Residence Washington, DC Name Mickey Bergman | Role Executive | |
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Michael "Mickey" Bergman is the Executive Director of the Global Alliances Program at the Aspen Institute and President of the Solel Strategic Group (SSG).
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Biography
Prior to his work with the Aspen Institute and SSG, Bergman served for two years as the Director of Congressional Relations and Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation based in Washington, DC.
As president of SSG, the group worked with the Clinton Global Initiative, former Governor Bill Richardson, the Robert Redford Center at Sundance, and the Elders.
At the Aspen Institute, Bergman previously directed programs including Partners for a New Beginning, the Emirates-Aspen Partnership, the North-Africa Partnership of Economic Opportunity, and the U.S.-Lebanon Dialogue. Bergman has published in the Boston Globe, Foreign Policy Online, the Huffington Post, Ynet, Daily Star, Aspen Magazine and the Center for American Progress Middle East Bulletin. He teaches at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Bergman is married and lives in Washington, DC. He holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.