Ambassador Tim Roemer, former U.S. Member of Congress and later Ambassador to India, is a strategic counselor at APCO Worldwide. He works with clients on government relations. With his background in international trade, education policy, and national security, He is a trusted consensus-builder, problem solver and international expert.
In 2009, he was appointed U.S. He to India, one of America’s largest diplomatic missions. During his time in office, He helped move India from being America’s 25th largest trading partner to 12th. He oversaw the signing of the Counterterrorism Cooperation Initiative, which broadened U.S. – India coordination in intelligence, homeland security, border security, money laundering, and terrorist financing. He worked with the U.S. government to assist India on the Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership. He strengthened U.S. cooperation with India in technology transfers and sales in the defense and space industries.
Earlier, He proudly served for 12 years in the United States Congress as the Representative for Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District. Coming from a family of educators, He fought to improve access, standards and achievement for American education. He was instrumental in the work of the 9/11 Commission, and helped pass most of the Commission’s recommendations into law. Later, He was a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Presidential Task Force on Combating the Ideology of Radical Extremism, the 21st Century National Parks Commission, the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, and the 9/11 FBI Review Commission.
He is a member of the Aspen Institute’s U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, and the Center for American Policy’s U.S..-India 21st Century Institute. He is also a strategic adviser to Issue One, a non-profit organization working on a non-partisan basis to address the insidious impact of big money on American democracy. He is a lecturer at the Washington Campus’ Executive MBA Program where he speaks on national security, market entry, and the U.S.-India relationship.
He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of California at San Diego. He earned a master’s and a doctoral degree in American government from the University of Notre Dame, with his dissertation on: “The Senior Executive Service: Retirement and Public Personnel Policy”. Both schools have recently recognized his achievements with distinguished alumnus awards.
He is married to Sally Johnston Roemer. They have four children, Patrick, Matthew, Sarah, and Grace and live in Great Falls, Virginia. They attend St. Thomas à Becket Catholic Church and have a dog named Hoosier.