Esther Brimmer

Esther Brimmer
Brimmer circa 2009
25th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In office
April 6, 2009  September 5, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byBrian H. Hook
Succeeded byBathsheba N. Crocker
Personal details
Born
Esther Diane Brimmer

1961 (age 6364)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSteven Beller
Children1
RelativesAndrew Brimmer (Father)
EducationPomona College (BA)
New College, Oxford (MA, PhD)

Esther Diane Brimmer (born 1961) is an American foreign policy expert and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. In June 2013, she left her post as Assistant Secretary and returned to academia.

In January 2017, she became the executive director and CEO of NAFSA.

From October 2013 to January, 2017, she served as the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.