Jon Ward is a retired Foreign Service Officer. Jon served in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, and Washington, DC.  He served on detail to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as Director for South & Central Asia iand as a Foreign Policy Advisor to the Deputy Directorate, Middle East, Directorate of Strategic Plans & Policy (J-5), Joint Staff.  After retiring from the Foreign Service, Jon worked in subnational commercial diplomacy leadership roles with New Jersey Economic Development Corporation and Miami-Dade County.

 Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Jon worked as a supply chain executive in the private sector.  He is an Army Veteran of Operation Desert Storm, with a total of 26 years of Army service.  Jon holds JD, MBA,and BS degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.   

Jon is a long-time State Advisory Committee member with the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and is on the National Committee of Foreign Policy for America.