Stephanie A. Miley is a nonresident senior fellow in Global Power Shifts at GMF. Over the course of more than 35 years as a foreign service officer, she worked on economic growth and development, political-military operations, and post-conflict stabilization, among other issues.

Miley served as deputy chief of mission and for six months as chargé d’affaires (acting ambassador) at US Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from 2022 to 2024, and as chargé d’affaires (acting ambassador) at US Embassy Rabat, Morocco, from 2017 to 2019. Washington assignments have included senior advisor to the under secretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment affairs; director for Iraq at the National Security Council; and special assistant on the staff of the secretary of state. Other overseas assignments have included serving as minister counselor for economic affairs at the US Mission in Mexico, three years at NATO as the political advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and two tours in Iraq.

Miley is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds a master’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s degree from the National War College, where she was a distinguished graduate. She is a member of the Leadership Council of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group.