Anthony Baird has been a political officer in the Foreign Service since August 2003. Baird will begin a Fellowship at Tufts University in August. He served in Georgia, Albania, Azerbaijan, and Morocco, as well as in the Office of European Security and the White House. Baird received a BA in international relations from BYU and an MA in Russian studies from the European University of Saint Petersburg. He speaks French, Russian, Arabic, Albanian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian.