Richard Nephew is the U.S. State Department coordinator on global anti-corruption. He has been a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Nephew was the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran from August 2013 to December 2014. He has also served as director for Iran on the National Security Council at the White House and as deputy coordinator for sanctions policy and deputy special envoy for Iran at the State Department.
