A Conversation with Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr.

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Join Eliot Cohen, dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, for a candid conversation with Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. to discuss race relations and recent global events.

Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a senior strategic engagement leader at Special Operations Command. He served as ambassador to Zimbabwe (2016-2018), the Philippines (2010-2013), and Bangladesh (2003-2005). He retired in March 2018 with the rank of career minister after more than three decades in the U.S. Foreign Service. Ambassador Thomas also served as executive secretary and special assistant to Secretary Condoleezza Rice, director general of the U.S. Foreign Service, director for South Asia at the National Security Council, and director of the Operations Center.

Ambassador Thomas speaks Spanish, Hindi, and Bangla. He is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and holds a master's degree from Columbia University. He was the commencement speaker at Holy Cross and Loyola University. He is a trustee of the College of the Holy Cross, the American Academy of Diplomacy, and Care for the Homeless, chairperson of Winter4Kids and is a former Northern Virginia swimming official.