Marc Ginsberg
| Marc Ginsberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marc Charles Ginsberg October 18, 1950 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
American University (B.A.) Georgetown University (M.B.A. [candidate] & J.D.) |
| Occupation | Former US ambassador, presidential advisor, political commentator |
Marc Charles Ginsberg (born October 18, 1950) has served as US ambassador to Morocco from 1994 to 1998; Deputy Senior Adviser to the President of the United States for Middle East Policy (1978–1981); White House Liaison for the Department of State (1977–1978); Legislative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy (1970–1977); foreign policy/national security contributor to CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC, BBC, Al Arabiya, CBC and Fox News. From 2000 to 2012, he was a senior vice president of APCO Worldwide and from 2002 to 2011 he was founding president of Layalina Productions, Inc. He was one of three founding directors of Sutton Place Gourmet, and practiced international corporate law in the U.S. and the Middle East from 1981 to 1993. He also served as Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Media in the 1992 Clinton Presidential campaign and, in 2000, was Al Gore's co-coordinator for national security in his presidential campaign.
Ginsberg was born in 1950 in New York City and from 1960 to 1968, was raised in Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, and fluently speaks English, Hebrew, Arabic, and French. He earned a B.A. from American University and was a M.B.A. candidate at Georgetown University before earning his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978.
As a college freshman, in 1971, Ginsberg began serving as a legislative assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy when he was Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Refugees until 1977.
In 1977, the United States Secretary of State (Cyrus Vance) appointed Ginsberg to serve as White House Liaison.
Under President Jimmy Carter, from 1979 until 1981, he was Deputy Senior Advisor to the President for Middle East Policy.
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