# Jeff Bleich

Leadership · International Special Envoy at Anthropic · joined 2025

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

Full profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people/jeff-bleich

**At Anthropic:**
- Aug 2026 – present: Special Envoy
- Jul 2025 – Aug 2026: General Counsel
Sources: [1](https://www.folger.edu/bio/jeff-bleich/) [2](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-bleich-4036354)

**Career before Anthropic:**
- Mar 2024 – Jul 2025: Stanford University, Visiting Scholar
- May 2020 – Dec 2023: Cruise, Chief Legal and Policy Officer
- Apr 2019 – May 2020: U.S. District Courts, Special Master
- Mar 2016 – Mar 2019: Dentons, Group CEO and Partner
- Jan 2014 – Feb 2016: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Partner
- Nov 2009 – Sep 2013: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Ambassador to Australia
- Mar 2009 – Oct 2009: The White House, Special Counsel to the President
- Nov 1992 – Nov 2009: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Partner
- Jul 1990 – Aug 1991: The Supreme Court of the United States, Law Clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-bleich-4036354)

**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
Sources: [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-bleich-4036354)

**Lesser-known facts:**
- Directed the White House Commission on Youth Violence for President Clinton in 1998. [1](https://www.folger.edu/bio/jeff-bleich/)
- Received the Sue Cobb Medal, the State Department's top award for a non-career ambassador. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-bleich-4036354)
- Chaired PG&E's board in 2019 and 2020. [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-bleich-4036354)
- Clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the US Supreme Court from 1990 to 1991. [1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bleich)
- Worked at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague from 1991 to 1992. [1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bleich)
- Ran in the 2018 primary for lieutenant governor of California. [1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bleich)
- Chairs a center on democracy and disruptive technologies at Flinders University in Australia that bears his name. [1](https://www.folger.edu/bio/jeff-bleich/)
- Says AI progress will "move at the speed of trust." [1](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/operating-at-the-speed-of-trust-01074222)
- 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. [1](https://www.forbes.com.au/news/innovation/anthropic-frontier-models-up-australian-ai-safety-institute/)

**Interviews and talks:**
- [Podcast interview on AI safety and democracy (2026)](https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/anthropics-jeff-bleich-on-ai-safety-and-democracy/id1740862922?i=1000793940715)
- [Stanford Law best practices conference, general counsel roundtable (2026)](https://conferences.law.stanford.edu/bestpractices2026/speakers/hon-jeffrey-bleich/)

Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-10-18. Everyone at Anthropic: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/anthropic/people