Storella, Mark Charles, 1959-

<p>Mark Storella's term ended on May 1, 2020.</p>

<p>Ambassador Mark C. Storella, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, assumed his duties as Dean of the Leadership and Management School at FSI in May 2019.</p>

<p>Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Storella was Senior State Department Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University where he taught courses on diplomatic statecraft and humanitarian affairs. From 2016-2018, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration with responsibility for $2.0 billion in U.S. humanitarian assistance in Asia and the Near East. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Brussels from 2013-2016, focused on U.S.-Belgian security ties and counterterrorism efforts.</p>

<p>As U.S. Ambassador to Zambia from 2010-2013, he launched a new military-military relationship with the Zambian government and oversaw $450 million in development assistance, with a focus on innovative health and governance programs. Ambassador Storella was the Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Baghdad from 2009-2010 and served as Deputy Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission in Geneva from 2006-2009. In that capacity, he engaged with over 40 UN agencies and international organizations on such diverse topics as global health, UN reform, human rights, and protection of intellectual property. From 2001-2003, Ambassador Storella was adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses on humanitarian action. Ambassador Storella was Deputy Chief of Mission in Cambodia and Executive Assistant to the Counselor of the State Department. He previously served on the Japan and NATO desks and was also posted in Bangkok, Paris, and Rome.</p>

<p>Ambassador Storella is the recipient of several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. He is also the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award presented by American Citizens Abroad and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Excellence in Service Award. His languages are French, Khmer, Italian and Thai. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and has published articles on diverse topics such as multilateral arms control, counterterrorism, humanitarian action in conflict situations, and global health diplomacy.</p>

<p>Mark C. Storella, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as ambassador to Zambia on August 30, 2010. Zambia has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world, and Storella has substantial experience in global public health efforts. His public health experience came in Geneva, Switzerland, where he worked on the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he helped on the effort to combat HIV/AIDS. He serves simultaneously as the U.S. Representative to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).</p>

<p>Storella earned his A.B. degree from Harvard College and an M.A. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He joined the Foreign Service in 1985. His early assignments included postings in Rome, Italy, and Bangkok, Thailand. He served in Paris, France, from 1989 to 1991 as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Paris Conference on Cambodia, and followed that from 1991 to 1994 by serving as political officer in Phnom Penh, where he helped reestablish the U.S. diplomatic presence in Cambodia after a 17-year absence.</p>

<p>After serving in the State Department’s Office of the Counselor, Storella was a Rusk Fellow at Georgetown University in 2001 and 2002, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses on humanitarian intervention. He then returned to the Embassy in Phnom Penh as Deputy Chief of Mission from 2003 to 2006. He served in Geneva from 2006 to 2009, first as Counselor for Refugee and Migration Affairs (2006 to 2007), and then as Deputy Permanent Representative and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and other International Organizations (2007 to 2009). From 2009 to early 2010, he served as the Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, where he helped administer hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. humanitarian assistance. In Washington, Storella has worked at the NATO and Japan desks, and as Executive Assistant to the Counselor of the Department of State.</p>

<p>Storella is the author of monographs and articles on such diverse topics as multilateral arms control, humanitarianism in conflict situations and U.S.-Japan trade. His foreign languages are French, Khmer, Italian and Thai. He is married and has two sons.</p>

<p>Mark C. Storella, a graduate of the Roxbury Latin School, Harvard College and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, is Dean of the Leadership and Management School at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) as of May 28, 2019. Storella was U.S. Ambassador to Zambia from 2010–2013.</p>

<p>Storella is considered a member of the Senior Foreign Service. Prior to becoming a Dean at the FSI, was the Senior State Department Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. From 2016–2018, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. He was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Brussels from 2013–2016. Storella was Deputy Permanent Representative to UN organizations in Geneva (2007-2009) and Deputy Chief of Mission in Cambodia (2003-2006).</p>

<p>Besides several State Department Superior and Meritorious Honor awards, he was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Award presented by American Citizens Abroad and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Excellence in Service Award.</p>