Mr. Pope served as the Vice President for Homeland Security of MPRI, an L-3 Communications subsidiary, during 2005-2006, after his retirement from the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. During his Foreign Service career, Mr. Pope had overseas tours in Rome, The Hague, Pretoria, Paris and elsewhere and held a number of high-level positions in Washington, most recently as the State Department's Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism. He is on the Boards of the Fisher House Foundation and the Michael Stern Parkinson's Research Foundation at Rockefeller University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Security & Defense Agenda, a Brussels-based forum on defense and security issues, and serves as a Diplomatic Fellow at George Mason University.

In Washington, she directed the training of management professionals and solved problems for U.S. Embassies across Europe. In the Philippines, she interviewed those seeking visas for the United States. In Montreal, Canada, she led a staff of 45 interviewing for visas, combating telemarketing fraud, facilitating cross border trade and promoting U.S. exports. First U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, she opened the U.S. Embassy there and provided development, democracy building and privatization assistance. Her other experience includes volunteering with Presidential Classroom (2006, 2007), teaching English in Tunisia (Peace Corps Volunteer), teaching French and providing employment counseling in Kentucky.