Ambassador (ret.) Ian Kelly joins the Samson Atlantic Advisory BoardBefore beginning his career at the State Department, Ambassador Kelly taught at Columbia University in Slavic Languages and Literatures. After joining the Foreign Service, he served in a variety of positions, including in Belgrade, Leningrad, Moscow, Ankara, Rome and the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels. Ambassador Kelly was involved in setting up embassies across the former Soviet Republics, a task that took him to all 15 newly independent states. Ambassador Kelly has a PhD from Columbia University, an MA from Northwestern and did his undergraduate work at St. Olaf College. He speaks Russian, Italian, Serbo-Croatian and Turkish. He currently is the Ambassador in Residence at Northwestern University where he teaches courses on "The Fall of the USSR and the Rise of Russia" and "Controlling the Russian Narrative, from Stalin to Putin." Ambassador Kelly is a native of Chicago. www.SamsonAtlantic.com @SamsonAtlantic End
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