Richard Falkenrath is the MJ Chung Distinguished Chair at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies as well as a Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations. Until last year, he was Head of Client Service and Head of Geopolitics at Bridgewater Associates, a premier asset management firm. Dr. Falkenrath joined Bridgewater in 2014 and was a Bridgewater Partner and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Falkenrath was a member of the National Security Council and White House staff, ultimately as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor. He served as Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism of the New York City Police Department from 2006 to 2010. Prior to the White House, he was Assistant Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has also been the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Contributing Editor to Bloomberg TV. Dr. Falkenrath is also a member of the Mission Committee of the Board of Governors of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group.
