Ambassador Daniel Coats

Ambassador Daniel Coats is a senior counsel in King & Spalding's Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group. Ambassador Coats joined King & Spalding after serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from August 2001 to February 2005.

A former member of Congress, Ambassador Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.
While in Congress, Ambassador Coats was a member of several high-profile committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He also was a member of the Senate leadership, serving as Midwest Regional Whip. In the Senate, Ambassador Coats focused on national security, health care, education and human resources issues.

In 1995, Ambassador Coats received national recognition as the author and champion of the Project for American Renewal, a comprehensive initiative aimed at shifting power and funding from Washington directly to local and non-profit groups that are successfully working to resolve many of the nation's social problems. He also is the author of Mending Fences: Renewing Justice Between Government and Civil Society.

Ambassador Coats has served as President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, as co-chair of the Center for Jewish and Christian Values, and as a member of several other boards, civic and volunteer organizations. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and holds a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law. He joined the AICGS Board of Trustees in November 2005.