During his thirty year career as a diplomat, Robert Goldberg worked closely with American business, advising on U.S. foreign and economic policy, negotiating the resolution of trade policy disputes and helping expand market and investment opportunities. With the Scowcroft Group, Mr. Goldberg provides strategic advice on the Asia Pacific area, with a focus on China and Northeast Asia as well as on Asia-Pacific-wide regional security and economic institutions.

Mr. Goldberg retired from the State Department in January 2011 following an 18 month assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Previously, he had been U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou, China (2006-2009), Director of the State Department's Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs (2005-2006), the Deputy Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (2001-2003), Deputy Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (1996-1999) and a staff member in the East Asia and Pacific Bureau of the State Department responsible for U.S. policies in the ASEAN Regional Forum and the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (1994-1996). Mr. Goldberg's other assignments in the State Department included tours in India, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Mr. Goldberg was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He received a Bachelor's Degree from Gettysburg College and a Master's Degree from the University of Chicago, where he did additional post graduate work.