Advisor, Chertoff Group; Former head, Middle East and North Africa, International Government Relations, ExxonMobil; Former Deputy Chief of Mission & Charge’ d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Riyadh
(Update: Apr 25, 2014)
Ambassador Michael Gfoeller
Advisor
Ambassador Michael Gfoeller served 26 years as a U.S. diplomat including service in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Russia, Armenia, Moldova, Poland, and Belgium. He retired from the State Department with the rank of Ambassador in 2010. After his diplomatic service, Amb. Gfoeller was the head of Middle East and North African (MENA) affairs at ExxonMobil’s International Government Relations Department from 2010 to 2012.
Source: Chertoff Group
Amb. Michael Gfoeller Joins The Chertoff Group’s Board of Advisors
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Chertoff Group (TCG) is pleased to announce that Ambassador Michael Gfoeller has joined the firm’s Board of Advisors. He brings decades of experience in foreign affairs and international security with more than two decades of experience at the U.S. Department of State.
Ambassador Gfoeller served 26 years as a U.S. diplomat including service in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Russia, Armenia, Moldova, Poland, and Belgium, retiring from the State Department in 2010. During his tenure, he served as Political Advisor and Regional Coordinator for South Central Iraq in the Coalition Provisional Authority and was Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge’ d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he coordinated interagency counterterrorism operations.
From 2008 to 2010, he was the senior political advisor to General David Petraeus, then commander of U.S. Central Command, focusing on counterterrorism, international security, and diplomacy. After his retirement in 2010, he served as head of Middle East and North African (MENA) affairs at Exxon Mobil’s International Government Relations Department. Ambassador Gfoeller has taught at Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, and co-authored the book United by the Caspian.
Speaking of wives, his wife Tatiana Gfoeffer was ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic, also CFR member
Ambassador Tatiana C. Gfoeller is a veteran U.S. Diplomat, having joined the Department of State in 1984. Her previous foreign postings have included: Poland, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Soviet Union, Belgium, Russia, and Turkmenistan. She has served as a Deputy Principal Officer in Russia and Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan. She most recently served as Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ms. Gfoeller was awarded the Rusk Fellowship in 2000, and taught Masters degree classes in political science at Georgetown University and wrote a book on U.S. foreign policy interests in the Caspian Basin. She speaks Russian, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish, and Arabic. She is a member of numerous foreign affairs organizations, including the Council of Foreign Relations.
Ms. Gfoeller has a Bachelors of Science and a Masters of Science from Georgetown University, in addition to a Certificate of International Law Studies from the University of Florence.
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kestrel9 ago
Just putting some notes I have out here...(in case they are of interest to anyone, I haven't dug in on Chertoff Group)
Michael Gfoeller- attended 2014 Bilderberg Meeting Independent Consultant http://susris.com/experts/michael-gfoeller/
srayzie ago
Great! Thank you!
kestrel9 ago
Speaking of wives, his wife Tatiana Gfoeffer was ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic, also CFR member
Ambassador Tatiana C. Gfoeller is a veteran U.S. Diplomat, having joined the Department of State in 1984. Her previous foreign postings have included: Poland, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Soviet Union, Belgium, Russia, and Turkmenistan. She has served as a Deputy Principal Officer in Russia and Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan. She most recently served as Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ms. Gfoeller was awarded the Rusk Fellowship in 2000, and taught Masters degree classes in political science at Georgetown University and wrote a book on U.S. foreign policy interests in the Caspian Basin. She speaks Russian, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish, and Arabic. She is a member of numerous foreign affairs organizations, including the Council of Foreign Relations.
Ms. Gfoeller has a Bachelors of Science and a Masters of Science from Georgetown University, in addition to a Certificate of International Law Studies from the University of Florence.
from State Department archive: https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/111192.htm
srayzie ago
For some reason, the site won’t open for me right now. Do you mean Chertoff’s ex wife?
kestrel9 ago
Sorry, I meant Michael Gfoeller's wife.
srayzie ago
Oh ok