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• Partner, Reed Smith LLP
• 15^th U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
• Part-Time Professor of International Relations at New York University

• Former Georgia State Senator

• 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

• 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

• President, Paul G. Clifford & Associates, LLC.
• Business strategist and historian of China

● Chief Macro Investment Strategist, Private Capital Limited
● Global economist based in Hong Kong or 25+ years
● Chief Regional Economist: Smith New Court Far East Ltd., SG Warburg Far East Ltd., ABN-AMRO Ltd.
● Iconoclastic predictor of national and global trends

• Author of China’s Millennials: The Want Generation
• Journalist focused on politics and social issues, particularly related to Chinese youth.
• Writer at Asia Society and host of the Asia Society Podcast.

• Senior Advisor of China Development Bank
• Senior Economist in China
• Former Visiting Scholar in the Department of Economics in Harvard
• Founder of China’s Government Securities Market

• Senior Fellow, Asia Society
• An expert on U.S.-China relations, Chinese political risk, North Korea, international affairs, and Asian politics
• On-air contributor, CBS-N, international affairs analyst, PRI’s The World

• Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief and Correspondent
• Dean of foreign correspondents in China with 30-year media experience 
• Founding President, Peking University Overseas Students’ Alumni Association (2012-Present)    

• Political Consultant
• Expertise in government relations, legislative processes, and U.S. state politics
• Former national security advisor to Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate and senior aide for North Korea policy at the U.S. Department of State
• Directed NGO offices in Asia, focused on humanitarian aid and good-governance