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Hon. Richard McCormack Ambassador. Richard McCormack, former under secretary of state for economic affairs, joined CSIS in May 2004 as a senior adviser. A long-term high-level adviser to political leaders and senior government officials, McCormack’s primary focus is geopolitics and the global economy. Among his principal interests is the role of the international financial institutions in preventing and containing financial crises, and policy reforms in selected economies. During the administration of President George H.W. Bush, McCormack also served as the principal coordinator for the president’s involvement in the G-7 economic summits. He was awarded the State Department’s highest award by then-Secretary of State James A. Baker. McCormack received the superior honor award for outstanding sustained performance as the U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States during the Reagan administration. Prior to that, he was assistant secretary of state for economics and business. Earlier in his career, McCormack served as a policy analyst in both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was deputy to the assistant secretary of treasury and a senior staff member of the President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization at the White House, where he had lead responsibilities for developing the rationale and structure for the Council on International Economic Policy. Prior to joining CSIS, McCormack was a counselor at the Center for the Study of the Presidency, a member of the State Department’s advisory commission on Africa, and a consultant/adviser to the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. He received his Ph.D. magna cum laude from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland and his BA degree from Georgetown University.
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