William Luers served as a United States ambassador and Foreign Service diplomat for more than three decades with various posts in Europe and South America, before becoming President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and President of the United Nations Association of the USA. A renowned speaker on foreign affairs, diplomacy, the UN, and the arts, Luers was an Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Director of The Iran Project. He also served jointly on several corporate and nonprofit boards including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The National Museum of Natural History, and the Rubin Art Museum