John D Negroponte

Ambassador John D. Negroponte became Chairman of the Board of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) on January 1, 2013. As Chairman, Ambassador Negroponte will preside over, guide and manage INSA’s Board of Directors. He will work with the Board and staff to further develop and implement INSA’s strategic vision, policies and programs to advance the interests of the INSA membership. Ambassador Negroponte has held government positions abroad and in Washington between 1960 and 1997 and again from 2001 to 2008. He has served as Ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines, the United Nations, and Iraq. In Washington he served twice on the National Security Council staff, first as Director for Vietnam in the Nixon Administration and then as Deputy National Security Advisor under President Reagan. He has also held a cabinet level position as the first Director of National Intelligence under President George W. Bush. His most recent position in government was as Deputy Secretary of State, where he served as the State Department’s chief operating officer. While in the private sector from 1997 to 2001, Ambassador Negroponte was executive vice president of the McGraw-Hill Companies, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s international activities. During those years he was also chairman of the French-American Foundation. In 2009 Ambassador Negroponte joined McLarty Associates as Vice Chairman and began a part-time position at his alma mater, Yale University, as a distinguished senior research fellow in grand strategy and as a lecturer in international affairs. He serves as Chairman of the Council of the Americas/Americas Society and as a trustee of the Asia Society. He is also Co-Chairman of the U.S.-Philippines Society and a member of Secretary of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. Ambassador Negroponte has received numerous awards in recognition of his more than four decades of public service, including the State Department’s Distinguished Service Medal on two separate occasions, the highest award which can be conferred by the Secretary of State, and on January 16, 2009, President Bush awarded Ambassador Negroponte the National Security Medal for his outstanding contributions to U.S. national security.