Goodby, James E.

James Goodby has been the State Department's chief negotiator for agreements with Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia, and Ukraine; vice chairman of the U.S. delegation to the START talks; and ambassador to Finland. Winner of a Heinz Award, Goodby has taught at Georgetown and Carnegie Mellon universities. He was a distinguished fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a Payne distinguished lecturer at Stanford University's Institute for International Studies.