Mansfield Center Advisory Board

croppedmarcracicot.pngMarc Racicot, Board Chair

Former Governer of the State of Montana

David BellDavid Bell, Previous Board Chair

President and CEO, ALPS Corporation

Jon BennionJon Bennion

Government Relations Director, The Washington Companies

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President, Radio Free Asia

 

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National Correspondent, Newsy

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Consumer and Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs Ayco; Liaison, Mansfield Foundation Board of Directors
Nancy Keenan

Nancy Keenan

Former Executive Director, Montana Democratic Party

 

Paul LaurenDr. Paul Lauren

Regents Professor Emeritus; Founding Director, Mansfield Center

 

Tom LopachTom Lopach

President and CEO, Voter Participation Center and the Center for Voter Information

 

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Founder, Frontier Angel Fund and Head of Community Engagement, Two Bear Capital

 

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Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University

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Chief Operating Officer and Partner of EisnerAmper

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UM Faculty Affiliate in Economics and Nonresident Senior Associate in Economics for the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Kimberlee VisserKimberlee Visser

Designer, Community Advocate, Business Advisor

 

Bryce WardBryce Ward

Founder of ABMJ Consulting, Research Associate at the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities at the University of Montana

 

Terry WeidnerDr. Terry Weidner

Professor Emeritus, Political Science; Former Mansfield Center Executive Director

 

Mansfield Fellows

Robert McCoy

Geopolitics in Northeast Asia, Specializing in North Korea

Contact

Email
primemccoy@charter.net

Personal Summary

Robert E. McCoy writes and speaks on geopolitical events and international affairs in East Asia, particularly North Korea and its relations with other players in the region. During a twenty-year career in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence professional, he lived in East Asia for more than fourteen years. Subsequently, he has published over 150 political analyses and commentaries in various journals focusing on Asia. He has been interviewed by American and overseas news outlets for his views on regional affairs, and his analyses on North Korea have been officially cited by foreign governments.

Education

  • Basic Korean Language and Culture Studies, Yale University – Institute of Far Eastern Languages, 1962-1963
  • Initial Intelligence Indoctrination and Signals Intelligence Training, U.S. Air Force, 1963-1964
  • Intermediate Korean Language and Culture Studies, Defense Language Institute – West Coast Branch, 1970-1971
  • BGS in Psychology and Asian Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha, earned in 1979
  • Graduate Studies in Human Relations, University of Oklahoma – Overseas Division, 1980-1982
  • MGA in Management Information Systems, University of Maryland – College Park, earned in 1985

Languages:

  • Korean (no longer fluent)