
Michael D. Rich
President Emeritus, RAND Corporation
Michael D. Rich provides insight into the critical role of facts in U.S. public life and the challenges facing democracy.
A global perspective in a down-to-earth style. Alluring audiences with their distinct connections to economic issues of the day, these voices cut through the noise. They bring clarity to the complexities, leveraging history and storytelling to illustrate our economic outlook. Available for in-person or virtual events and meetings.
President and CEO, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation; Senior Policy Advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Health Policy Analyst, PBS NewsHour and Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs (2008-2013)
Pioneer Emerging Market Business Investment Practitioner Unlocking Growth Opportunities While Shielding Risks; Private Equity Executive; White House Trade Negotiator; Harvard Faculty; Author; Columnist
Professional Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business; Professor, Hult International Business School; CEO, Cambrian Futures and Cambrian Designs; Network Member, World Economic Forum; VP for Strategy, Q-Cells USA; Executive Director, Boeing International
Co-Founder and CEO Godfrey Dadich Partners (GDP); Editor-in-Chief, WIRED (2012-2016); Vice President, Editorial Platforms and Design, Condé Nast (2010-2012); Creative Director, WIRED (2006-2010)
Secretary General of NATO (1995-1999), High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU (1999-2009)
Visionary Economist; Director, Oxford University's 21st Century School (2006-2016); Former Vice President, The World Bank; and Former Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela
Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune and Bestselling Author; Arming Leaders to Confront Disruptive Change and Win
President and CEO Celtic Consulting; U.S. House of Representatives (2003-2023)
Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels School of Business, Purdue University; Board Member, MNI Connect Advisory Board
Co-founder and CEO of Rappler; Journalist; Author; Freedom Advocate.; 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Chairman and CEO of Dun and Bradstreet, Global Business Leader and Expert on China
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (2015-2018), Professor of Economics at Berkeley, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Congressman (2003-2018); House Financial Services Committee Chairman (2013-2018)
Economic and Financial Markets Expert; Chairman, Community; CEO, 32 Advisors; Former CEO and Chairman of UBS
Lionel W. McKenzie Professor of Economics, University of Rochester and President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2009-2015)
Founder and CEO of Cheddar; Former COO and President of Buzzfeed; Former CEO of Daily Mail North America; Former President of News and Advertising Altice USA
Director, Economic Policy Studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute; Author, The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It)..
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