▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Don fried ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁State ▁Department ' s ▁Policy ▁Pl anning ▁Staff . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁Marshall ▁Fund ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁senior ▁director ▁of ▁policy ▁programs ▁and ▁later ▁as ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁After wards , ▁Don fried ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁intelligence ▁officer ▁for ▁Europe ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Int elligence ▁Council . ▁At ▁N IO , ▁she ▁directed ▁and ▁draft ed ▁strateg ic ▁analysis ▁for ▁senior ▁polic ym akers . ▁ ▁After ▁N IO , ▁Don fried ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Security ▁Council ▁as ▁a ▁Special ▁Ass istant ▁to ▁the ▁President , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁European ▁affairs . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Don fried ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Marshall ▁Fund . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Don fried ▁has ▁been ▁co - ch air ing ▁on ▁the ▁Trans at l antic ▁Task ▁Force ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Marshall ▁Fund ▁and ▁the ▁Bundes k anz ler - Hel mut - Sch midt - St iftung ▁( B K HS ), ▁alongside ▁Wolfgang ▁I sch inger . ▁ ▁Other ▁activities ▁ ▁Council ▁on ▁Foreign ▁Rel ations , ▁Member ▁ ▁American ▁Council ▁on ▁Germany ▁( AC G ), ▁Member ▁ ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁Policy ▁Board , ▁Member ▁ ▁Paris ▁School ▁of ▁International