Jon Temin

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Jon Temin (LinkedIn) is a foreign policy and national security leader with more than 20 years of experience across government and the nonprofit sector. His expertise includes democracy and governance, conflict resolution, and African affairs.

Among his roles, Jon served as vice president of policy and programs at the Truman Center for National Policy and Truman National Security Project, where he oversaw the organizations’ work to produce timely, innovative, and principled solutions to complex national security challenges. Prior to that, he was the director of the Africa Program at Freedom House, leading the organization’s efforts to advance democracy and human rights across the continent. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, providing strategic guidance and long-term thinking to the secretary of state. Jon also served as director of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Africa Program, leading the Institute’s efforts to help end conflicts and prevent new violence.

Jon has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee. Previously, he was a Fulbright fellow in Ghana and visiting fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a non-resident Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.