- Faculty member of Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University and non-resident fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination
- Director of the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (2011 to 2019) and faculty at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, the Center for International Security Cooperation and the Europe Center
- U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (2009 to 2011) after a 35-year military career with senior command and political/military postings in Asia, Europe and the United States
- Joined HD’s Board in 2020