Bryant Salter is the CEO of Business Diplomacy Consulting, an
international business consulting firm which assists companies seeking to
expand market share in the international market place.
Among his clients is Enterprise Florida, Inc., the official economic
development organization for the state of Florida. Mr. Salter created and has
managed Enterprise Florida’s African Trade Expansion Program since 2000.
He has organized and led Florida Trade Missions to South Africa, Morocco,
Ghana, Botswana, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria.
Mr. Salter joined the U.S. State Department’s foreign service in 1977 and
spent more than 20 years as a diplomat. He first served as the Staff Aid to
the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1977-82), making
several visits to Africa on behalf of the African Bureau, the State
Department and the White House.
Mr. Salter served as the US Consul at the US Embassy in the Eastern
Caribbean island of Antigua from 1982-90, the permanent Charge d’
Affaires and Chief of Mission. In 1994, he was assigned to the Florida
Governor’s office as a State Department liaison officer during the 1994
Summit of the Americas.
A 1971 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Salter currently serves
on the University’s Board of Trustees. The recipient of the Distinguished
Alumni Award at Pitt, he also earned a Master’s Degree from Harvard
University’s Kennedy School of Government and has attended Law School
at the University of San Diego and Business School at the University of
California at San Diego.
Prior to his Foreign Service career, Bryant was a Collegiate All-American in
Track and Field and in 1971 was drafted into the National Football League
by the San Diego Chargers. Salter played in the NFL from 1971-1976 for the
Washington Redskins, Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Colts, as well as the
Chargers.
Salter and his wife Mary Jane have three children: Eva, Bryant Jr., and
Sofia.