Dr. Duffey is Senior Vice President of Laureate International Universities, where he is responsible for education and academic quality, and coordinates the development of Laureate university network programs and partnerships worldwide. Before joining Laureate, Dr. Duffey has served as director of the U.S. Information Agency, as president of American University in Washington, D.C., chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 1982 to 1991, during which time he was also elected as president of the four-campus UMass system. Dr. Duffey was Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He has also served as a member of the faculty at Yale University, as a fellow of the JFK School of Government at Harvard University, and as a U.S. delegate to the General Conferences of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He has published widely on themes relating to higher education and social and economic issues.