R. James Woolsey: "Energy Security and American Grand Strategy"

R. James Woolsey is Chairman of Woolsey Partners LLC and a Venture Partner with Lux Capital Management. Mr. Woolsey previously served in the U.S. Government on five different occasions, where he held Presidential appointments in two Republican and two Democratic administrations, most recently (1993-95) as Director of Central Intelligence. From July 2002 to March 2008 Mr. Woolsey was a Vice President and officer of Booz Allen Hamilton, and then a Venture Partner with VantagePoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, California until January 2011. He was also previously a partner at the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, DC, now Goodwin Procter, where he practiced for 22 years in the fields of civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation. During his 12 years of government service, in addition to heading the CIA and the Intelligence Community, Mr. Woolsey was: Ambassador to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Vienna, 1989¿1991; Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977¿1979; and General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1970¿1973. He was also appointed by the President to serve on a part-time basis in Geneva, Switzerland, 1983¿1986, as Delegate at Large to the U.S.¿Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks (NST). As an officer in the U.S. Army, he was an adviser on the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna, 1969¿1970.