The Board of Directors for the Diplomacy Center Foundation has elected two new board directors. The Foundation welcomes Ambassador Eric Rubin and Congressman Jim Moran to the Board of Directors and looks forward to working with them as the capital campaign for the National Museum of American Diplomacy continues.
Ambassador Eric Rubin currently serves as president of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) after having served as US Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2019. Rubin joined the foreign service in 1985 and holds the rank of Career Minister in the Senior Foreign Service. His previous positions in the Foreign Service include Deputy Chief of Mission in Moscow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian affairs, Consul General in Chiang Mai, and Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
Congressman Jim Moran (ret.) is a professor of practice in the School of Public and International Affairs in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. He served as the US representative for Virginia’s 8th congressional district from 1991 to 2015. As a congressman, Moran served on the House Appropriations Committee, chaired the Animal Protection Caucus, and co-founded the New Democrats in 1996, which is currently one of the largest caucuses in the US House of Representatives. From 1985 – 1990, Moran served as mayor of Alexandria, Virginia.