Rick Steenweg

Background

About Rick Steenweg

Experienced Foreign Service Professional with demonstrated excellence in diplomacy and international affairs. Skilled in Crisis Management, Public Relations, Humanitarian Assistance, Policy Analysis, and Political Science. Strong professional with a Master of Political Science (MA) focused on International Relations and on Alternative Energy Policy from Simon Fraser University. Personal strengths: adaptable, focused, critical thinker, intelligent, friendly, and organized. Specialties: Diplomacy, Negotiations, Human Rights, Humanitarian Principles, Elections. Fluent in French. Conversational ability in German, Dutch and Spanish Experience: multilateral negotiations, European security, including four years focused on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, high-level visit management, speech-writing, event planning, committee chair, gender policy, humanitarian response, East and North Africa, stakeholder engagement.