30 Facts About Nancy Soderberg

Nancy Elisabeth Soderberg was born on March 13,1958 and is an American foreign policy strategist who currently serves as Resident Director for National Democratic Institute in Kosovo.

Nancy Soderberg has held positions at the International Crisis Group, Connect US Fund, and the Public Interest Declassification Board.

Nancy Soderberg ran for Congress as a Democrat in the 2018 midterm elections in Florida's 6th congressional district.

Nancy Soderberg was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where her father, a civil engineer, was working on a project, and grew up in Baltimore and Tulsa.

Nancy Soderberg attended Vanderbilt University, spent her junior year in Paris, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Economics.

Nancy Soderberg spoke fluent French and "wanted to do something international but wasn't sure what" so she ended up taking a "boring" job at a bank.

Nancy Soderberg was accepted to Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC, where she took a class with Madeleine Albright, who told her to get into politics.

Nancy Soderberg graduated in 1984 with a Master of Science degree, where she concentrated on international economics and political risk analysis.

Nancy Soderberg served as foreign policy advisor to Senator Edward M Kennedy in the US Senate from 1985 to 1988 and 1989 to 1992.

In 1992, George Stephanopoulos, the Clinton campaign's communications director, asked Nancy Soderberg to join Clinton's campaign in the 1992 presidential election.

Nancy Soderberg accepted and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, for eight months to manage foreign policy.

Nancy Soderberg is the first woman in the position, and was responsible for day-to-day crisis management, briefing the President, developing US national security policy at the highest levels of government, and handling issues regarding the press and US Congress.

Nancy Soderberg engaged the IRA and helped negotiate a ceasefire in Northern Ireland in 1994, which she pointed to as her proudest achievement in diplomacy.

Nancy Soderberg's responsibilities included representing the United States at the UN Security Council, participated in missions to key conflict areas, and promoted US national security policy.

Nancy Soderberg participated in a UN mission to Indonesia and East Timor in November 2000.

Nancy Soderberg negotiated key United Nations' resolutions regarding the Middle East and Africa, conducted shuttle diplomacy in Latin America, assisted in the development of the Administration's policies toward political and economic normalization with Vietnam, and advised on policies toward China, Japan, Russia, Angola, the Balkans, and Haiti.

Nancy Soderberg currently serves as NDI's Senior Resident Director for Kosovo, President and CEO of Nancy Soderberg Global Solutions and Director of the Public Service Leadership Program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Nancy Soderberg served as President of the Sister Cities Program of the City of New York from 2002 to 2006.

Nancy Soderberg is Director of the Public Service Leadership Program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, which encourages students, who are often first-generation students and refugees, to pursue careers in public service, including in government and at nonprofit organizations.

Nancy Soderberg wrote that the system was "outdated and incapable of dealing adequately with the large volumes of classified information generated in an era of digital communications and information systems".

Nancy Soderberg was formerly on the Board of Advisors to the President of the Naval Postgraduate School and Naval War College.

Nancy Soderberg is Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy.

Nancy Soderberg was a candidate for Florida Senate District 4 in the 2012 elections.

Nancy Soderberg ran against Aaron Bean, former Florida State House Representative, in the newly open district.

Nancy Soderberg ultimately lost but outperformed traditional voting patterns by 6 points.

On July 12,2017, Nancy Soderberg filed to run for Congress as a Democrat in the 2018 midterm elections in Florida's 6th Congressional District.

Nancy Soderberg was visiting London at the time of the 2017 London Bridge attack.

Nancy Soderberg then traveled on to Paris with her 16-year-old niece.

Nancy Soderberg is a regular commentator on national and international television and radio, having appeared on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC, Fox, National Public Radio, the Lehrer News Hour, CNN Crossfire, and The Daily Show.

Nancy Soderberg's articles have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, the Financial Times, and other national and international publications.