Rose Gottemoeller

Who is Rose Gottemoeller?

Rose Eilene Gottemoeller is the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security for the US State Department. She was confirmed by the US Senate on March 6, 2014. Prior to her confirmation by the US Senate on March 6, 2014, she had served as the Acting Under Secretary of State in the same capacity since February 7, 2012, in addition to her role as the United States Department of State's Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, which she held since April 6, 2009. She was the chief negotiator of the follow on for the Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty otherwise known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with the Russian Federation. Since 2000, she had been with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Before returning to government, she was a senior associate in the Carnegie Russia & Eurasia Program in Washington, D.C., where she worked on U.S.–Russian relations and nuclear security and stability. While with Carnegie, Gottemoeller led consultative Track II meetings with Russian nuclear experts. She also served as the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from January 2006 to December 2008.