CONSUL GENERAL LUNCHEON - "Waging Peace, Fighting Disease: Carter Center Mission and Programs"

Ambassador Mary Ann Peters joined The Carter Center on Sept. 1, 2014. As CEO, Ambassador Peters provides vision and leadership for The Carter Center and oversees program implementation and operations.

Ambassador Peters was Provost of the U.S. Naval War College from September 2008 to July 2014. Previously, she served as Dean of Academics at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.  She spent more than 30 years as a career diplomat.  From 2000 to 2003, she served as U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, leading the Embassy response to the September 11 attack. Prior to her posting in Dhaka, Ambassador Peters was the Deputy Chief of Mission in Ottawa, Canada, responsible for managing the embassy and supervising six U.S. consulates general. From 1995 to 1997, Ambassador Peters served as Director for European and Canadian affairs on the National Security Council staff, where she worked on Northern Ireland peace process. Ambassador Peters’ earlier postings include Sofia, Bulgaria, Moscow during the Soviet era, Rangoon and Mandalay in Burma and Frankfurt, Germany.

Ambassador Peters is a graduate of Santa Clara University and holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.  She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Women in International Security and serves of the Boards of the Cetana Educational Foundation and the Task Force for Global Health.