About Douglas Nelson, PhD

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Douglas Nelson earned both a PhD in European history and JD in law from Columbia University. He has been college professor, Wall Street lawyer, corporate executive, trade association executive, foundation president and security-cleared advisor to the Bush II, Obama and Trump administrations. He studied in Paris, Oxford University and Germany and has spoken/moderated at major international conferences. 

   Nelson was part of the U.S. Delegation in Geneva, New Delhi, Beijing, and Paris; delegate to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meetings in Seattle, Cancun and Hong Kong; delegate at UN Summits in Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro; and Vice Chair of the Business Food and Agriculture Committee at the OECD in Paris. 

    Nelson taught history at NC State University, Columbia University and Brooklyn College, was adjunct law lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, American University Law School, and New School for Social Research in NYC, and currently lectures on major cruise ships and other venues about various historical and cultural sites around the world.