Aaron Lobel

Aaron Lobel founded America Abroad Media (AAM) in 2002 and serves as the organization's president and chairman of the board, as well as executive producer of America Abroad and AAM Television. America Abroad Media is a non-partisan, independent media organization dedicated to informing and educating the American people about international affairs and facilitating cross-cultural discussion about international issues and America's role in the world.

Prior to founding America Abroad Media, Mr. Lobel was a Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.; National Security Fellow at the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University; and a National Security Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he edited Presidential Judgment: Foreign Policy Decision Making in the White House (Hollis Press 2001). Mr. Lobel received a Ph.D. from Harvard University's Department of Government, where he was also awarded the University's top teaching award, the Joseph P. Levenson Prize. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of Business for Diplomatic Action and of Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Lobel is a native of Toronto, Canada. He received an A.B. with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in International Relations and speaks French and Hebrew. He lives with his wife and son in Washington, D.C.