Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale is an expert in U.S. foreign and economic policy, technological innovation, strategy, and organizational behavior. Dr. Taylor-Kale has also held senior positions in government and think tanks including her current role as industrial base policy chief at the Department of Defense and in the Obama Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing, at the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, and the World Bank. She began her career in the U.S. Department of State serving as a career foreign service officer (diplomat) in Asia and Africa.