Board of Directors
William C. Harrop
Former U.S. Ambassador
Washington, DC
During a 39-year career as a Foreign Service Officer, Bill Harrop served as US Ambassador to Guinea, Kenya, Seychelles, Zaire and Israel. He also served as Inspector General of the State Department and Foreign Service, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, as a member of the State Department's Policy Planning and Coordination Staff, and Deputy Chief of Mission to Australia. Mr. Harrop holds a BA from Harvard and performed graduate work at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. As well as lecturing and writing on foreign policy and diplomacy, Mr. Harrop is now associated with a private foundation, and in addition to PSI, he serves on the boards of the Washington Humane Society, the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Senior Living Foundation of the American Foreign Service and American Diplomacy, an internet review.