Robert G. Liberatore joined GMF as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow in June 2008. He previously served as the Head of Global External Affairs and Public Policy (EAPP) for DaimlerChrysler.  In this role he was responsible for relations with governments and societies around the world and developing the company's position on public policy issues. This included corporate representative offices in almost forty countries, including principal operations in Washington, DC, Stuttgart, Berlin, and Brussels.  The department managed government policy issues wherever DaimlerChrysler does business and played an important role in DaimlerChrysler's corporate social responsibility efforts.

Liberatore joined Chrysler Corporation in 1985 after working on Capitol Hill for ten years, including four years as staff director for Senate Leader Robert C. Byrd.  He was elected an Officer of the Chrysler Corporation in 1993.

Before arriving at DaimlerChrysler, Liberatore was staff director and other positions for Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, 1979-84; legislative director for Senator Floyd Haskell, 1975-79; and assistant treasurer and international corporate loan officer, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York and Kingston, Jamaica, 1972-75.

Education:
Mr. Liberatore hold his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University

Honors:
He has been honored by The American Jewish Committee with their “Civic Achievement Award,” The Bryce Harlow Foundation with its Business-Government Relations Award, and The Faith and Politics Institute with the second Lewis-Houghton Award, which was presented by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.). He has also been named an honorary director for life by the Washington Performing Arts Society.