Ron Christie's depth of knowledge and service in the American political scene, combined with his unique experience at the highest levels of global and domestic policy-planning, makes him one of the leading authorities on the state of the world today. As a veteran senior advisor to the White House and Congress, he brings his keen insights and political savvy to issues including health care, the national budget, taxes, and innumerable others. He is also active on the international scene as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, lending his breadth of knowledge and intelligence to world affairs. Represented exclusively by Leading Authorities, Ron Christie brings all his expertise to bear on every lecture and speech. This political difference-maker provides the power of intellect and steely analysis America deserves.    

A National Voice. A former special assistant to President George W. Bush and deputy assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney, Christie is the author of Black in the White House: Life Inside George W. Bush's West Wing. He serves as a strategic consultant at Navigators LLC, a full-service issues management firm that provides integrated public affairs campaigns that combine lobbying, issue advertising, strategic public relations, and grassroots pressure to solve difficult public policy problems. Recently, he was executive vice president and director of global government affairs at Ruder Finn and EVP of counsel at the DC law firm, Patton Boggs, LLP. From 2002 to 2004, he was Acting Director of USA Freedom Corps under President Bush.

Insider Analysis. As a frequent commentator on current political events, he has appeared as a political/legal analyst on Hannity & Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor, Fox and Friends, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Tavis Smiley Show, and Fox News Sunday. When he isn't contributing pithy political analyses to our national discourse, he serves as an adjunct professor of strategic advocacy at The George Washington University School of Political Management. He also acts as an outside communications and political strategist to Republican Members of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate where he advises on current policy and political matters. Christie received his B.A. from Haverford College and his J.D. from The George Washington University National Law Center, and prior to joining Vice President Cheney's staff, he briefly served as counsel to former U.S. Senator George Allen, and as senior advisor to former House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich.