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 Dr. Gregg J. Rickman
Visiting Fellow, YIISA Gregg J. Rickman received his Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern and Russian history from John Carroll University, in Cleveland, Ohio and a Doctorate of Philosophy in International Relations from the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. From 1991-1999, Gregg J. Rickman directed the legislative agenda for two U.S. Senators, where he worked to secure vital funding for infrastructure projects as well as transportation, aviation security, counter-terrorism efforts, foreign aid, economic sanctions and export control issues working with the staff of the Senate Banking Committee. From 2003-2006, he served as a senior Committee aide to three Foreign Affairs Committee and Subcommittee Chairs working on financial, criminal, and foreign aid investigations and terror financing issues. He has directed news-making advocacy campaigns both nationally and internationally, including a three-year campaign against the Swiss Banks resulting in a $1.25 billion settlement for Holocaust survivors; a campaign to uncover Iraqi violations of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food program and numerous others relating to criminal and policy matters. For nearly three years, he served as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, traveling to twenty-eight countries in defense of victims of antisemitism and intolerance. His diplomatic efforts and contracts in nearly fifty countries in Europe, the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Latin America, Australia and Southeast Asia as well as dozens of Embassies in Washington during his career have resulted in the alleviation of numerous international problems. He has been widely published in the United States and abroad, including two books, and has spoken and been interviewed in the United States and around the world. |
