Richard A. Grenell

Richard A. Grenell is the Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions and the President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2025-present). He previously served as Acting Director of National Intelligence (2020), U.S. Ambassador to Germany (20182020), Special Presidential Envoy for Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations (2019-20), and Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (2001-2008). He founded the global public affairs consultancy, Capitol Media Partners.

Grenell has also worked on seven U.S. presidential campaigns, including as chief foreign affairs spokesman to the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. He has contributed to a variety of English and German-language media, from MSNBC and Fox to Bild and Focus.

He holds an MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a BA from Evangel College.