Aspen Strategy Group
The Aspen Strategy Group's mission is to provide a bipartisan forum to explore the preeminent foreign policy challenges the United States faces. Its cross-disciplinary and high-level examination of policy strategies for addressing preeminent and emerging topics makes it crucially relevant to the American and global policy communities.
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Brent ScowcroftFounding Co-ChairmanLieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), co-founded the Aspen Strategy Group in 1984 with Joseph Nye and Bill Perry. He served as the ASG’s Co-Chair until 2016 and as its…View Profile -
Condoleezza RiceAspen Strategy Group Co-ChairFounding Partner, Rice, Hadley ...Condoleezza Rice is the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Tad and Dianne Taube Director, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow…View Profile -
Joseph NyeAspen Strategy Group Co-ChairUniversity Distinguished Servi ...Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security…View Profile -
Anja ManuelExecutive Director, Aspen Strategy GroupCo-Founder and Partner, Rice, ...Former diplomat, author, and advisor on foreign policy, Anja Manuel is Co-Founder and Partner along with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and former…View Profile -
Zoë BairdAspen Strategy Group MemberSenior Counselor for Technolog ...Zoë Baird is the former CEO and President of the Markle Foundation, joining as its President in 1998. In October 2022, she stepped down from her role at Markle to…View Profile -
Stephen E. BiegunAspen Strategy Group MemberFormer U.S. Deputy Secretary o ...Stephen E. Biegun has more than three decades of international affairs experience in government and the private sector, including high-level government service with the Department of State, the White House,…View Profile -
Robert D. BlackwillAspen Strategy Group MemberHenry A. Kissinger Senior Fell ...Robert D. Blackwill is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). As deputy assistant to the president and deputy national…View Profile -
Christian BroseAspen Strategy Group MemberChief Strategy Officer, Anduri ...Christian Brose is the Chief Strategy Officer of Anduril Industries, a venture-backed defense technology company. He is the author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech…View Profile -
Sylvia BurwellAspen Strategy Group MemberPresident, American University ...Sylvia Burwell is American University’s 15th president. Secretary Burwell has held two Cabinet positions in the United States government. She served as the 22nd Secretary of the United States Department…View Profile -
Chris CoonsAspen Strategy Group MemberSenator, United States Senate ...Chris Coons was elected to the United States Senate in 2010 following terms as New Castle County Council President and New Castle County Executive. In the Senate, he sits on…View Profile -
John DeutchAspen Strategy Group MemberInstitute Professor, Massachus ...John Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Deutch has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970, and has served as Chairman of…View Profile -
Thomas E. DonilonAspen Strategy Group MemberChairman, BlackRock Investment ...Thomas E. Donilon is Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute and senior of counsel at the international law firm of O’Melveny & Myers. He served as National Security Advisor to…View Profile -
Elizabeth EconomyAspen Strategy Group MemberSenior Fellow, Hoover Institut ...Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on leave to serve as Senior Advisor (for China) at the Department of Commerce. Previously she served…View Profile -
Mark T. EsperAspen Strategy Group MemberPartner and Board Member, Red ...Mark T. Esper served as the 27th secretary of defense from 2019-2020, and as secretary of the Army from 2017-2019. A distinguished West Point graduate, he spent 21 years in…View Profile -
Richard FalkenrathAspen Strategy Group MemberChief Administrative Officer, ...Richard Falkenrath is currently the Chief Administrative Officer of Bridgewater responsible for operational risk management and administration. In that capacity, he oversees legal, regulatory, employee relations, and security functions, as…View Profile -
Peter D. FeaverAspen Strategy Group MemberProfessor, Political Science a ...Peter D. Feaver (Ph.D., Harvard, 1990) is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University. He is Director of the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy. Dr.…View Profile -
Dianne FeinsteinAspen Strategy Group MemberSenator, United States Senate ...Dianne Feinstein is the senior Senator from California and has built a reputation as an independent voice, working across party lines to find commonsense solutions to problems facing California and…View Profile -
Jendayi E. FrazerAspen Strategy Group MemberDuignan Distinguished Visiting ...Jendayi Frazer is the Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution Stanford University, and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her experience spans…View Profile -
Mike FromanAspen Strategy Group MemberVice Chairman and President, S ...Mike Froman serves as Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth for Mastercard. In that role, he is responsible for growing strategic partnerships, scaling new business opportunities, and advancing the company’s…View Profile -
Robert GatesAspen Strategy Group MemberPrincipal, Rice, Hadley, Gates ...Robert Gates served as the 22nd secretary of defense (2006-2011). He is the only secretary of defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in office by a newly…View Profile -
Susan GlasserAspen Strategy Group MemberStaff Writer and Columnist, Th ...Susan Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes a weekly column, “Letter From Biden’s Washington.” Before joining the magazine in 2017, Ms. Glasser served as…View Profile -
Michael J. GreenAspen Strategy Group MemberCEO, U.S. Studies Centre ...Michael J. Green was appointed CEO of the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney where he will oversee research on security, technology and trade policy issues in the…View Profile -
Naima Green-RileyAspen Strategy Group MemberPhD Candidate, Harvard Univers ...Naima Green-Riley is a Ph.D. Candidate and Raymond Vernon Fellow in the Department of Government at Harvard University and a Nonresident Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.…View Profile -
Chris HowardAspen Strategy Group MemberExecutive Vice President and C ...Dr. Chris Howard is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the ASU Public Enterprise. Howard works closely with President Crow and the other executive vice presidents to…View Profile -
Kay Bailey HutchisonAspen Strategy Group MemberFormer U.S. Permanent Represen ...Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison stepped down from her term as U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels, Belgium in 2021. During 3.5 years, she focused on the importance of U.S.…View Profile -
David IgnatiusAspen Strategy Group MemberColumnist and Associate Editor ...David Ignatius is, since 2003, the author of twice-weekly, globally distributed columns on global politics, economics, and international affairs. He is also an NBC news consultant. From 2000-2003, he was…View Profile -
Nicholas D. KristofAspen Strategy Group MemberColumnist, The New York Times ...Nicholas Kristof was a journalist at The New York Times for 37 years. He grew up on a farm in Oregon, graduated from Harvard, earned a First in law at…View Profile -
Dina Powell McCormickAspen Strategy Group MemberGlobal Head of Sustainability ...Dina Powell McCormick is global head of sustainability and inclusive growth at Goldman Sachs. In this role, she partners with leaders globally to advance the firm’s sustainability efforts across all…View Profile -
Sam NunnAspen Strategy Group MemberCo-Founder, Co-Chair, and Stra ...Sam Nunn is co-chairman and chief executive officer of NTI. He served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia for 24 years, from 1972 to 1996. In addition to his work…View Profile -
Meghan O’SullivanAspen Strategy Group MemberJeane Kirkpatrick Professor of ...Meghan O’Sullivan is the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is…View Profile -
William PerryAspen Strategy Group MemberProfessor, Stanford University ...William Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University. He is a senior fellow at FSI and serves as the director of the Preventive Defense Project.…View Profile -
David PetraeusAspen Strategy Group MemberPartner, KKR Global, and Forme ...General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a Partner with the global investment firm KKR and the Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in June 2013. He…View Profile -
Penny PritzkerAspen Strategy Group MemberFounder and Chairman, PSP Part ...Penny Pritzker is an entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist with more than 30 years of experience in numerous industries. Pritzker is the founder and chairman of PSP Partners and Pritzker…View Profile -
Thomas PritzkerAspen Strategy Group MemberExecutive Chairman, Hyatt Hote ...Tom Pritzker was born and raised in Chicago. He holds a B.A. from Claremont Men’s College, and an MBA and J.D. degree from the University of Chicago. Mr. Pritzker is…View Profile -
Jack ReedAspen Strategy Group MemberSenator, United States Senate ...Jack Reed was elected to the Senate in 1996, as the 46th United States Senator from Rhode Island. He a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Banking,…View Profile -
David M. RubensteinAspen Strategy Group MemberCo-Founder and Co-Chairman, Th ...David M. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $276 billion…View Profile -
David E. SangerAspen Strategy Group MemberWhite House and National Secur ...David E. Sanger is a White House and national security correspondent and a senior writer at The New York Times. In a 39-year reporting career, he has been on three…View Profile -
Susan SchwabAspen Strategy Group MemberProfessor Emerita, University ...Susan Schwab served as U.S. Trade Representative (2006–09) and as deputy (2005–06). As USTR, she concluded free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, South Korea, and others; and launched the Trans-Pacific…View Profile -
Dan SullivanAspen Strategy Group MemberUnited States Senator (R-Alask ...Dan Sullivan was sworn in as Alaska’s eighth U.S. Senator on January 6, 2015. Prior to the Senate, Sullivan served as Alaska’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Natural Resources. Sullivan…View Profile -
Lawrence H. SummersAspen Strategy Group MemberCharles W. Eliot University Pr ...Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University. During the past two decades, he has served in a series of senior policy positions…View Profile -
Strobe TalbottAspen Strategy Group MemberDistinguished Fellow in Reside ...Strobe Talbott is a distinguished fellow in residence in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. Previously, Talbott served as president of the Brookings Institution from July 2002 to…View Profile -
Frances F. TownsendAspen Strategy Group MemberExecutive Vice President of Co ...Frances Fragos Townsend is the EVP of Corporate Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Activision Blizzard. Prior to that, she was Vice Chairman, General Counsel, and Chief Administrative…View Profile -
Philip ZelikowAspen Strategy Group MemberWhite Burkett Miller Professor ...Philip Zelikow is the White Burkett Miller Professor of History and Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the Miller Center, both at the University of Virginia. There he has also…View Profile -
Robert ZoellickAspen Strategy Group MemberSenior Counselor, Brunswick Gr ...Robert B. Zoellick is Senior Counselor at Brunswick Geopolitical, an advisory service of Brunswick Group, and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard…View Profile
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