Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen
Ambassador (ret.) Stephen A. Seche is the executive vice president of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He spent 35 years as a U.S. Foreign Service officer. From 2011-13, Ambassador Seche served as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department of State, with responsibility for U.S. relations with the GCC states and Yemen. He was U.S. Ambassador to Yemen from 2007-10.