Robert Geers Loftis

Robert Geers Loftis (born 1956) is a career member of the United States Foreign Service, former United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, and current Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization at the United States Department of State. He took up his current post in September 2010, succeeding former Coordinator John E. Herbst.

In 2013, Ambassador Loftis joined Boston University as a professor of international relations.

Ambassador Loftis serves as the Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, leading the development of the U.S. government civilian capacity to promote conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and stabilization efforts in countries on the brink of, in, or emerging from crisis. The Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the Civilian Response Corps, with Active and Standby components spanning eight federal government agencies. The Corps is the U.S. civilian surge capability for conflict prevention and stabilization operations overseas.

Loftis' previous position as a member of the Foreign Service was as the State Department's Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza where he served from March 2009 to August 2010. At this post, Ambassador Loftis led the Department of State's efforts to prevent avian influenza virus.

Ambassador Loftis was the Deputy Commandant and Senior Advisor for International Affairs of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at National Defense University, where he also taught Strategic Leadership.

Ambassador Loftis served as the Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in the Department of State from August 2004 to July 2007. His primary responsibilities were to negotiate status of forces and base access agreements for the deployment of United States forces abroad, as well to negotiate burden-sharing agreements with allies and partners. In early 2008, he led the initial negotiations for a status of forces agreement with Iraq. He was also the Deputy Executive Director of the Implementation Planning Team for the creation of the United States Africa Command(AFRICOM).

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