Anthony Luzzatto Gardner

Anthony Luzzatto Gardner (born May 16, 1963) is an American politician who served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from February 2014 to January 2017.

Education A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy in 1981, Gardner holds a BA in Government from Harvard University, an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, a JD from Columbia Law School, and a Masters in Finance from London Business School. He is fluent in French and Italian, and is conversant in Spanish. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 12, 2014.

He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the advisory boards of the Centre for European Reform, the European Policy Centre the American EC Association and Seed Global Health. He is a Senior non-resident fellow of the German Marshall Fund. He has served as trustee of the Guggenheim UK Charitable Trust, and a board member for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

In 2020, he authored the book Stars with Stripes on the relations between the United States and European Union. The book was included in the list of best foreign policy books of 2020 published by Foreign Affairs magazine.