Richard Morningstar is a Senior Advisor at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, a founding member of DGA Group, and is based in Washington, D.C.  He draws on his deep experience in Europe and the energy sector broadly to help clients identify strategic advantages and grow their businesses across Europe, Eurasia and the world.

Ambassador Morningstar is the founding Director and Chairman of the Global Energy Center at the Atlantic Council. From 2012 to 2014, he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Previously, he was the U.S. Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy. 

Ambassador Morningstar also served as U.S. Ambassador to the EU and as Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, where he was responsible for assuring maximum coordination to promote U.S. policies on Caspian Basin energy development and transportation. In addition, he served as Ambassador and Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Assistance for the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, where he oversaw all U.S. bilateral assistance and trade investment activities in the NIS. 

Ambassador Morningstar served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Costar Corporation. He also served on the board of the American Councils for International Education and a trustee of both the Kosovo-America Educational Foundation and the Eurasia Foundation. 

Ambassador Morningstar received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. from Harvard University.