Brent Scowcroft
As President of The Scowcroft Group
and one of the country's leading experts on international
policy, Brent Scowcroft provides Group clients with unparalleled
strategic advice and assistance in dealing in the international
arena.
Brent Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to
both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. From 1982 to
1989, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an
international consulting firm. In this capacity, he advised and
assisted a wide range of U.S. and foreign corporate leaders on
global joint venture opportunities, strategic planning, and risk
assessment.
His prior extraordinary twenty-nine-year military career began
with graduation from West Point and concluded at the rank of
Lieutenant General following service as the Deputy National
Security Advisor. His Air Force service included Professor of
Russian History at West Point; Assistant Air Attaché in
Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Head of the Political Science Department
at the Air Force Academy; Air Force Long Range Plans; Office of
the Secretary of Defense International Security Assistance;
Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
and Military Assistant to President Nixon.
Out of uniform, he continued in a public policy capacity by
serving on the President's Advisory Committee on Arms Control,
the Commission on Strategic Forces, and the President's Special
Review Board, also known as the Tower Commission.
He currently serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards.
He earned his masters and doctorate in international relations
from Columbia University.