Slaughter, Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie Slaughter (born September 27, 1958) is an American lawyer and political scientist, and author. She is the current president and CEO of New America (formerly the New America Foundation), and will step down on June 30, 2026. Previously, Slaughter served as the dean of Princeton School of Public and International Affairs from 2002 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, she was the director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department under U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first woman to hold the position. Later, She also served as a president of the American Society of International Law. Slaughter has received several awards for her work including: the Woodrow Wilson School R.W. van de Velde Award, 1979; the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law, University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2007; Distinguished Service Medal, U.S. Secretary of state 2011; Louis B. Sohn Award for Public International Law, American Bar association, 2012. She is also on the global advisory board of Oxford University's journal Global Summitry: Politics, Economics, and Law in International Governance.