SES Bruce Lemkin

Last Name: Lemkin

First Name: Bruce

Middle Name: Stuart
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Medals and Honors:

• Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service, Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award, Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award, Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award, Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (3 awards), Awards from the governments of Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan

ACNSL Offices and Committees:

• INDO-PACOM Strategic Committee
  Partnerships & Alliances Chair

Rank: Captain (U.S. Navy), Senior Executive Service (U.S. Air Force)

Service/Department: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy

Last or Significant Assignment: Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (International Affairs)

Areas of Experience:

• Asia (including China and North Korea)
  Europe and the E.U.,
  Foreign Military Sales and Assistance,
  INDOPACOM,
  International Relations and Diplomacy,
  NATO,
  Nuclear Deterrence and Proliferation,
  Russia and Eastern Europe,
  South and Central America,
  Treaties and Negotiations,
  Weapons of Mass Destruction
  
  

Articles, Books and Publications:

• Numerous op-eds (China, North Korea, Defense priorities and budget, NATO, Russia-Ukraine, Foreign Military Sales)

Bruce Lemkin is a Fellow of the American College of National Security Leaders (ACNSL) and chairs ACNSL’s Alliances and Partnerships Committee.

As Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (International Affairs) from 2003-2010, he led the development of Air Force partnerships around the world, building interoperable aerospace capabilities. Previously, he was the chief negotiator for The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, the international consortium carrying out the terms of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, the 1994 Agreed Framework with North Korea. 

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering), he was a career officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in six nuclear submarines, including a total of five years in command of two nuclear submarines. During his naval career, he was assigned as the Nuclear Officer Program Manager, and led the Navy's nuclear affairs and international negotiations and strategy and policy organizations. 

He also served as a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States, under the Navy’s Federal Executive Fellowship program.

As the Chief of the Asia-Pacific Division on the Joint Staff, he led negotiations with North Korea and China, including the first military-to-military agreement between the U.S. and the PRC.  

With his credentials as a U.S. Navy proven financial management subspecialist, he was the vice president at a major U.S. financial services firm and, subsequently, served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management.

He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Naval Institute, and the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, as well as a member of the Air Force Association.  

Bruce Lemkin is the President of Lemkin International, LLC, a provider of consulting and advisory services focusing on aerospace, defense, government relations, and energy. He also serves on/has served on the boards of several companies and organizations.  

A recognized expert on a wide range of defense and foreign policy matters, his commentaries have been published on subjects that include Defense priorities and budget, China, North Korea, Russia-Ukraine, NATO, and Foreign Military Sales.