Kenneth I Juster

Kenneth I. Juster will serve as Deputy Assistant to the President Trump for International Economic Affairs. He will coordinate the Administration’s international economic policy and integrate it with national security and foreign policy. He will also be the President’s representative and lead U.S. negotiator (“Sherpa”) for the annual G-7, G-20, and APEC Summits. Juster has previously served in the U.S. Government as Under Secretary of Commerce (2001-2005), Counselor (Acting) of the Department of State (1992-1993), Deputy and Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger (1989-1992), and Law Clerk to Judge James L. Oakes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1980-1981). In the private sector, Juster has been a Partner and Managing Director at the global investment firm Warburg Pincus (2010-2017), Executive Vice President of salesforce.com (2005-2010), and Senior Partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter (1981-1989, 1993-2001). Juster has also served as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Asia Foundation, and a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy of Diplomacy. Kenneth I. Juster has served as a director of Bridgepoint Education since August 2016. Since 2010, Mr. Juster has been a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus LLC, where he focuses on a range of issues including political risk, global public policy, and regulatory matters relating to the firm’s investment activities and portfolio companies as well as environmental, social, and governance initiatives. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr. Juster was Executive Vice President of law, policy and corporate strategy at salesforce.com from 2005 to 2010. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Juster served as U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce. Previously, Mr. Juster held positions as Senior Partner at Arnold & Porter, Counselor (Acting) of the U.S. Department of State, and Deputy and Senior Adviser to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, and served as a law clerk to Judge James L. Oakes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Juster also serves as a director of Gold Reserve, Inc. He holds an AB in Government from Harvard College, a Master in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a JD from the Harvard Law School.