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Mary Burce Warlick
International Energy Agency (IAE)
Deputy Executive Director
Description
Ms. Warlick, a retired senior career diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Serbia,
led the State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources as the Acting Special
Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs from January – September
2017 and served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2014 to 2017. In
these roles, she advised the Secretary of State on energy diplomacy initiatives to
promote global energy security, energy access and governance across Europe,
Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. During this time, she served for
three years as a U.S. representative on the IEA Governing Board and as Chair of
the Standing Group on Long-Term Cooperation. Since then, she has served as
team leader for the IEA’s recent in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies in the
Netherlands and Canada.
During her diplomatic career, Ms. Warlick held a variety of other senior leadership
positions in Washington and overseas at the Department of State, the National
Security Council, and the Department of Defense. In particular, she has extensive
foreign policy experience working on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, including
previous assignments as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director
for Russia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia,
and Director of the State Department’s Office of Russian Affairs and the Office of
Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Affairs. She also served as Minister-Counselor for
Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and as U.S. Consul General in
Melbourne, Australia, with earlier assignments in Germany, the Philippines, and
Bangladesh.
Ms. Warlick holds a B.A. in Political Science from Valparaiso University in Indiana,
and an M.A in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
In addition to her prior service on the IEA Governing Board, she served previously
on the board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. She is a recipient
of The Secretary of State’s Career Achievement Award, The Secretary of State’s
Award for Public Outreach, and The Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for
Exceptional Public Service.
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