Dr. Bernbaum is President of BEAM (Business and Education as Mission), Inc., a private foundation that supports educational programs in Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. He previously served as President of the Russian-American Christian University in Moscow (1995 – 2014) and as Director of the American Studies Program and Executive Vice President of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (1976 – 1995). After completing his Ph.D. in European and Russian history at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, he spent four years at the U. S. Department of State (1972-1976). John and his wife Marge have raised a family of seven children and they currently live in Rockville, Maryland.