Marc Grossman

Marc Grossman
US State Department portrait, c. 2011
2nd United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
In office
February 22, 2011 – December 14, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRichard Holbrooke
Succeeded byJames Dobbins
18th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office
March 26, 2001 – February 25, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas R. Pickering
Succeeded byR. Nicholas Burns
23rd Director General of the Foreign Service
In office
June 19, 2000 – March 26, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byEdward Gnehm
Succeeded byRuth A. Davis
20th Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office
August 5, 1997 – May 31, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn C. Kornblum
Succeeded byJames Dobbins
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office
January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRichard Clark Barkley
Succeeded byMark Robert Parris
15th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office
1993–1994
Preceded byW. Robert Pearson
Succeeded byKenneth C. Brill
Personal details
Born
Mark Isaiah Grossman

(1951-09-23) September 23, 1951 (age 73)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse
Mildred Anne Patterson
(m. 1982)
Children1
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)

Marc Isaiah Grossman (born September 23, 1951) is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He was most recently the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and is currently a Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group, a business strategic advisory firm headed by former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and a Vice Chair of the German Marshall Fund board of trustees.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "The Cohen Group biography". The Cohen Group. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "US Department of State biography". Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. ^ "Team". cohengroup.net. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Our People". Retrieved September 17, 2022.

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