Amb. Richard L. Morningstar is a Senior Advisor at ASG, a global consulting firm. He is the founding Director and Chairman of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council. From 2012 to 2014, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Previously, he was the U.S. Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy. He has lectured at Harvard University and at Stanford Law School.

From 1999 to 2001 Amb. Morningstar served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. Prior to this, he served as Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy. Prior to returning to the government in 2009, Amb. Morningstar served on the board of the American Councils for International Education and as a trustee of both the Kosovo-America Educational Foundation and the Eurasia Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Amb. Morningstar received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. from Harvard University.