John Stern Wolf (born 1948) served as a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State from 1970–2004, including tours as Ambassador to Malaysia, Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation, and Chief Monitor, The Middle East Roadmap for Peace.
Prior to these appointments, Wolf served from 1999–2000 as Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy.
[4] Following early assignments in Australia, Vietnam, Greece, and Pakistan, as well as in Washington, Wolf served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1989–1992, and Ambassador to Malaysia from 1992–1995.
In 1996, he received the annual APCAC Award from the Asia Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a mid-career fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.