Christian Donath

Christian is an associate in the Business Law department at Goodwin. Before joining Goodwin, he was a member of the US Intelligence Community and a political science professor.

Before joining Goodwin, Christian was an officer in the US Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. He worked on matters ranging from foreign military sales and technology export controls to counterintelligence and counterterrorism. He received awards from directors of national intelligence and secretaries of state. He also worked in various policy roles, served on the advisory board to the Director General of the Multinational Force and Observers (the organization that monitors the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel), and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Before public service, Christian was a professor at the American University in Cairo, taught politics at University of California, San Diego, and was a Boren Fellow.