Masters of the Bench

Jane Hartley was sworn in as the United States Ambassador in May 2022. She previously served as Ambassador to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco. Hartley was Chief Executive Officer of Observatory Group, an international economic and political advisory firm, and Chief Executive Officer of the G7 Group, a research firm providing macroeconomic and political analysis to global clients.

Hartley serves as a member of the Visiting Committee of the Kennedy School at Harvard University. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is a member of the Board of Overseers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sesame Workshop (Sesame Street) and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hartley also served at the White House in the Carter Administration. She earned a B.A. at Boston College (Newton College).