Hormats, former U.S. Undersecretary of State, has been a senior official in the administration of five American presidents across political parties. He also served as Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and Vice Chair of Kissinger Associates, and is now managing director at Tiedemann Advisors. He was a top-level envoy with Henry Kissinger during the shuttle diplomacy in the Mideast with frequent negotiations with Syria’s Assad regime.