• Formerly Director of Latin American Affairs, National Security Council (1981-1983)
• Diplomatic Correspondent, Tiempos del Mundo
• Consultant, U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States
• Director of Latin American Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Roger W. Fontaine is an author of numerous books, including Terrorism: The Cuban Connection; Central America: A Political Strategic Assessment; Latin America: Struggle for Progress; and Sante Fe III: Making Democracy Work in the Americas.

• B.A., 1963, Valparaiso University
• M.A., 1965, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
• Ph.D., 1970, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies