Drew N. Peterson is a Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. Department of State, where he serves as special assistant and deputy chief of staff in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance. Earlier in his career, he served as special assistant to the U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council, State Department liaison to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and in various roles at U.S. embassies in Israel, Kazakhstan, and Lithuania, including as assistant to two U.S. ambassadors. He is proficient in French, Hebrew, and Russian, and has received the Department’s Superior Honor Award. He is an Eagle Scout and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown and a master’s degree in Russian studies from Harvard. He is a 2006 graduate of Rutland High School.