Commission Members | U.S.- CHINA | ECONOMIC and SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

Hon. Randall Schriver, Chair, 2026 Report Cycle

Mr. Randall Schriver is the Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security (IIPS) and a partner at Pacific Solutions LLC. He is also a lecturer for Stanford University’s “Stanford-in-Washington” program, is on the Board of Advisors to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, and is on the Board of Directors of the US-Taiwan Business Council. Just prior, he served for two years as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs where he led a team of nearly one hundred professionals and was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on matters related to the Indo-Pacific region. Chair Schriver was reappointed by Senate Republican Leader John Thune for a term expiring December 31, 2027.

Michael Kuiken, Vice Chair, 2026 Report Cycle

Mike Kuiken serves as Vice Chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission following nearly 23 years in the U.S. Senate and is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In the private sector, Mike is the Managing Member of Silver Valley Strategies, where he advises founders, CEOs, and investors on geopolitical and government strategies. He is an advisor to the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) and a member of Anthropic's National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council. He serves on the boards of the National Defense Industrial Association and the Planetary Science Institute. Vice Chair Kuiken was reappointed to the Commission by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for a term expiring December 31, 2027.

Hal Brands

Dr. Hal Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and a senior advisor at Macro Advisory Partners. He is the author, co-author, or editor of many books, and, his work has been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and many other outlets. Hal has previously served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Strategic Planning, a member of the Secretary of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board, and lead writer for the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. Commissioner Brands was appointed by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Taylor Budowich

Taylor Budowich is the president of The Sovereign Advisors, a discreet D.C.-based public affairs and crisis communications firm. He most recently served as Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Cabinet Secretary for the Trump Administration where he oversaw strategic messaging, media operations, and the President's Cabinet. Prior to his White House service, he was the founder and CEO of MAGA Inc. from 2023-2024, the principal Super PAC supporting President Trump’s 2024 campaign, and the Director of Communications for President Trump in 2021 and 2022. In 2018 he worked as a senior advisor for Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaign, and prior to that he led Tea Party Express as the organization’s Executive Director. Commissioner Budowich was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson for a term expiring December 31, 2027.

Joshua Hodges

Josh Hodges currently serves as Senior Director of Corporate Affairs/Senior Adviser to the Chair at VEON Ltd., a multinational telecommunications and digital services company. Previously he was National Security Advisor to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Hodges also served as Special Assistant to President Trump and Senior Director at the National Security Council. In addition, he has held senior roles at the Inter-American Development Bank, National Nuclear Security Administration, both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and served as Military Legislative Assistant for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), among other roles. Commissioner Hodges was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Leland R. Miller

Leland Miller is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, where for over a decade and a half he has run the world’s largest private macroeconomic survey of China’s economy and financial system. A noted authority on these issues, trade dynamics, and U.S.-China technology competition, Miller is a frequent commentator on media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and FOX Business, and his work is featured regularly in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post and many others. Before co-founding China Beige Book in 2010, he was a capital markets attorney based out of New York and Hong Kong and worked on the deal team at a major investment bank. An elected life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he returned to W&L as the Williams School’s Executive-in-Residence in 2015. Commissioner Miller was reappointed by Speaker Mike Johnson for a term expiring December 31, 2027.

Reva Price

Reva Price is the former Director of Outreach and Senior Advisor for former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. During her more than seventeen-year tenure with Speaker Pelosi, Commissioner Price played a central role across the spectrum of domestic and foreign policy issues. She handled key aspects of several foreign policy portfolios with particular emphasis on China as well as the Middle East. She was also responsible for building relationships with a varied and wide segment of groups, coalitions, and non-governmental organizations, strengthening communication and awareness of the Speaker’s priorities and activities to the American people. She was reappointed to the Commission by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Livia Shmavonian

Livia Shmavonian most recently was appointed by former President Joseph Biden as Made in America Director at the Office of Management and Budget. Previously she served as Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. On Capitol Hill she worked as Staff Director for the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness and served as a Senior Advisor to former Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). Commissioner Shmavonian was appointed by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Chris Slevin

Chris Slevin most recently served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce under Secretary Gina Raimondo where he led Commerce through the agency’s expanded role in technology and national security and managed a nearly ten-fold budget increase through the execution of new legislation, including the CHIPS and Science Act. President Biden had earlier appointed Chris as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, where he focused on passage of bipartisan infrastructure legislation, veterans health legislation, and the CHIPS and Science Act. Earlier he served in the U.S. Senate as a senior policy advisor for Senator Sherrod Brown and Senator Cory Booker. Chris was Vice President for the Economic Innovation Group and began his policy career at Public Citizen as communications and deputy director of its global trade division. Commissioner Slevin was appointed by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a term expiring December 31, 2026.

Hon. Jonathan N. Stivers

Commissioner Jonathan Stivers is the U.S. Director of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong (CFHK) Foundation. He recently served as the Democratic Staff Director on the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and Chinese Communist Party, a Professional Staff Member on the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, and as the Staff Director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. In the Obama Administration, Jon served as USAID Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Asia managing a budget of approximately $1.2 billion in foreign assistance and led a staff of approximately 1,200 development professionals in 32 countries in East Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, and Central Asia. Prior to that, Jon was a Senior Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi responsible of foreign policy and trade issues including U.S.-China relations. He previously served as a USCC Commissioner from 2017-2018. Commissioner Stivers was reappointed by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a term expiring December 31, 2027.