Earl Anthony Wayne is currently teaching as a Distinguished Diplomat in Residence and Professorial Lecturer at American University's School of International Service. He is a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars and Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of its Mexico Institute. Wayne is a former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and to Argentina and a former Deputy Ambassador in Afghanistan. He left the U.S. diplomatic corps with the rank of Career Ambassador after 40 years of service. Wayne is also a Senior Non-Resident Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and at the Atlantic Council. He serves on the Board of the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Public Diplomacy Council of America and the Common Ground Committee.  He is a member of other international affairs organizations. Wayne speaks, writes and consults on a range of international and management topics.