Robert Geers Loftis

[2] Loftis' previous position as a member of the Foreign Service was as the State Department's Special Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza from March 2009 to August 2010.

[3] Loftis was the Deputy Commandant and Senior Advisor for International Affairs of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at National Defense University, where he also taught strategic leadership.

Loftis was the Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in the Department of State from August 2004 to July 2007.

[4] In June 2006, Loftis and Foreign Minister Alikbek Jekshenkulov led a delegation to negotiate the terms of a U.S. military air base in Kyrgyzstan.

[6] From September 2001 to July 2004, Loftis was United States Ambassador to Lesotho, where he focused on the promotion of democratic institutions, economic and trade development, and the fight against HIV/AIDS.