Frank Lavin is a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. In the Reagan Administration, Lavin served on the National Security Council and the White House staff.
Lavin later served in the Bush (41) and Bush (43) administrations; in the latter, he also served as Ambassador to Singapore and Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of Commerce.
In the private sector, Lavin served in senior finance positions in Hong Kong and Singapore with Bank of America and Citibank.
Lavin earned a BS from the School of Foreign Service and an MS in Chinese language and history from Georgetown University; an MA in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University; and an MBA in finance from Wharton.
