Washington, D.C. · Strategic Advisory
Strategic counsel for a complex world.
Prism Global helps leaders see the full spectrum — turning geopolitical complexity into clear, confident decisions.
A bipartisan advisory firm founded by Julie Chung, former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, drawing on three decades of American diplomacy across the Indo-Pacific, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere.
Julie Chung, Founder
About
Founded on three decades of diplomacy.
Prism Global was founded by Julie Chung, a career American diplomat who most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Over a Foreign Service career that began in 1996, she advised at the most senior levels of the U.S. Department of State and led American teams across three continents.
She served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and held senior Indo-Pacific roles including Director and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan, Deputy Chief of Mission in Cambodia, and Economic Counselor in Thailand — with earlier postings spanning Tokyo, Hanoi, Bogotá, Baghdad, and Guangzhou. Her work has centered on economic diplomacy, crisis management, public diplomacy, and regional strategy.
A first-generation Korean American and one of the inaugural Thomas R. Pickering Fellows, she is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor and a recipient of the Presidential Rank Award. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University, and she speaks Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Khmer.
- Former U.S. AmbassadorSri Lanka, 2022–2026
- Senior Foreign ServiceMinister-Counselor
- Presidential Rank AwardU.S. Government
- EducationColumbia University · UC San Diego
- LanguagesKorean · Japanese · Spanish · Khmer
- Pickering FellowInaugural cohort, 1996
Focus Areas
Where Prism Global helps.
Geopolitical Strategy & Market Entry
Helping companies and institutions enter, expand, and operate confidently across unfamiliar and fast-moving markets.
Indo-Pacific & South Asia
Deep, on-the-ground experience across East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean region.
Crisis Management & Risk
Steady counsel for high-stakes moments, grounded in interagency crisis leadership in the most complex environments.
Economic Diplomacy & Engagement
Navigating trade, investment, and stakeholder relationships with governments, partners, and the public.
Contact
Let’s talk.
For inquiries and engagements, reach Prism Global directly.
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Washington, D.C.
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