Brussels Forum Session: The Middle East: Crisis and Opportunity at a Time of Global Disruption
Heather Nauert is a member of BGR Group’s advisory board. She serves as a senior adviser to corporations, think tanks, and foundations, providing leaders with strategic communications guidance, including creating media campaigns.
Nauert previously served as the US Department of State’s acting under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, and as spokesperson. She helped plan and manage messaging on all overseas trips by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In those positions, she was the fourth-ranking official in the department and its highest-ranking woman. She also served on the board of the US Agency for Global Media, formerly known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which administers US taxpayer-funded television and radio networks that include Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Asia, Radio Free Liberty, Cuba Broadcasting, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
Before serving in government, Nauert spent nearly 20 years as an anchor and news correspondent at Fox News and ABC News. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Mount Vernon College. She currently serves on the advisory board of Warriors and Quiet Waters, a veterans service organization, and previously served on the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and as a White House Fellows Commissioner.