Victoria K. Holt Elected to Council on Foreign Relations

Sep 16, 2025

Victoria K. Holt, the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth, has been elected as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The Board of Directors of the CFR extended the invitation, acknowledging her distinguished career in diplomacy and international security.

“We are delighted that Victoria Holt has been invited to join the Council on Foreign Relations,” said Dartmouth President Sian Beilock. “Her decades of public service and deep expertise in foreign policy and global diplomacy will be a tremendous asset to the Council, as it is to Dartmouth.  This recognition is a testament to her standing as a leader in international affairs.”

“Her decades of public service and deep expertise in foreign policy and global diplomacy will be a tremendous asset to the Council, as it is to Dartmouth.  This recognition is a testament to her standing as a leader in international affairs.”

Dartmouth President Sian Beilock

Prior to her role at Dartmouth, Holt served on Capitol Hill as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department, as Vice President of the Stimson Center, and adjunct professor at Columbia University, among other roles leading diplomatic initiatives and advising on U.S. policy for international conflict management. Her full bio is available here.

 (Photo by Robert Gill)