Shearer serves as Director of the McKinnon Center for Global Affairs, handling the colleges international relations and directing the expansion of its international affairs programs. Ambassador Shearer served in the Clinton administration as an economics official in the Commerce Department, and then as Ambassador to Finland (1994-97). He served as a foreign policy advisor to Vice President Gore during the 2000 Presidential campaign and to Senator Hillary Clinton in the 2007-2008 Presidential primary contests. He is a graduate of Yale, class of 1968, where his classmates included President George W. Bush and filmmaker Oliver Stone. Ambassador Shearer has also taught courses in business and entrepreneurship, served on the boards of media and food companies, and as an international advisor to Ziff Brothers Investment Co, and other firms. He has served on the board of the nonprofit relief group Operation USA, and is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Ambassador Shearer served as a political advisor to the US military and was a moderator of the Chiefs of Defense Conference for the US Pacific Command in Honolulu in 2005 and for the US Central Command in Tampa FL in 2008. He has also lectured on Sports and Diplomacy at UCSB, Korbel School of International Relations, Brown & Harvard and others. He currently resides in Pacific Palisades, CA with his wife, financial consultant Sue Toigo and two dogs. BA, Yale University; PhD, The Union Graduate School