Timothy L. Towell

As President of the Washington, D.C.-based Foreign Policy Group since 1995, :Timothy L. Towell":http://ambassadortimothyltowell.com currently dedicates his professional efforts to a vast array of consulting activities in the government, nonprofit, and private sectors. Through the Foreign Policy Group, Timothy L. Towell shares his expertise on such matters as human rights, population, democracy, counter-terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, and more. Over the course of his career in foreign service, Timothy L. Towell spent time in Africa, South America, Central America, and Europe, where he held key governmental positions.

Prior to the formation of the Foreign Policy Group, Timothy L. Towell served the United States Peace Corps as Director for Africa. Holding this position from 1991 to 1993, Timothy L. Towell oversaw all Peace Corps activities on the African continent and ensured the effective administration of the program. Timothy L. Towell was appointed to this role following three years as the United States Ambassador to Paraguay under President George H. W. Bush. The Deputy Chief of Protocol of the U.S. from 1983 to 1988, Timothy L. Towell invested his work with a rich history of involvement in various U.S. embassies and consuls across the globe. Timothy L. Towell also worked as Legislative Management Officer for the Office of Congressional Relations in the U.S. Department of State.

Throughout the 1970s and 1960s, Timothy L. Towellhttp://ambassadortimothyltowell.org built his foreign service experience in such roles as Deputy Chief of Mission (U.S. Interests Section) in Havana, Cuba; Political Officer in the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, Belgium; U.S. Consul in Porto Alegre, Brazil; Spanish Desk Officer for the Department of State; and Bolivian Desk Officer for the Department of State. A recipient of the U.S. State Department Superior Honor Award, Timothy L. Towell holds an M.A. in European History from Case Western Reserve University and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.

Former Ambassador Timothy L. Towell is a U.S. Department of State Veteran with 30-plus-years of experience overseas and in Washington DC. Currently Timothy L. Towell serves as the President of the Foreign Policy Group, an international consulting firm he formed in 1993 on retiring from government service. Timothy Towell, and his Washington-based Foreign Policy Group, is frequently consulted by government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private companies for his international expertise, which spans Latin America, Europe, and Africa, and includes such disparate issues as population, energy and environment, counterterrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering, and human-rights issues, as well as trade promotion and development.

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