Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy, The Boeing Company
Stephen E. Biegun is a Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy with The Boeing Company. Prior to joining Boeing, he accumulated more than three decades of international affairs experience in government and the private sector, including high-level government service with the Department of State, the White House, and the United States Congress.
In 2021, Mr. Biegun concluded his most recent government service as the Deputy Secretary of State, a position to which he was confirmed by the United States Senate with a strong bipartisan vote of 90-3. Before to his most recent government service, Mr. Biegun served 15 years as a corporate vice president with Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Biegun began his career as a international affairs specialist with the United States Congress, serving in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives with a focus on Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Europe, ultimately rising to a number of senior-level positions including chief of staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and national security advisor to the Senate Majority Leader. He served two years as the Executive Secretary of the White House National Security Council, serving as an advisor and deputy to the National Security Advisor. From 1992-1994, Mr. Biegun was the Resident Program Director in the Russian Federation for the International Republican Institute.
Mr. Biegun volunteers as a board member for several international, national, and local non-profit organizations and has for the past decade led mentoring programs for next generation United States foreign policy and national security leaders. In 2022 he taught a course on foreign policy and grand strategy as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the University of Michigan, from which he graduated with a degree in Russian language and political science.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors, The American Ditchley Foundation.