'''Mr. Atwood''' "is dean of the [[Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs ]] at the University of Minnesota. Previously he was an adjunct lecturer at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Sol M. Linowitz Professor for International Affairs at Hamilton College, and a founding director and president of [[Citizens International]].
"In 2001 he served on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Panel on Peace Operations. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Atwood was administrator of the [[U.S. Agency for International Development]], where, during his tenure, he also served as chairman of the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]]. He has served on the staff of former Senator [[Thomas Eagleton]] and in key administrative and policy-making posts under several U.S. Presidents, including assistant secretary of state for congressional relations during the Carter administration and under secretary of state for management early in the Clinton administration.