John D. Negroponte, Vice Chairman, joined McLarty Associates in 2009, following a career in diplomacy and national security. Ambassador Negroponte held government positions abroad and in Washington between 1960 and 1997 and again from 2001 to 2008. He  has been Ambassador to Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines, the United  Nations, and Iraq. In Washington he served twice on the National Security  Council staff, first as Director for Vietnam in the Nixon Administration  and then as Deputy National Security Advisor under President Reagan. He has also held a cabinet level position as the first Director of National  Intelligence under President George W. Bush. His most recent position  in government was as Deputy Secretary of State, where he served as the  State Department’s Chief Operating Officer.