Mark Simakovsky is the Country Director for Georgia and Moldova in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Policy. Previously, he served as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) in the Office of Russian Affairs, U.S. Department of State. While a PMF, he worked as Special Assistant to the Director of Eurasia policy in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European & NATO Policy.  From 2005-2006, Mark lived in Georgia as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, focusing on Russia-Georgia relations and the impasse over the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.  Mark received a Masters in Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University.