Obama Administration Key Leadership Relevant to the DPRK (Summer 2015) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Position Name Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs David Shear Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia David Helvey Commander, US Pacific Command Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. Commander, US Forces Korea Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL Position Name Notes Assistant to the President for National Security Susan Rice Affairs Deputy National Security Advisor Avril Haines Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink Replacing Evan Medeiros as of June 2015 Director for China and Korean Affairs Nancy Leou Director for Korea Allison Hooker Director for Oceania and East Asian Security Elizabeth Phu Affairs Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Laura S.H. Holgate Reduction Senior Director for Arms Control and Jon Wolfsthal Nonproliferation National Security Advisor to the Vice President Colin Kahl DEPARTMENT OF STATE Position Name LEADERSHIP Secretary of State John F. Kerry Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken www.ncnk.org Supporting Principled Engagement with North Korea Honorary Co-Chairs: Ambassador Tony P. Hall and Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard Co-Chairs: Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations and Robert E. Springs, Global Resource Services Steering Committee: Charles Armstrong, Columbia University; David Austin, MJ Murdock Charitable Trust; Brad Babson, DPRK Economic Forum; Robert Carlin, Stanford University; Katharine Moon, Brookings Institution; Susan Shirk, University of California, San Diego; Philip Yun, Ploughshares Fund. Executive Director: Keith Luse SPECIAL ENVOYS ASSIGNED TO DPRK AFFAIRS Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Robert R. King Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks Sydney A. Seiler POLITICAL AFFAIRS Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan Sung Kim US Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert Director, Office of Korean Affairs Robert Rapson DPRK Unit Chief Mike Clausen ROK Unit Chief Scott Walker ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Dan Fried Assistant Secretary for International Security and Non- Thomas M. Countryman Proliferation POLICY PLANNING Director, Policy Planning David McKean Policy Planning Staff (East Asia/Pacific) Jonathan Stromseth Policy Planning Staff (Nonproliferation) Anthony Wier Policy Planning Staff (Counterterrorism and Sanctions) Janey Wright DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Position Name Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Sarah Bloom Raskin Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen Last updated June 10, 2015 2 .