Ross Wilson

Ross Wilson served as an American Foreign Service officer between 1979 and 2021, holding assignments as US ambassador to Azerbaijan (2000-03) and Turkey (2005-08); chargé d’affaires in Turkey (2014), Georgia (2018-19) and Afghanistan (2020-21); and other postings in Moscow, Prague, and Melbourne, Australia and at the US State Department and Office of the US Trade Representative.

From 2010 to 2014, Ambassador Wilson directed the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, leading work on Turkey, the former Soviet states, and regional energy and economic issues. Since 2009, he has taught at George Washington University and Carleton College and served on boards and advisory councils for the Eurasia Foundation, American Voices, and the Institute of Turkish Studies. He was chairman of Global Minnesota’s board of directors in 2018 and 2022-25.