Diane Simpson

Biographical Details
"Diane Granzow Simpson, known as Dee Dee, is from Dayton, Ohio. She received an AB in Government from Dartmouth College and a Master’s in International Affairs from the University of Virginia.

"She worked in Washington, DC as a legislative aide to US Senator J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana. She then served as a US Foreign Service Officer from 1980-1990, with posts including London, delegate to the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces negotiations in Geneva, and the Department of Politico-Military Affairs with responsibility for verification protocols to the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaties. She was subsequently Managing Editor of Strategic Comments at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

"She has been Chairman of the Fundraising Committee of the International Rescue Committee UK since 2006 and on the Board since 2007. She is Secretary to the Trustees, Dartmouth College Trust, and on the Development Committee of the Godolphin and Latymer School. She chaired the Parents’ Association at both Eaton Square School and the Westminster Cathedral Choir School."