Joan Spero

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Joan Edelman Spero (birth name: Joan Edelman ; born October 2, 1944 in Davenport , Iowa ) is an American diplomat . From 1993 to 1997 she was Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Agricultural Affairs ( Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs ) and also held a number of positions in the private sector as well as in social and community organizations.

Life

Ambassador to the US Economic and Social Council and Vice President of American Express

After attending school, Joan Edelman Spero completed a degree in international relations at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , from which she graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA International Relations). After studying abroad at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (IEP de Paris), she completed postgraduate studies at Columbia University in 1968 with a Master of Arts (MA International Affairs) and in 1969 married the lawyer C. Michael Spero. After further postgraduate studies in political science , she earned a doctorate in philosophy ( Ph.D. Political Science) from Columbia University in 1973 .

Subsequently, Joan Spero, who is a member of the Academic Honor Society Phi Beta Kappa , worked as an assistant professor of political science at Columbia University between 1973 and 1979 . She also worked as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York between 1976 and 1977 .

Spero, a member of the Democratic Party , received her accreditation as ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York City during the tenure of US President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and held this position until 1981.

She then moved to the financial services company American Express as Vice President and Head of the Strategy Department in 1981 and rose to Executive Vice President and member of the corporate committee for planning and corporate policy in 1991 during her tenure, which lasted until 1993. Between 1985 and 1993 she was also a member of the supervisory board of the chemical and ammunition manufacturer Hercules Inc.

Under Secretary of State and functions in institutions

After Bill Clinton's victory in the 1992 US presidential election , Joan Spero became Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs on April 1, 1993, until February 24, 1997 one of the highest positions in the US State Department .

After retiring from government service, Joan Spero became President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 1997 and held this position for eleven years until 2008. She also held numerous functions in the private sector, has been on the board of directors of the financial services provider First Data since 1998 and was between 2002 and 2005 also on the board of directors of the airline Delta Air Lines . Spero, who also became a member of the board of trustees of the Brookings Institution in 1997, has also been a member of the supervisory board of the information technology company IBM since 2003 and of the world's largest packaging manufacturer International Paper since 2011 .

She is also a member of the boards of trustees of Columbia University, Amherst College and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and is also involved in the American Academy of Diplomacy , the American Philosophical Society , the Atlantic Institute for International Affairs , the Council of American Ambassadors , the Council on Foreign Relations and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee , the Democratic campaign committee for the US House of Representatives.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joan Edelman Wed To Michael Spero . In: The New York Times, November 10, 1969 (purchase item)
  2. ^ Executive Changes . In: The New York Times, March 24, 1981
  3. ↑ BUSINESS PEOPLE; Executive Moves Up At American Express . In: The New York Times, September 5, 1989
  4. ^ Executive Changes . In: The New York Times, February 26, 1991
  5. ^ For Clinton, High-Stakes Personal Diplomacy . In: The New York Times, November 12, 1997
  6. ^ Duke Charity Names Chief . In: The New York Times, January 29, 1997
  7. ^ Sterling Forest Among First Doris Duke Fund Grants . In: The New York Times, December 10, 1997
personal data
SURNAME Spero, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spero, Joan Edelman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat, banker and manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Davenport , Iowa