Daniel F. Runde is a senior vice president and director of the Project on Prosperity and Development. He also holds the William A. Schreyer chair in global analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously held leadership roles at the US Agency for International Development and the World Bank Group, where he was a leading voice on the role and future of the group, and US leadership in the multilateral system.
Runde serves on the boards of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the Western NIS Enterprise Fund, Spirit of America, and the Ashesi University Foundation. He is the author of “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power”. He previously chaired two US government advisory committees.
Runde was granted the Officer’s Cross in the Order of Isabel la Católica, a Spanish civil order. He graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and holds a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University.