
Nicholas Burns
U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)
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U.S. Ambassador to China (2021-2025)

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Partner and Vice Chairman, Carlyle; Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Rockefeller Foundation; New York Times Bestselling Author; Senior Military Analyst, CNN

66th Secretary of State

Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007)

Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author

Walter P. Stern Chair at the Hudson Institute; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017-2019); Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017)

Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired); former Pentagon Press Secretary, State Department Spokesman, and White House National Security Communications Advisor

CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior Intelligence and National Security Analyst at NBC and MS NOW

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder and Chairman, Panetta Institute for Public Policy

U.S. Trade Representative (2006-2009)

Former Prime Minister, Great Britain and Northern Ireland

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.

Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group

The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019); Ambassador; Politician

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

Former National Security Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow for Global Risks at the Center for the National Interest; State Department Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023); Expert on Geopolitical Risk, Global Affairs, and American Politics

Co-Founder and Principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel, LLC

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2015-2019)

Expert on Global Economy, Emerging Asia, China, and Global Strategy; Author, Getting China and India Right, The Quest for Global Dominance, The Silk Road Rediscovered; Thinkers50 "Hall of Fame" Inductee

Ret. Lt. General; President at Kindsvater and Associates, LLC

Global Economic Expert and Author, China, Inc. and Shock of Gray

NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)

Pioneer Emerging Market Business Investment Practitioner Unlocking Growth Opportunities While Shielding Risks; Private Equity Executive; White House Trade Negotiator; Harvard Faculty; Author; Columnist
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