Speaker biographies
Claude Barfield is a resident scholar at AEI. He is the author or editor of a number of books on trade and science policy, including Free Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy: The Future of the World Trade Organization (AEI Press, 2001). In 1999, he coauthored Tiger by the Tail: China and the World Trade Organization (AEI Press) with Mark Groombridge. Mr. Barfield is working with Andrei Zlate on the forthcoming AEI Press book The Eagle and the Dragon: The United States, China, and the Rise of Asian Regionalism. Before coming to AEI, he served in the Gerald R. Ford administration, on the staff of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and as a co–staff director of the President’s Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties.
Matthew Borman is the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for export administration at the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this position, Mr. Borman is responsible for implementing BIS’s controls on the export of dual-use items for national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation, and short supply reasons, and he oversees BIS's programs to ensure that industrial resources are available to meet national and economic security requirements. Prior to his appointment as deputy assistant secretary, Mr. Borman was the acting chief of the enforcement and litigation division of the Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration. As division chief, he was responsible for providing legal advice to the export enforcement unit of BIS. Mr. Borman entered the Commerce Department in 1992 as an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for Export Administration, where he was responsible for a variety of matters, including attempts to revise the Export Administration Act.
Thomas Donnelly is a resident fellow in defense and security policy studies at AEI. He is the author, with Frederick W. Kagan, of Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power (AEI Press, May 2008); the coeditor, with Gary J. Schmitt, of Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Military Resources (AEI Press, 2007); and the author of The Military We Need (AEI Press, 2005), Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment (AEI Press, 2004), and several other books. From 1995 to 1999, he was policy group director and a professional staff member for the House Armed Services Committee. Mr. Donnelly also served as a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. He is a former editor of Armed Forces Journal, Army Times, and Defense News.
Mark Fuller is the chairman, chief executive officer, and cofounder of the Monitor Group, which focuses on general management consulting, principal investing, and information services, including research and software solutions. Mr. Fuller formerly served as an assistant professor of business administration, codirector of the project on the auto industry, and a staff member of the project on negotiation at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. In addition to sitting on a variety of Monitor Group boards, Mr. Fuller serves as a governor of the Asian Institute of Management, a foundation member of the World Economic Forum, a member of the advisory board of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and cochairman of the board of directors of New Profit, one of the world’s leading social venture funds. He is also a founding member of Harvard University’s South Asia Center. Mr. Fuller has authored or coauthored numerous books, articles, and teaching cases. His most recent book is Japan's Business Renaissance: How the World's Greatest Economy Revived, Renewed, and Reinvented Itself (McGraw-Hill, 2005) with John C. Beck. His speech, “Prosperity, Competitiveness and Moral Purpose” recently appeared in the Chinese Edition of Harvard Business Review.
Mark Groombridge is the senior adviser for policy planning in the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Previously, he served as senior adviser to John R. Bolton at the U.S. State Department. Before entering government, Mr. Groombridge was a scholar at both the Cato Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of Tiger by the Tail: China and the World Trade Organization (AEI Press, 1999) with Claude Barfield, and he has published widely on a number of U.S. foreign and economic policy issues. Mr. Groombridge has been a frequent commentator on Fox News, CNN, BBC, and ABC News, and he has taught at Columbia University, the George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University.
Thomas Lehrman is the president and founder of Boliven, LLC, which focuses on innovation consulting and venture investing in technology and technology-enabled businesses. Prior to founding Boliven, Mr. Lehrman served as the first director of the U.S. State Department’s Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism, during which time he received the department’s Meritorious Honor Award as well as an Exceptional Performance Award from the National Counterterrorism Center. He also served as a special assistant to the under secretary for arms control and international security and as a professional staff member on the WMD Commission. Previously, Mr. Lehrman was the cofounder and co-chief executive officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, and he still serves on the board of directors and the nominating and governance committee. He cofounded and serves as a trustee of the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and also cofounded the Hillhouse Scholars Program. Mr. Lehrman’s scholarly writings have been published by the Virginia Journal of International Law, the Nonproliferation Review, the Annals of Air and Space Law, and the Journal of Health Law.
Mario Mancuso is the under secretary of commerce for industry and security at the Department of Commerce. Nominated by President George W. Bush, Mr. Mancuso was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2007. Mr. Mancuso leads the Bureau of Industry and Security in promoting continued U.S. high technology leadership across strategic industry sectors in order to advance national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives. Previously, Mr. Mancuso served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and combating terrorism—the senior civilian Defense Department official with immediate responsibility for the global special operations and counterterrorism portfolio. Before his government service, Mr. Mancuso spent a decade in the private sector as an international corporate lawyer and business executive, where he advised, managed, and executed complex cross-border transactions and investments for leading investment banks and public and private company clients worldwide. He is a former Army infantry officer and a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
David M. Marchick is managing director and global head of regulatory affairs at the Carlyle Group, where he provides governmental, regulatory, and strategic advice to Carlyle's fund managers on a global basis. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Marchick was a partner and vice chair of the international practice group at Covington & Burling. Previously, he served for seven years in the Clinton administration in the White House, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce. Mr. Marchick served as deputy assistant secretary of state and, while at the White House, helped coordinate the administration’s efforts to secure passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the creation of the World Trade Organization. He is an expert on foreign investment issues and has advised on a number of significant recent foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies. Mr. Marchick coauthored U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment (Peterson Institute, 2006) with Edward Montgomery Graham and has authored numerous articles in major business and trade publications such as the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Far Eastern Economic Review. He also frequently testifies before Congress.
Satoshi Miura was appointed a counselor in the Embassy of Japan in 2008. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Miura worked at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (METI), where he gained experience in the areas of macroeconomic growth, export control, textile industries, and special zone policies related to deregulation and regional development.
Alan Tonelson is a research fellow at the U.S. Business and Industrial Council Educational Foundation, a research organization that studies U.S. economic, technological, and national security policy. He is the author of several books, including The Race to the Bottom: Why A Global Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards (Westview Press, 2000). Mr. Tonelson's articles on American politics, foreign policy, globalization, and technology policy have appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, the Los Angeles Times, and in several anthologies. In addition, Mr. Tonelson frequently appears on radio and television networks and programs, including The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, The Diane Rehm Show, The Nightly Business Report, CNN, TalkAmerica, and Global Economic Media. He is coeditor of Powernomics: Economics and Strategy after the Cold War (Economic Strategy Institute and Madison Books, 1991). Mr. Tonelson has testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, the Congressional Trade Deficit Review Commission, and the Congressional China Security Review Commission. He has lectured at various academic and governmental institutions and he has also served as fellow and associate editor of foreign policy at the Economic Strategy Institute.
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