Background
He was born to Virgil and Evelyn Siebert in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of four sons.
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Thomas Leland
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Georgetown University Law Center. Georgetown University.
Career
Siebert was appointed United States Ambassador to Sweden in 1994 by President Bill Clinton and served in this capacity until 1998. Thomas L. Siebert is currently a Washington attorney with over 40 years of private sector experience and a diplomat during the Clinton Presidency in the 1990s. He specializes in international business and governmental affairs related to telecom, Information Technology, renewable energy and clean technology.
He provides counseling to private clients on legislative and regulatory matters, government affairs, and Federal marketing.
His wide-ranging background includes owning, operating and managing various businesses, as well as corporate experience in legal, operational and financial areas. In 1998, he served as Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union (International Telecommunication Union) Plenipotentiary Conference.
The International Telecommunication Union – at the time composed of representatives of 189 Nations - is the United Nations" specialized agency devoted to telecommunications matters and is the highest decision-making body made up of representatives of governments belonging to an international treaty-making organization. Ambassador Siebert served as parliamentarian and negotiator on such contentious issues as Palestinian membership in the International Telecommunication Union. Ambassador Siebert currently serves on the Diplomatic Council on Energy Security.
This Council provides advice to Securing America"s Energy Future (SAFE), a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization committed to reducing America"s dependence on oil and improving United States. energy security.
Ambassador Siebert also serves on the Board of Advisers of the International Criminal Court (Interstate Commerce Commission) Project which operates within the American Bar Association’s (American Bar Association) Center for Human Rights. The Interstate Commerce Commission Project’s mission is to strengthen the United States.-Interstate Commerce Commission relationship within many American circles. Ambassador Siebert is Chairman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – North America (SIPRI-NA) headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. SIPRI-NA’s charter is to contribute to policy debates on global and regional security issues through dissemination of SIPRI research, analysis, and recommendations drawn from SIPRI’s global networks.
He also serves on the Board of American Citizens Abroad (American Counseling Association) Global Foundation.
Siebert received his Bachelor of Arts at Georgetown University in 1968 and his Juris Doctor at Georgetown University Law Center in 1972. Siebert came to know President Clinton during his university years.
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American Counseling Association’s mission is to advance and defend the rights of Americans living overseas before the three branches of the United States. Government and the press
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He is a member of the Council of American Ambassadors.
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