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

Reva Price, Chair, 2025 Report Cycle

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, Chair 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.

Hon. Randall Schriver, Vice Chair, 2025 Report Cycle

Mr. Randall Schriver is the Chairman of the Board of the Project 2049 Institute 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 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. Vice Chair Schriver was reappointed by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

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.

Aaron Friedberg

Aaron Friedberg is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1987, and co-director of Princeton’s Center for International Security Studies. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a counselor to the National Bureau of Asian Research. From 2003 to 2005 he served as a Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the office of the Vice President and he was subsequently appointed to the Defense Policy Board. In 2000-2001 he was a member of a panel tasked by Congress with reviewing the CIA’s analysis of China. Friedberg is the author of several books including, most recently, Getting China Wrong. Commissioner Friedberg was reappointed to the Commission by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

Hon. Carte P. Goodwin

Senator Carte Goodwin is an attorney with the law firm of Frost Brown Todd, LLP where he serves as the Partner-in-Charge of its Charleston office, vice chair of the Appellate Practice Group, and leader of the firm’s Industry Consultants and Advisors team. In 2010, Senator Goodwin was appointed by then West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the passing of Senator Robert C. Byrd, where he served until a special election was held to fill the remainder of Senator Byrd’s unexpired term. In 2009, Senator Goodwin chaired the Independent Commission on Judicial Reform in West Virginia, and during the four years prior, served as General Counsel to then West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III. He was reappointed to the Commission by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

Michael Kuiken

Mike Kuiken serves as a Commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission following nearly 23 years in the U.S. Senate. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, an Expert Advisor at the Special Competitive Studies Project, and an advisor to CEOs, boards, and senior leaders of investment, AI, defense, and technology firms across the country. Mike previously served as Majority Leader Schumer's National Security Advisor, holding the Senate's most senior national security staff role. He also crafted and led the successful campaign that secured the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act and played a key role in establishing and managing the Senate's Artificial Intelligence Insight Forums. Prior to joining Senator Schumer’s team, Mike spent more than 12 years as a professional staff member on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mike began his career on the staff of the late Senator Carl Levin. Commissioner Michael Kuiken was appointed to the Commission by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

Leland R. Miller

Commissioner Leland R. Miller is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book. A noted authority on China’s economy and financial system, he is a frequent commentator on media outlets such as CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and FOX Business, and he has served as guest host of two of the financial world’s top morning news shows, CNBC Squawk Box and Bloomberg Surveillance. Before co-founding China Beige Book in 2010, Leland 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 appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

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.

Cliff Sims

Commissioner Cliff Sims served as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Strategy and Communications, helping to oversee the 18 agencies of the U.S. intelligence community (IC) and playing an integral role in shifting the IC's funding and focus toward the threat of a rising and adversarial China. Sims was previously Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, and ABC, and his opinions on national security, foreign policy, and current events have been published in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The National Interest, and numerous other publications. Commissioner Sims graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama with a degree in Political Science and received an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Commissioner Sims was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson for a term expiring December 31, 2025.

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 appointed by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a term expiring December 31, 2025.