Miotke, Jeff

BIOGRAPHY

Jeff Miotke is a Foreign Service Officer currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health. Previously, Mr. Miotke was the Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula J. Dobriansky. As the Director of the Office of Global Change, he was a senior negotiator on climate change. He has also been the Deputy Director of the Office for Development Finance in the State Department. Overseas, he served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lesotho, Economic Counselor in Hungary, Economics Officer in Guatemala and Consular Officer in the Dominican Republic. He has received eleven Honor Awards as well as the Frank Loy Award for Environmental Diplomacy.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 1986, Mr. Miotke managed the overseas users' groups for Hewlett-Packard, edited biostatistical reports for Syntex Labs, served as a management consultant for SRI International, and taught math and science as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Swaziland.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Dartmouth College, a Masters in Public Policy from the Goldman School at the University of California in Berkeley, and a Masters in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.

He speaks Spanish and Hungarian.