Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III President, McLarty Associates

Thomas F. McLarty is president of the international advisory firm, McLarty Associates. He is also Chairman of the McLarty Companies, a fourth-generation family transportation business, including a major automotive retail endeavor — RLJ-McLarty-Landers — which he operates in partnership with Robert Johnson and Steve Landers. Additionally, Mr. McLarty serves as senior advisor to The Carlyle Group private equity firm and as senior advisor to the law firm Covington & Burling.

Mr. McLarty served in the White House under President Clinton in several key positions: Chief of Staff, Counselor to the President and Special Envoy for the Americas, with over five years of service in the President's Cabinet and on the National Economic Council. Mr. McLarty also worked with President Carter as a member of the Democratic National Committee, was appointed to the National Petroleum Council and the National Council on Environmental Quality by President George H.W. Bush, and served on the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board from 1989 until joining the Clinton Administration in 1992.

Prior to his tenure in the White House, Mr. McLarty served as Chairman of Arkla, a Fortune 500 natural gas company. During his tenure Arkla grew into the nation's largest natural gas distributor, with customers in 11 states and significant exploration and pipeline operations.

Mr. McLarty serves on the boards of a number of corporate and non-profit institutions including Union Pacific, the Acxiom Corporation, the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund, the Council of the Americas, the Inter-American Dialogue, Ford's Theatre, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. In addition, he is senior counselor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Senior International Fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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