David Gompert is currently Emeritus Vice President, RAND. He served as President of RAND Europe from 2000 to 2002, during which he was also a member of the RAND Europe Executive Board and Chairman of RAND Europe UK.

Mr. Gompert was Vice President of RAND and Director of the National Defense Research Institute from 1993 to 2000. During a leave of absence (1997-98), he was Distinguished Research Professor at the National Defense University and Visiting Professor at the United States Naval Academy.

From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Gompert served as Special Assistant to President George Bush and Senior Director for Europe and Eurasia on the National Security Council staff. He has held a number of positions at the State Department, including Deputy to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs (1982-83), Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs (1981-82), Deputy Director of the Bureau of Politic-Military Affairs (1977-81), and Special Assistant to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (1973-75).

Mr. Gompert worked in the private sector from 1983-1990. At Unisys (1989-90), he was President of the Systems Management Group and Vice President for Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. At AT&T (1983-89), he was Vice President, Civil Sales and Programs, and Director of International Market Planning.

Mr. Gompert has published on international affairs, national security policy, and information technology. His books include Nuclear Weapons and World Politics (ed.), America and Europe: A Partnership for a new Era (co-ed.), Right Makes Might: Freedom and Power in the Information Age, Mind the Gap: A Transatlantic Revolution in Military Affairs, and Shoulder to Shoulder: The Road to US-European Military Cooperability. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Chief of Naval Operations' Executive Panel, the Foreign Policy Association, Atlantik Bruecke, the Board of Advisors of the George Marshall Center, and the Board of Advisors of the RAND Pardee Center for Long Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition.

Mr. Gompert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. He and his wife, Cynthia, live in Alexandria, Virginia.