Miles Hansen recently stepped down as Director for Gulf Affairs on the U.S. National Security Council to assume a new role as President & CEO of the World Trade Center Utah. He previously served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer in Armenia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Washington, D.C., as well as a junior consultant with the International Trade Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He received an MA in International Relations from SAIS at Johns Hopkins University. BA: International relations, 2009