Ambassador Julianne Smith is a distinguished national security expert with three decades of experience in U.S. and European defense policy, transatlantic relations, and geostrategic risk. Most recently, Smith served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO. During the Obama administration, she served as Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden. Prior to that, she served as the Principal Director for European and NATO Policy at the Department of Defense. Her career includes roles at think tanks such as the German Marshall Fund, the Center for a New American Security, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
