BURK Susan, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, United States
Amb. Burk is responsible for working with other States to strengthen the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the international nonproliferation
regime. She plays a lead role in preparing for the NPT Review Conference, and
through international diplomacy promoting the United States' goal of renewing and
reinvigorating the NPT and the global regime. Amb. Burk served as the first
Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security in the State Department's Office of
the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. She established and chaired the State
Department's Homeland Security Coordinating Committee, and her office served as
a point of contact for the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal
agencies. She Burk also served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for
Nonproliferation where she led the Bureau's efforts to support the
Proliferation Security Initiative. She joined the Bureau of Nonproliferation in
June 2002 as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation
Controls. A career civil servant, Ms. Burk joined the Department of State in
April 1999 as the Director of the Office of Regional Affairs. She also served in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
as Chief of the International Nuclear Affairs Division. Ms. Burk also served as
a staff officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the Theater
Nuclear Forces Policy Division she supported U.S.-Soviet negotiations to reduce
intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Mrs. Burk received her M.A. in Government from Georgetown University.
She has a B.A. in political science from Trinity
College in Washington, DC.
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