The Honorable J. Stapleton Roy
USCPF Boardmember
J. Stapleton Roy is Vice Chairman at Kissinger Associates Inc. and the former U.S. Ambassador to China. Ambassador Roy retired from the Foreign Service in 2001, after a career spanning 45 years with the U.S. State Department.
Ambassador Roy rose to become a three-time ambassador, serving as the top U.S. envoy in Singapore (1984-1986), the People's Republic of China (1991-1995) and Indonesia (1996-1999). In 1996 he was promoted to the rank of career ambassador, the highest rank in the Foreign Service. Roy's final post with the State Department was as assistant secretary for intelligence and research.
In 2001 he received Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Public Service. He is a director of ConocoPhillips and Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, and serves on various nonprofit boards. Roy received a degree in history from Princeton University.