Anne-Marie Slaughter Named Next President of New America Foundation

The New America Foundation’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Anne-Marie Slaughter as the Foundation’s next president, effective Sept. 1.

Dr. Slaughter, a Princeton professor, former Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the former Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department, will succeed Steve Coll, who stepped down on March 31 after five years leading the nonpartisan public policy think tank. Dr. Slaughter, a current New America board member, will work out of both New America's Washington, DC and New York offices. Dr. Slaughter served as the Director of Policy Planning at the State Department from 2009-2011. She was the first woman to hold that position. She is currently the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she also served as Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs prior to her government service. With her new role at New America, she will transition to emeritus status at Princeton. Dr. Slaughter is one of the nation’s leading thinkers about the challenges and opportunities presented by 21st century globalization.