TROUBLED WATERS: INSIDE THE U.S.-CUBA RELATIONSHIP

DISCUSSION WITH MARC SUSSER

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Marc J. Susser spent almost 37 years with the U.S. Department of State.  His final position before retiring in 2021 was as a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.  He joined the Foreign Service in 1984, moved to the Civil Service in 1994, and became a member of the Senior Executive Service in 2001.  He served overseas in Mexico and Spain, as well as in several offices in the Department, including as the Director of the office that produced the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, as the Department Historian, and as a country desk officer for Cuba.  He has negotiated with the Cubans, the Russians, and the Chinese, as well as in the UN arena.  He has been awarded the State Department’s Superior Honor Award twice, its Meritorious Honor Award twice, the Secretary’s Award for Public Outreach, and a Senior Executive Service Presidential Rank Award. He received his doctorate in history from Harvard University.