CEAS Alum Michael G. DeSombre appointed as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) alum, Michael G. DeSombre (M.A., '90), has been nominated as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Ambassador DeSombre is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, a New York-based law firm where he leads the Asia Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and the Korea and Southeast Asia Practices. He was the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand from 2020 through 2021.