He served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lebanon (chargé d'affaires) 1994–96 and United States Consul-General in Jerusalem from 2000 to November 2002.

On September 2, 2008, he assumed the position of Principal Deputy Assistant Coordinator for Counterterrorism.

[2] Schlicher was born in Sylacauga, Alabama and grew up in Chattanooga.

[3] He was an alumnus of Red Bank High School and attended the University of Tennessee and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1978 and JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981.

[5] After his diplomatic career ended (sometime after 2011[6]) he settled down in Brentwood, Tennessee, where he died in 2019.