Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović is the 4^th and 1^st female President of the Republic of Croatia (2015-2020). She had pushed many a glass ceiling, having served, among other, as the first female Assistant Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as Croatia’s first female Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States. Parallel to her diplomatic and political careers, she has vigorously pursued an academic career in government, international relations and security studies at Vienna Diplomatic Academy, the George Washington University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Zagreb. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Award and a number of national and international awards, decorations, honorary doctorates and honorary citizenships.