Former Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for the Central Region
Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also served as special Middle East coordinator under President Clinton, and as director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the first Bush administration.