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Ambassador David Adelman - New York City, New York, USA

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)
Coauthor of China: The Balance Sheet—What the World Needs to Know Now about the Emerging Superpower (2006), and China and the Developing World: Beijing’s Strategy for the 21^st Century (2007).

Founder of Sinology LLC, where he advises institutional investors and companies on China’s economy and the implications of U.S.–China relations
Served as China strategist for Matthews Asia and as Shanghai-based China macro strategist for CLSA
Served as U.S. Foreign Service Officer focused on China, including serving as Taiwan desk officer at the State Department and as head of the macroeconomics and domestic policy office at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

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

Served as the 22nd Deputy Secretary of The United States Department of State
Chairman and Co-Founder of The Asia Group
From 2009 to 2013, Kurt served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Author or editor of ten books, including most recently The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

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

Randy spent 28 years with the Central Intelligence Agency’s Directorate of Operations, most recently serving as the Chief CIA representative in China
Randy previously spent more than a decade as Managing Partner for Asia of the Mintz Group, managing the Group’s activities across Asia

Served as the principal deputy national security advisor in the second Trump administration from January to May 2025
Served as Deputy Special Representative for North Korea
Prior to his North Korea work, Alex led the State Department’s efforts to craft and implement the Free & Open Indo-Pacific Strategy as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional & Security Affairs in the State Department’s East Asia bureau
Prior to his time at the State Department, Alex was the Foreign Policy Advisor & General Counsel to Senator Tom Cotton (R- Ark.)

Former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution as well as a Trustee of the Asia Foundation and as a Director of the Asia Society of Northern California
Served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Bush (43) Administration
Author of Inside the Reagan White House (Post Hill Press 2025)

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