with Zimbabwe and Namibia. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed Ambassador Wisner as the nation’s special representative to the Kosovo Status Talks in 2005 where he played a crucial role in negotiating Kosovo’s independence.

Ambassador Wisner graduated from Princeton University. Before joining Patton Boggs, Ambassador Wisner served as Vice Chairman of External Affairs for American International Group. He serves on the board of directors of the US – India Business Council, EOG Resources, Ethan Allen, and is Vice-Chairman of the Business Council on International Understanding and Trustee of the American University of Beirut and the American University in Cairo.

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