Partner, The Asia Group, LLC

Mr. Rexon Ryu is a Partner of The Asia Group, LLC. Previously, Mr. Ryu served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel where he helped lead and manage the Department of Defense. Prior to this, Mr. Ryu served as the Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2011 to 2014, where he directed the Ambassador’s Washington office. He worked on the President’s National Security Council staff from 2009 to 2011, during which time he was focused on nonproliferation, Iran, and North Korea. He served for four years in the U.S. Senate as the foreign policy adviser for then-Senator Hagel. He began his public service career at the State Department, where he served abroad in both Cairo and Jerusalem, and as special assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He holds a Master of Public Policy from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Berkeley.