David McKean (diplomat)

David McKean (born 1956)[1] is an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2016 to 2017. He was confirmed to the position in 2016 and sworn in on March 14, 2016.[2] McKean is a graduate of Harvard College, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and Duke University School of Law.[3] He previously held the position of Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2016 under John Kerry.[4]

David McKean
22nd United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
In office
March 14, 2016 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRobert A. Mandell
Succeeded byAlison Shorter-Lawrence (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.)
Director of Policy Planning
In office
2013–2016
Preceded byJake Sullivan
Succeeded byJonathan Finer
Personal details
Born1956 (age 63–64)
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materHarvard College
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Duke University School of Law

Career

Before joining the Department of State, McKean was a public policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2011 and 2012. He previously worked as CEO of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Staff Director for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2009–2010), and Chief of Staff to Senator John Kerry (1999–2008). McKean also served as Minority Staff Director of the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (1997–1998), Deputy Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Campaign Finance Investigation (1997), and Special Counsel to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1995–1997). Prior to that, he served as Chief of Staff to Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II (1994–1995) and Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John Kerry (1987–1992). McKean taught at the Waterford Kamhlaba in Eswatini (1981–1982). Since 2006, he has served as a Board Member for the National Archives Foundation.[5]

McKean has authored four books on American political history: Suspected of Independence, Friends in High Places with Douglas Frantz, Tommy the Cork, and The Great Decision with Cliff Sloan.[6] In 2012, he received the Distinguished Honor Award from the Department of State.[7]

During high school, McKean spent his junior year in Rennes, France, studying with School Year Abroad (SYA).

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References
  1. "David McKean - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. "McKean, David". Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  3. State Department profile
  4. "David McKean – Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/book/hardcover/suspected-of-independence/9781610392211
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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