AmCham Executive Director Doris Bradbury is a career specialist in Eastern Europe and the CIS, bringing to AmCham a wealth of experience in the public and private sectors. After receiving a B.A. in Russian history and literature from McGill University in Canada, she completed an M.Phil. at the University of Edinburgh in the U.K. and pursued Ph.D. research at the University of London and Moscow State University. She has taught at the University of St. Andrews in the U.K. and published research on late 19th century Russian literature.  Returning to Canada, she worked in Ottawa for fifteen years for the Canadian government and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, where she headed the Central and Eastern Europe Unit, directing CIS policy reform projects under government contracts and serving as Executive Director of the Canada-Russia Economic Policy Program.   She has directed projects across Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, and Central Asia.  In 2000 she returned to the U.S. to act as an Associate Director at the Carter Center in Atlanta, and in 2006 she was appointed Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan.
 
Doris Bradbury is a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen and speaks English, French, and Russian. In her position as AmCham Executive Director, she aims to expand AmCham activities, focus on improving the business environment for foreign investors, continue to grow the current international membership, encourage multi-sector partnerships through new projects, and expand AmCham communications and publications.  Please see the Executive Director’s Message to website visitors.