Although the following list gives only a few examples, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) probably house the most former Bush officials.
As was noted in a recent Think Tank Watch post, Condoleezza Rice is affiliated with a variety of think tanks. I have not listed her here but you can go to the link to see her various think tank affiliations.
- James Glassman was Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and he was tapped as Executive Director of George W. Bush's think tank, the George W. Bush Institute. Glassman was a former scholar at American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
- Robert Zoellick, previous World Bank President, was Undersecretary of State and US Trade Representative (USTR) and is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and a Senior Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center.
- John Bolton was Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security as well as US Permanent Representative to the UN. He is now a Senior Fellow at AEI.
- Marc Thiessen served as chief speechwriter to President Bush and to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He is now a Fellow at AEI.
- Dick Cheney was the Vice President of the United States and is on the Board of Trustees at AEI. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
- Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, although not technically in the Bush Administration, is a Senior Fellow at AEI.
- R. Glenn Hubbard was a former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). He is now at Adjunct Scholar at AEI.
- Lawrence Lindsey was Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council (NEC). He is now an Adjunct Scholar at AEI.
- Eliot Cohen served as Counselor to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. He is on AEI's Council of Academic Advisors.
- Phillip Swagel was Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department. He is now a Visiting Scholar at AEI. He is also a co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative.
- Paul Wolfowitz, former World Bank President, was Deputy Secretary of Defense. He is now a Scholar at AEI.
- John Yoo served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Legal Counsel of the US Department of Justice. He is now a Visiting Scholar at AEI.
- Paul Atkins was a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He is now a Visiting Scholar at AEI.
- Andrew Biggs worked in the Social Security Administration (SSA) as well as the National Economic Council (NEC). He is now a Resident Scholar at AEI.
- James Capretta was an Associate Director at the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He is a Visiting Scholar at AEI.
- Dan Blumenthal was Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mongolia at the Department of Defense. He is a Resident Fellow at AEI. He is also on the Board of Advisors at Project 2049 Institute.
- David Addington was Chief of Staff and Counsel to former Vice President Dick Cheney. He is now senior vice president and deputy chief operating officer of the Heritage Foundation.
- J.D. Foster was Associate Director for Economic Policy at the OMB. He is now the Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of Fiscal Policy at the Heritage Foundation.
- Peter Brookes was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs. He is now a Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs and Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies at Heritage.
- Elaine Chao was the former Secretary of Labor. She is now a distinguished fellow at Heritage.
- Richard Armitage was Deputy Secretary of State. He is now a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is also a Director at ACUS.
- Henrietta Fore was the former Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). She is a CSIS Trustee.
- Michael Green was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. He is senior advisor and Japan Chair at CSIS; he is also on the board of advisors of CNAS.
- Victor Cha was Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. He is now senior advisor and Korea Chair at CSIS; he is also on the board of advisors of CNAS.
- Tim Adams was Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs. He is now a non-resident senior advisor at CSIS. He is also a Director on the International Advisory Board at ACUS.
- Grant Aldonas was Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade. He is a non-resident senior advisor at CSIS.
- Meredith Broadbent was an Assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) in the Bush Administration. She is a Senior Advisor and holds the William M. Scholl Chair in International Business at CSIS.
- Guy Caruso was Administrator of the Energy Information Agency (EIA). He is now a senior advisor at CSIS.
- Jon Alterman was on the Policy and Planning Staff at the State Department and served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He is director of the Middle East program at CSIS.
- Richard Fontaine served as Associate Director for Near Eastern Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC). He is the new President of CNAS.
- Mitchell Reiss was Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the State Department. He is now on the board of directors at CNAS.
- Paula Dobriansky was Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs. She is now on the board of advisors of CNAS. She is also a Director of the International Advisory Board at ACUS. She is also on the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Foreign Policy Project.
- Randy Schriver was Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He is on the board of advisors at CNAS. He is the President and CEO of Project 2049 Institute.
- Ian Brzezinski was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe an NATO Policy. He is a Senior Fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council and is on the Strategic Advisors Group (SAG) at ACUS. He is also on the Board of Directors at Project 2049 Institute.
- Douglas Feith was Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. He is now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
- Lewis Libby was Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. He is now senior vice president of the Hudson Institution. He is also a member of CFR.
- Edward Lazear was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). He is now a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
- Evan Feigenbaum was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia. He has a variety of think tank positions, including as a Senior Fellow at CFR, a Nonresident Senior Associate at CEIP, and Executive Director of the Paulson Institute.
- Carlos Gutierrez was a former Secretary of Commerce. He is a Private Citizen Member of the Wilson Center.
- Barry Jackson served as a Deputy to Karl Rove in the Bush Administration. He is a Private Citizen Member of the Wilson Center.
- R. Nicholas Burns served as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He is a Director of the International Advisory Board at ACUS. He is also a member of the board at Harvard's Belfer Center. He was previously a visiting scholar at the Wilson Center.
- Stephen Hadley was President Bush's National Security Advisor. He is a Director of the International Advisory Board at ACUS. He is also a Senior Advisor for International Affairs at the US Institute of Peace (USIP).
- Robert Kimmitt was a former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. He is a Director of the International Advisory Board at ACUS.
- Brent Scowcroft was Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under George W. Bush. He is the Chairman of the International Advisory Board at ACUS. He is also Counselor and on the Board of Trustees at CSIS.
- Zalmay Khalilzad was a former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations. He is an ACUS Board Director as well as a Counselor at CSIS.
- Michelle Dunne served in the Bush White House on the National Security Council. She is Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at ACUS. She was previously a Senior Associate at CEIP.
- John Danforth was the former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in the Bush Administration. He is a Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Senior Fellow.
- Frances Fragos Townsend was the former Homeland Security Advisor to President Bush. She is now on the Board of Directors at BPC.
- Michael Makovsky was the Special Assistant for Iraqi Energy Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He is the Foreign Policy Director at BPC.
- Stephen Krazner was Director of Policy and Planning at the State Department. He is now a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. He is on on the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
- Eric Edelman was Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. He is now a Member of the Board of Directors of USIP. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), and a Senior Associate at Harvard's Belfer Center.
- Judy Ansley served as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor at the National Security Council (NSC). She is a Member of the Board of Directors at USIP.
- Lincoln Bloomfield was US Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction. He is Chairman of the Board of the Stimson Center.
- Daniel Price was Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs. He is on an Advisory Board at GMF and is a Member of Business and Economics Advisor Group at ACUS. He is also a member of CFR.
- John Taylor was Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. He is now the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
- Kevin Hassett, although not in the George W. Bush Administration, he served as an economic advisor to Bush during his 2004 presidential campaign.
- Richard Haass was the Director of Policy Planning for the State Department. He is now the President of CFR.
- Elliott Abrams was Bush's Deputy National Security Advisor. He is a Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at CFR.
- Paul Lettow was a State Department Senior Advisor for democracy and global affairs. He is a former Adjunct Senior Fellow at CFR.
- Donald Marron was a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). He is now the director of the Tax Policy Center (TPC), a joint project of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute.
- Dan Twining was a member of the Secretary of State's Policy and Planning Staff. He is now a Senior Fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS).
- Daniel Fata was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO policy. He is a Transatlantic Fellow at GMFUS.
- Aaron Friedberg was Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the Office of the Vice President. He is a Non-resident Senior Fellow for Asia at GMF. He has also been a fellow at the Wilson Center.
- Kristen Silverberg was US Ambassador to the European Union. She is now a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at GMF.
- Mackenzie Eaglen was a Presidential Management Fellow at the Department of Defense. She is now a resident fellow at the Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies at AEI. She used to be a Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin was the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). He is the President of The American Action Forum (AAF).
- Carlos Bonilla was a Special Assistant for Economic Policy. He is an Economic Expert at AAF.
- Bill Hansen was the Deputy Secretary of Education. He is an Education Expert at AAF.
- Lauren Maddox was Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach at the Department of Education. She is an Education Expert at AAF.
- Harvey Rosen served on the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He is an Economic Expert at AAF.
- Molly Kuzmich served as the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs at the Department of Education. She is an Education Expert at AAF.
- Joseph Kennedy served a Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce. He is a Taxes and Economics expert at AAF.
- Tevi Troy was the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He is a Healthcare Expert at AAF. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
- Sally Lovejoy served as the Education Attaché to the US Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). She is an Education Expert at AAF.
- Michelle Davis served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Director of Policy and Planning at the Treasury Department. She is an Economic Expert at AAF.
- Michael Singh, a former National Security Council (NSC) official, is the managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
- Kurt Volker was US Ambassador to NATO. He is now Executive Director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University and a Senior Advisor to ACUS.
- Colin Powell served as Secretary of State. He is on the Board of Directors of CFR.
- Stephen Rademaker served as an Assistant Secretary of State. He is now a National Security Project Advisor at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).
- Juan Carlos Zarate served as Deputy National Security Adviser. He is now Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, at CSIS.
- Steven Pifer served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. He is now a Senior Fellow at Brookings.
- Damon Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC). He is now Executive Vice President at ACUS.
- Ted Gayer served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy. He is now Vice President and Director of Economic Studies at Brookings. [He is also a former Visiting Scholar at AEI.]
Although generally not included in this post, many former Bush Administration officials are members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
