Marcus Micheli is Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in the Netherlands. A career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor, he has served in a wide range of senior diplomatic and policy roles across Europe and Washington, D.C. His previous assignments include Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russian Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission in Lithuania and Moldova, Consul General in Yekaterinburg, and Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council. Throughout his career, he has focused on transatlantic relations, European security, international diplomacy and geopolitical affairs. Mr. Micheli holds master’s degrees from Columbia University and the U.S. Naval War College.