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- CEO, Shwe Strategies LLC
- Senior Advisor, Albright Stonebridge Group
- Senior Advisor, United States Institute of Peace
- Former U.S. Ambassador to Burma (Myanmar), 2012-2016; Special Envoy to Burma, 2011-2012
- Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (six months acting Assistant Secretary) overseeing Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2009-2011
- Specialist in diplomacy and security policy with nearly 30 years of experience in Asian affairs and U.S.-Asia relations
- President of the National Democratic Institute (NDI)
- Served nearly 6 years in the White House National Security Council (2009-2015) as President Obama’s top advisor on Asia
- Longest serving Asia advisor to President Obama and a key architect of Obama’s China policy
- Served in Treasury Department as Policy Advisor to U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue led by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
- Served as Senior Asia Analyst at the RAND Corporation for 7 years
- Georgetown University Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies
- Chairman and Principal, Wethington International LLC, an investment advisory firm
- An expert in finance, the global economy, global geopolitical trends and U.S. foreign policy (Asia, Europe, Middle East)
- Former Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the Economic Policy Council in the White House; Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury; Special Envoy on China, U.S. Treasury
- Senior Fellow and Executive Director, Project on Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council
- President of Harves Investment Group
- Founder of The Wade Group
- Former Senior Vice President and Head of China Operations at Green Tech Automotive
- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s top advisor on China.
- Designed and managed the U.S.- China Strategic Economic Dialogue, highest level dialogue between the two countries governments.
- Architect of the U.S-China Ten Year Cooperative Framework on Energy and the Environment, which continues to serve as the foundation of the bilateral relationship on energy and environmental issues. Launched the EcoPartnership dialogue.
- A leading advisor to international companies and governments looking to engage in China.
- Founder and CEO, The Green Trust, a platform for innovation in environmental and clean energy technologies.
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Barbara Franklin Enterprises
- An expert in corporate governance, auditing, and financial reporting practices
- The 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce for President George H.W. Bush
- Current Chief International Advisor to former President Barack Obama
- President Obama’s National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speech Writing (2009-2017)
- Director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
- An expert in East Asian political economy
- Former Special Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Japan
- Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Former director of Asian affairs at National Security Council (NSC)
- Member of the American Council on Foreign Relations
- Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and Managing Director at the Washington Institute
- Senior Director for the Near East and North Africa at the US National Security Council from 2005-2008
- Co-chair of Mitt Romney’s 2012 State Department transition team
- Diplomatic advisor to the Romney presidential campaign in 2012
- Special Assistant to Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice from 2004-2005