Center for International Policy

Amb. Parker Borg

Earlier in his career he served as Special Assistant to the Sercretary of State (1974-75). Overseas he also served as a diplomat in Zaire and Malaysia and as rural development officer in Vietnam. He began his government service as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines.

Ambassador Borg was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Dartmouth College (BA) and Cornell University (MPA). During his State Department service, he was selected to be a senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York (1978-79) and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington (1886-87).

Parker Borg is married to Anna Anderson Lehel, also a career Foreign Service Officer. They have three children and reside in Great Falls, Virginia.