Marc Grossman

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Marc Grossman
US State Department portrait, c. 2011
2nd United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
In office February 22, 2011 – December 14, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Richard Holbrooke
Succeeded by	James Dobbins
18th Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office March 26, 2001 – February 25, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas R. Pickering
Succeeded by	R. Nicholas Burns
Director General of the Foreign Service
In office June 19, 2000 – March 26, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Edward Gnehm
Succeeded by	Ruth A. Davis
20th Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
In office August 5, 1997 – May 31, 2000
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John C. Kornblum
Succeeded by	James Dobbins
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office January 3, 1995 – June 1, 1997
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Richard Clark Barkley
Succeeded by	Mark Robert Parris
15th Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State
In office 1993–1994
Preceded by	W. Robert Pearson
Succeeded by	Kenneth C. Brill
Personal details
Born	Mark Isaiah Grossman (1951-09-23) September 23, 1951 (age 72) Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse	Mildred Anne Patterson ​ ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	1
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) London School of Economics (MSc)

Marc Isaiah Grossman (born September 23, 1951) is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He was most recently the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan and is currently a Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group, a business strategic advisory firm headed by former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, and a Vice Chair of the German Marshall Fund board of trustees.^[1][2][3][4]