Managing Partner at Good Harbor Consulting LLC
On-air Consultant for ABC News
Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Program:
Aspen Homeland Security Group

Biography

Richard A. Clarke is an internationally-recognized expert on security, including homeland security, national security, cyber security, and counterterrorism. He is currently an on-air consultant for ABC News and teaches at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Clarke also advises clients on corporate security risk management, information security technology, dealing with the Federal Government on security and IT issues, and counterterrorism as a Partner in Good Harbor Consulting, LLC.

Mr. Clarke served the last three Presidents as a senior White House Advisor. Over the course of an unprecedented 11 consecutive years of White House service, he has held the titles of: Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs, National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, and Special Advisor to the President for Cyber Security.

Prior to his White House years, Mr. Clarke served for 19 years in the Pentagon, the Intelligence Community, and State Department. During the Reagan Administration, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence. During the Bush (41) Administration, he was Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and coordinated diplomatic efforts to support the 1990–1991 Gulf War and the subsequent security arrangements.

In a Special Report by Foreign Policy Magazine, Mr. Clarke was chosen as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2010. He is a member of the Aspen Homeland Security Group.