Welcome
Ben served a 23-year career as a U.S. diplomat specialized in cross-cultural communication and telling America’s story to the world.
He led multi-agency teams and crisis response operations at embassies in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. In Washington DC he led intelligence analysis efforts, forged programming and communications strategies, and for the Foreign Service Board of Examiners selected America’s future diplomats.
He was chosen in 2022 for a one-year research sabbatical resulting in Profiles in Service, a nonfiction work exploring the impact of Peace Corps service on modern diplomatic efforts (forthcoming from Moonshine Cove Publishing Dec 2025).
In his personal capacity, Ben published numerous short stories, essays, and creative nonfiction.
His satiric novel Two Pumps for the Body Man examines U.S. diplomacy and the War on Terror, finding what Catch-22 knew about military logic during the Second World War: The enemy can’t kill us if our institutions kill us first. His novel, Patchworks, examines American gun culture in a similar light.
Ben taught English at the American School of Asuncion in Paraguay; at Brooklyn College Academy; and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi.
His experience building durable people-to-people connections and his creative storytelling now helps organizations connect with their audiences.
Full publication credits posted here.
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