Dorothy Shea joined Eurasia Group as a senior advisor after a 34-year career as a senior US diplomat. Her service culminated in two Senate-confirmed ambassadorial appointments in the administrations of President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. She is a featured speaker and provides consulting services based on her foreign policy expertise and leadership of national security teams and initiatives across the Middle East and in multilateral settings.

Dorothy served as deputy US representative to the UN, including nine months as charge d'affaires and acting US representative to the UN. Earlier, she served as US ambassador to Lebanon, deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Egypt, and deputy principal officer at the then-US Consulate General in Jerusalem, among other assignments. Dorothy earned a mid-career master's degree in national security strategy from the National War College (NWC). In Washington, she served as a senior professional staff member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Ranking Member Richard Lugar. She also served on detail to the National Security Council as director for human rights and democracy.

Dorothy is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She received numerous Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor awards during her career, along with annual Senior Performance Pay. In 2022, she was one of nine State Department officers to receive a Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. Dorothy holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and NWC. In 1998, she received a CFR fellowship, during which she lectured at the University of the Witwatersrand and wrote a book on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She speaks French and Arabic.