Marc Nathanson is the former United States ambassador to Norway, from 2022 to 2024. In this role, he helped establish the American Presence Post in Tromso, signed two U.S.-Norwegian supplemental military treaties, and established the Minnesota National Guard and Norwegian military partnership program. Nathanson is also chair of Mapleton Investments. Previously, he was co-chair of the Pacific Council on International Policy, vice chair of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and former Secretary of State Clinton’s representative to the East-West Center board of governors in Honolulu. Early in his career, Nathanson was the founder and CEO of Falcon Cable TV, and then vice chair of Charter Communications cable operator. He is an Aspen Institute trustee and a Council on Foreign Relations member.