Amy E. Gordon

Amy Gordon joined the MacArthur Foundation "in 2006 as Director of the International Peace and Security area in the Program on Global Security & Sustainability with responsibility for the Foundation's grantmaking in international security.

"Prior to her arrival at MacArthur, Gordon served in the U.S. Department of State, where she led diplomatic coordination of the Proliferation Security Initiative -- a global effort to halt illicit shipments of WMD-related materials. She served as Chief of the Political Military Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2000-2003). Gordon was an advisor to the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Secretary of State on ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention, in the mid-late 1990s.

"Gordon holds an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University and was also a Research Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center, Harvard University."