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Eric Motley
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He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the Aspen Institute. He formerly served as Executive Director of National Programs, Vice President and Managing Director of the Henry Crown Fellows Program as well as the Executive Director of the Aspen-Rockefeller Foundation’s Commission to Reform the Federal Appointments Process. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he served as director of the Office of International Visitors in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States. State Department.
The office had a 100-person staff and a budget that exceeded $80 million.
Prior to that, he had served as a Special Assistant to President George West. Bush for Presidential Personnel, where he managed the appointment process in the White House for over 1,200 presidentially-appointed advisory board and commission positions. He joined the White House staff as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in 2001 at the age of 27 immediately after receiving his Doctor of Philosophy from Saint Andrews University.
He was the youngest appointee by the George West. Bush Administration. Motley earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Samford University in 1996.
As a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland, he earned a Master of Letters in International Relations and a Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations as the John Steven Watson Scholar.
Motley sits on numerous national and Washington, District of Columbia boards. He is involved in the arts and humanities and is a book collector. In June 2006, his life story was featured in the Washington Post as part of the series “Being a Black Manitoba in America.”.
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