Joan Edelman Spero

Joan Edelman Spero is President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Spero served in both the James Earl Carter, Jr. and Clinton administrations.

Career Highlights

 * President, Doris Duke Foundation, 1998-December 2008
 * Under Secretary of Economic, Business, and Agricultural affairs, Department of State, 1993-1997.
 * Executive Vice President, American Express Corp. 1981-1993.
 * U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1980-1981.
 * Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1976-1977.
 * Assistant Professor, Columbia, 1973-1979.

Education

 * B.A. cum laude, University of Wisconsin, 1966.
 * Masters in Iinternational Affairs, Columbia, 1968.
 * Ph.D. in Political Science, Columbia, 1973.

Affiliations

 * Director, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Trustee, Brookings Institute
 * Member, Atlantic Institute
 * Member, Trilateral Commission

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