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| Institute for Corean-American Studies |
The Hon R. James Woolsey
Chairman, Foundation for Defense of DemocraciesFormer Director, Central Intelligence Agency (1993-95)
Jim also currently chairs the Strategic Advisory Group of the Washington, D.C. private equity fund, Paladin Capital Group, and the Advisory Board of the Opportunities Development Group, and he is Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of the Boston-based law firm, Goodwin Procter. In the above capacities JIm specializes in a range of alternative energy and security issues.
Jim previously served in the U.S. Government on five different occasions, where he held Presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations. From July 2002 to March 2008 he was a Vice President and officer of Booz Allen Hamilton, and then a Venture Partner with VantagePoint Venture Partners until January 2011.
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| James Woolsey | |
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| Organization: | •Lux Capital Management •Woolsey Partners LLC |
| Education: | •Stanford University •Oxford University •Yale Law School |
R. James "Jim" Woolsey served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under former President Bill Clinton(D). During the period of transition between the Obama and Trump administrations, Woolsey was reported to be in consideration for a high-level appointment in the Trump administration.[1]
Career
Woolsey earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1963, an M.A. from Oxford University in 1965, and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1968. Over the course of his career, Woolsey has served as a member of the boards of directors and advisory boards for private sector, government, and nonprofit organizations.[1][2]
Government service
Woolsey's government service included national security and intelligence positions in Republican and Democratic presidential administrations. He initially served as an officer in the U.S. Army, during which time he worked as
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James Woolsey, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is making me a fresh cup of Trader Joe’s coffee. We are sitting around his kitchen island, two cats afoot, in the tasteful, solar-powered farmhouse where he lives with his wife near Annapolis, Maryland. Looking out the windows at the fields rolling to the West River, Woolsey excitedly describes his plans to plant camelina, a hardy Eurasian plant whose oil he hopes to convert to biofuel to supplement his geothermal heating system.
Tall and lanky and dressed in a navy sweater, an oxford shirt, jeans, and Top-Siders, the 66-year-old tells me the story of how he, a self-described “Scoop Jackson/Joe Lieberman Democrat” who served as Jimmy Carter’s undersecretary of the Navy and Bill Clinton’s cia director and was known for his support of Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi and the Iraq War, became an ardent advocate for energy independence.
Like many clean-energy enthusiasts, Woolsey is part geek, part zealot. He’s happy to spend a Saturday morning showing off the three rows of photov
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