Matt Shannon Stumpf

Matthew Shannon Stumpf is the MacArthur Foundation's "Program Officer for International Peace and Security, focusing on Asian Security and the Science and Technology Security Policy Initiative.

"Before joining the MacArthur Foundation in March 2007, Matt served as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, and its predecessor bureaus, the Bureau of Nonproliferation and the Bureau of Arms Control. In these positions, he was responsible for advancing U.S. nonproliferation and counterproliferation efforts in Asia, for diplomatic outreach in support of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), and for issues related to the negotiation and implementation of U.S. strategic nuclear weapons treaties.  He has also served as a Foreign Policy Fellow in the Office of U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy.

"Stumpf holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and as the Distinguished Scholar of the Elliott School of International Affairs."