About Us

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Mickey Bergman

Vice President and Executive Director

Michael “Mickey” Bergman works in Fringe Diplomacy, a discipline exploring the space just beyond the boundaries of States and Governments’ capacity and authority in international relations. He is Senior Advisor to Governor Richardson Center for Global Engagement; co-founder and President of Capsoole Inc.; Executive Director of the Global Alliances Program at the Aspen Institute;  consultant to the Clinton Global Initiative; and Founder and President of Solel Strategic Group. Mickey also teaches at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. At the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, Mickey manages private diplomacy efforts in N. Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Middle East, Africa, and efforts to negotiate release of political prisoners. At Aspen, Mickey directs partnerships engaging both public and private sectors in the Middle East, Latin America and South East Asia. Mickey has published numerous articles and opinion pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, Foreign Policy Online, and Huffington Post.

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Cameron Hume

Senior Advisor

Cameron Hume was a Foreign Service Officer for over forty years, including tours as charge d’affaires in Khartoum and ambassador to Algeria, South Africa and Indonesia.  He graduated from Princeton University and American University School of Law, was a fellow at the Council in Foreign Relations and at Harvard University, and taught at Georgetown University.  He has authored three books on international relations.

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Steve Ross

Senior Advisor and Program Director at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement

Steve has led the Center’s work on the Rohingya since January 2018, including supporting Gov. Richardson’s role on the Advisory Board on Rakhine State. Prior to joining the Richardson Center and building a private consulting practice, Steve was based in Myanmar from October 2014 to February 2017, where he led a project to promote peace and improve Myanmar policy in Rakhine State while concurrently supporting The Carter Center’s long-term observation mission of Myanmar’s 2015 elections. Working in a variety of roles with non-profit organizations, think tanks, the U.S. Department of State, and the United Nations, Steve has extensive experience addressing conflict, governance, and rule of law challenges across sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia, including nearly two years based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Steve holds a Master in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Tufts University.

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