Greg Lebedev currently holds a portfolio of assignments, which span the business, government and philanthropic sectors. He is a Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest business federation in the world. And, he is Senior Advisor to the Robertson Foundation for Government, a private family fund that provides support to talented men and women wishing to pursue governmental careers in national security and international affairs. Mr. Lebedev sits on a number of advisory boards, regularly speaks on a range of international subjects, and undertakes special projects involving trade, development and global corporate governance.
Before assuming these assignments, Mr. Lebedev served as President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), where he represented the domestic and international interests of the $1.7 trillion global chemical and plastics industry. Prior to the ACC, Mr. Lebedev held a unique portfolio at the United States Chamber of Commerce. During his nearly five years of service, he was the Chamber’s COO and Executive Vice President for International Policy and National Security Affairs. In addition to running day-to-day operations, he was Managing Director of the National Chamber Foundation, the public policy think tank, and President of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, a governance and philanthropic resource of the business community.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Lebedev was a Senior Partner of The Hay Group, then one of the largest international management consulting firms; he directed projects associated with the reconstruction of Kuwait following the first Gulf War; and he served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the American Trucking Associations. He also held a number of senior governmental assignments. He was appointed by President Gerald Ford to the State Department post of Assistant Inspector General of Foreign Assistance/Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. Before that, he served in the Bureau for Security and Consular Affairs and was one of Henry Kissinger’s youngest Deputy Assistant Secretaries. Prior to his State Department tour, he was Deputy Special Assistant to the President of the United States at the White House.
Mr. Lebedev earned a Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law of the University of South Dakota, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same university. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia; he serves on a number of boards of directors, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
