Sue Veres Royal

Sue Veres Royal is the deputy director for the U.S. in the World Initiative, which was part of the New America Foundation from 2006 until early 2008. The U.S. in the World Initiative works to advocate pragmatic, principled, effective and collaborative U.S. engagement in the world, and draws on the latest communications research and the insights of experts to outline convincing facts and arguments and offer effective ways to communicate these ideas to non-expert, American audiences.

Prior to joining New America, Ms. Veres Royal served as the U.S. in the World Training & Learning Officer at the Aspen Institute’s Global Interdependence Initiative, where she designed and conducted trainings and briefings for diverse audiences, reaching hundreds of foreign policy advocates and experts, from the grassroots to Washington policy circles. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, she was the Executive Director of Student Pugwash USA. Ms. Veres Royal has also been the director of Environmental Education Programs at the United Negro College Fund and has worked as a policy analyst and a research assistant in the environmental field. She received her bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and her nonprofit management executive certificate from Georgetown University.