Amb. Nancy McEldowney

Ambassador Nancy McEldowney is the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program at Georgetown University. Prior to joining MSFS in 2017, Ambassador McEldowney served as Director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), the U.S. government’s premier foreign affairs training provider, following her appointment to the position by then-Secretary of State John Kerry in 2013. Her distinguished career includes serving as Director of European Affairs on the National Security Council Staff, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkey and Azerbaijan, and Ambassador to Bulgaria.