Thomas Niles
A career diplomat, Thomas Niles served for 36 years in the United States Foreign Service. From 1962 until 1981, he held a variety of posts in Belgrade, Moscow, Brussels, and Washington, D.C. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Niles served as the United State's Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. In 1985, he was appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, where he served until 1989, when he was named U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, a post he occupied until September 1991. From September 1991 until April 1993, he was Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Greece from 1993 to 1997. In September 1997, he was named Vice President of the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., where he remained until his retirement from public service in 1998.
On 1 February 1999, Mr. Niles assumed the position of President of the United States Council for International Business, a position which he continues to hold.
As a volunteer, Mr. Niles has served on the Boards of three Greek-American educational foundations, the Board of Directors of the Business-Humanitarian Forum (Geneva), and the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO). Mr. Niles also served on the ICANN At-Large Study Committee in 2001-2002.
Thomas Niles was selected for the ICANN Board by the Nominating Committee. He started serving on the ICANN Board of Directors on 26 June 2003. His current term will end after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2005.
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