Forty-first session of ECLAC

Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, PhD, is the founding director of the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. He is a former senior US government official and an administrator, entrepreneur, and political and policy strategist.

He served in senior roles in the US government for four years, including as deputy assistant to the president and director of policy and Interagency coordination at the White House. He also served as senior deputy chairman and chief operating officer of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and as acting principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. Before his government service, he was a member of the faculty of Government at Harvard University, where he taught courses on the US presidency and served as assistant dean of Harvard College.

He holds dual undergraduate degrees in civil engineering and international relations, summa cum laude, from Tufts University; master’s degrees in public policy and government from Harvard University; and a PhD in government from Harvard University.