Amb. Ned L. Siegel has had a long and distinguished career as a senior U.S. government official and businessman. He was appointed by then President George W. Bush as the U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas from October 2007 to January 2009. He was also appointed by President Bush to serve under Ambassador John R. Bolton at the United Nations in New York, serving as the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Mission and as the U.S. Representative to the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Prior to his Ambassadorship, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from 2003 to 2007. Appointed by then Governor Jeb Bush, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) from 1999-2004. EFI is the state of Florida’s primary organization promoting statewide economic development through its public-private partnership.

In addition to his public service, Ambassador Siegel has over 40 years of entrepreneurial successes. Ambassador Siegel has developed, managed and owned more than one billion dollars’ worth of real estate throughout his career.

Amb. Siegel presently serves as a Director with Worksport Ltd., Bannix Acquisition Corp., Janover Inc., and LaRosa Holding Corp., all public companies, and Vocodia Holdings Corp., currently in the process of IPO on NASDAQ. He also serves in an advisory capacity with U.S.Medical Glove Company and Potomac International Partners.  Amb. Siegel is Of Counsel to the law firm Wildes & Weinberg.

Amb. Siegel graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and received a juris doctorate from the Dickinson School of Law in 1976. In December 2014, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.