Federica Mogherini is the Rector of the College of Europe (since September 2020) and Director of the European Union Diplomatic Academy, implemented by the College of Europe (since August 2022).

Previously, she has served as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (2014-19).

Prior to joining the EU, she was Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2014), and a Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2008-14). In her parliamentary capacity, she was Head of the Italian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Vice-President of its Political Committee (2013-14); member of the Italian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2008-13); Secretary of the Defence Committee (2008-13); and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. She also coordinated the Inter-Parliamentary Group for Development Cooperation.

Federica Mogherini has been a member of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (ADBM), of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Fellow of the German Marshall Fund, member of the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She has a degree in Political Science from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

She has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the CSF Foundation since April 2025.