Dr. Stephen Noerper is a global affairs executive with leadership experience in the public and private sectors, as well as NGOs and academe. He speaks and networks widely on Asia and Eurasia programs and has rich outreach, analysis, publications and editing exposure. He has taught on Asia and Eurasia in the professional divisions of New York University and Hawaii's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies and as a visitor to American University, Japan's Waseda University and the National University of Mongolia. Noerper was vice president for programs at the Intellibridge Corporation, a senior foreign affairs analyst with the U.S. State Department, and Washington, DC representative of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development. His leadership profile also includes the presidency of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Academy and the directorships of the Scholar Rescue Fund and the Mongolia office of The Asia Foundation. He also served with Hawaii's East-West Center, the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and WC Stone Foundation. Noerper has published widely, to include Newsweek International and the Brookings Institution of late, and has appeared on NBC television, Japan's NHK, VOA television, Radio Free Asia, Australian Broadcasting Company radio, Bloomberg Radio, National Public Radio and in US and international dailies. He holds a Ph.D. and Masters degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and London School of Economics. Dr. Noerper serves on boards in New York and Washington, DC and has provided pro bono support on Russia, China, Mongolia and Korea efforts. In 2007, Dr. Noerper received Mongolia's State Friendship Medal for service on Asia and Eurasian affairs. He also has taught on Africa and volunteered on disaster relief efforts in Latin America, among other global commitments. Dr. Noerper may be reached at steve.noerper@gmail.com.