Michael Dickerson joined the Department of State in 2002. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Baku, Azerbaijan. His other postings include Tbilisi, where he facilitated the first ever visit of a U.S. President to the Caucasus, as well as Vilnius, Budapest, Azerbaijan (twice), and Moscow. He chaired the Technology Transfer Working Group while working in the Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Dickerson has a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Virginia Tech University and an Master of Arts in national security from the Naval War College. He served in the Peace Corps in Guinea from 1997-1999. He is joined in Romania by his wife and two daughters.