Mike Duerr

Mike Duerr is a retired U.S. Army Officer with over a decade of service with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. After the military, Mike was a security contractor with the Department of Defense, having worked in Northern Iraq, Jordan, and Israel.

Returning to America in 2016, Mike is a former State Department official and now with the Department of Justice. Mike is a proud “ex-pat Minnesotan”, lifelong Twins fan, and avid baseball card collector, who has spoken about the close connection between the U.S. Military and baseball.

Mike received his B.A in International Relations from the Virginia Military Institute and received an M.A. in Conflict Resolution & Mediation from Tel-Aviv University. He is also a visiting lecturer for the International Graduate Program on Conflict Resolution & Mediation at Tel Aviv University.