Laura Holgate

Laura S. H. Holgate was the United States of America Ambassador to the United Nations from 2016 to 2017. While she was NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, she and Gary Samore first implemented Gift basket diplomacy.

Laura Holgate
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)

Life

Holgate was educated at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resulting in a master's degree in political science[1] before she went to work at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.[2]

The United States first implemented Gift basket diplomacy in the Nuclear Security Summit process between the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit and 2012 Nuclear Security Summit.[3] National Security Council (NSC) Director for Nuclear Threat Reduction Shawn Gallagher is credited with conceiving and first proposing Gift basket diplomacy while Holgate who was then the NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction worked with the White House WMD Czar Gary Samore to first implement the policy.[4]

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter with 25th anniversary Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award recipients Dr. Gloria Duffy, Laura Holgate, Dr. Susan Koch and Jane Wales in 2016

In 2016 she was made the United States Ambassador to the United Nations International Organizations in Vienna.[5] Importantantly she was also America's representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency and the other significant UN offices in Vienna.[2] During 2016 she was given a Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award for reducing the risk of nuclear war. The other recipients were Dr. Gloria Duffy, Dr. Susan Koch and Ms. Jane Wales. She served until January 2017.

In November 2018 she introduced the ideas of International Gender Champions into nuclear policy.[1]

In 2020 she was vice president for Materials Management at the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative.[1]

References
  1. "Laura S. H. Holgate, Ambassador (ret.) | Leadership & Staff | About | NTI". www.nti.org. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. "Laura Holgate". The Breakthrough Institute. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. Belfer Center at Harvard University, "Past Nuclear Security Summits". Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014., "Past Nuclear Security Summits", Retrieved 10 March 2014
  4. White House Press Briefing, , “Press Briefing with Jay Carney, Ben Rhodes, and Shawn Gallagher”, 27 March 2012
  5. "Laura Holgate Nominated for UN Vienna Ambassador". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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