REFLECTIONS ON A FOREIGN SERVICE CAREER

DISCUSSION WITH DON CAMP

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY:

Donald Camp is a retired foreign service officer who divided his career primarily between South and East Asia. Peace Corps service in India (1970-72) prepared him for his later work on South Asia at the State Department and with the National Security Council (NSC), which included stints as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia and NSC Senior Director for South Asia in the Obama White House.   

Two years of Mandarin language training prepared Camp for six years of service in greater China (one year in Taiwan, two years in Beijing and three years as Consul General in Chengdu). After his retirement from the State Department, he served for three months every autumn as Senior Advisor for South Asia at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations during its General Assembly. He is a graduate of Carleton College and lives in Falls Church, Virginia.