DONALD G. GROSS
DONALD G. GROSS
Donald G. Gross serves as Counselor of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
(ACDA). He currently advises the Director of ACDA on a broad range of arms control and
nonproliferation matters, including negotiations to conclude a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
arms control with Russia and regional arms control initiatives. Mr. Gross develops and
implements diplomatic strategy for ACDA and coordinates the agency's China Task Force. He
serves as a principal representative of the Director to the National Security Council and other
national security agencies in the formulation and execution of arms control policy. Mr. Gross
was a member of the U.S. Delegation to the 1995 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference
which successfully achieved indefinite extension of the NPT.
Prior to joining ACDA, Mr. Gross was Director of Legislative Affairs at the National Security
Council, where he coordinated the legislative activities of the State Department, Defense
Department, White House and CIA on key foreign and defense policy issues. Mr. Gross
graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University and holds a law degree from the University
of Chicago.