Nancy Soderberg
Ambassador Soderberg is an author, public commentator, and visiting distinguished scholar at the University of North Florida. From 2001 to 2005, she served as vice president for Multilateral Affairs of the International Crisis Group in New York, a nonprofit conflict prevention organization. She served in the White House as the third-ranked official on the National Security Council (1993-96) and as alternate representative to the United Nations (1997-2001), with the rank of ambassador. Prior to joining the administration, she served as senior foreign policy advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy. She has been active in national politics over the last twenty years, serving in a variety of positions on the campaigns of the Democratic nominee for president.
Her recent book, The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might, was published in March 2005. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Board of Concern Worldwide, and serves on the advisory board of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and the Tannenbaum Center. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed her in 2002 as president of the Sister City Program of the City of New York, a position she held until January 2006. She has taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She speaks and publishes regularly in leading newspapers and journals on national security policy. She is a frequent commentator on national and international television and radio. In 2005 she moved to Jacksonville, Florida, to be with her husband, Richard Bistrong.