Anne Chermak
U.S. Public Diplomat in Residence 2007-2008
 
Chermak was the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and the chairperson of the German-American Fulbright Commission. She joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1975 and has served more than 30 years in six different countries, including Spain, Yugoslavia, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, and Russia.

In 2001, Chermak began working at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, where she served as head of press and information. She served on various educational and exchange programs as well, such as the Future Leaders Exchange program, or FLEX. Two years later, she took a year off to teach a course on American diplomacy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, or MGIMO.

Chermak graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a double major in history and in Russian languages and literature.