Leadership · International Special Envoy

Jeff Bleich

A former United States ambassador to Australia and Cruise's chief legal officer. He was Anthropic's general counsel before becoming its international envoy.

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Role: International Special Envoy
Joined Anthropic: 2025
Before Anthropic: Cruise

Career

Anthropic
- Special EnvoyAug 2026 – present
- General CounselJul 2025 – Aug 2026
Stanford University
- Visiting ScholarMar 2024 – Jul 2025
Cruise
- Chief Legal and Policy OfficerMay 2020 – Dec 2023
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U.S. District Courts
- Special MasterApr 2019 – May 2020
Dentons
- Group CEO and PartnerMar 2016 – Mar 2019
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
- PartnerJan 2014 – Feb 2016

Show 4 earlier employers

U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Ambassador to AustraliaNov 2009 – Sep 2013
The White House
- Special Counsel to the PresidentMar 2009 – Oct 2009
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
- PartnerNov 1992 – Nov 2009
The Supreme Court of the United States
- Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the United StatesJul 1990 – Aug 1991

Sources¹folger.edu ²linkedin.com

Education

B.A., Political Science, Amherst College, 1983
MPP, Public Policy, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 1986
JD, Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, 1989

Sources¹linkedin.com

Lesser-known facts

Directed the White House Commission on Youth Violence for President Clinton in 1998.
Received the Sue Cobb Medal, the State Department's top award for a non-career ambassador.
Chaired PG&E's board in 2019 and 2020.
Clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the US Supreme Court from 1990 to 1991.
Worked at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague from 1991 to 1992.
Ran in the 2018 primary for lieutenant governor of California.
Chairs a center on democracy and disruptive technologies at Flinders University in Australia that bears his name.
Says AI progress will "move at the speed of trust."
Told Australia's parliament in 2026 that Anthropic was finalizing a deal for the national AI Safety Institute to run independent evaluations of its models.

Sources¹folger.edu ²linkedin.com ³en.wikipedia.org ⁴politico.com ⁵forbes.com.au

Honors

Sue Cobb Medal (State Department's highest award for a non-career ambassador) · California Lawyer Attorney of the Year · Burton 'Legend in the Law' at the Library of Congress · Daily Journal's 100 most influential attorneys in California · LawDragon's top 500 · America's Best Lawyers top 'Bet the Company' lawyer · L.A. Times In-House Counsel of the Year · Haas Medal for Distinguished Public Service from the University of California at Berkeley