Ms. Warlick serves as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy.  She previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia at the National Security Council (2007-2008) and as Director of the Office of Russian Affairs at the Department of State (2004-2007).  A career Senior Foreign Service Officer, Ms. Warlick joined the State Department in 1983.  Her Washington assignments have also included:  Director, Office of Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus Affairs (1998-2000); Senior Watch Officer (1992-1994); Economic Officer in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (1990-1992); and Staff Assistant to the Director of the Foreign Service Institute (1985-1986).   

Ms. Warlick’s overseas assignments at U.S. Embassies in Asia and Europe include:  Manila, Philippines, where she served first as a Consular Officer (1983–1985) and later as an Economic Officer (1988-1990).  She also served as an Economic Officer in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1986-1988); Economic Officer and Global Affairs Counselor in Bonn, Germany (1994-1998); and, Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2001-2004).  During her assignment in Moscow, Ms. Warlick traveled extensively in Russia and worked on a wide range of trade, investment and energy issues, including Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. 

Ms. Warlick was born in Papua New Guinea.  She attended high school in Adelaide, South Australia, received a B.A. in Political Science and Humanities from Valparaiso University in 1979, and a Masters degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1982.  Ms. Warlick speaks Russian and German.