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Stuart E. Eizenstat currently heads the international practice of Covington & Burling, a major international law firm. Ambassador Eizenstat has held a number of key positions at senior levels in the U.S. Government. During the Clinton Administration he served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (1993-1996), Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (1996-97); Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs (1997-99), and Special Representative of the President on Holocaust-Era Issues (1995-2001). Ambassador Eizenstat was also Chief Domestic Policy Adviser and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff for President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981). Ambassador Eizenstat played a prominent role in the development of key international initiatives, including and the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, where he led the US delegation. Ambassador Eizenstat successfully negotiated major agreements with the Swiss, German, Austrian and French governments, and other European countries, covering restitution of property, payment for slave and forced laborers, recovery of looted art, bank accounts, and payment of insurance policies. His book "Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War II" is an account of these events. Ambassador Eizenstat was educated in the public schools of Atlanta. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and received his B.A. cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. | 