Governor John R. Kasich, CEO of the Aspen Institute Germany and the senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs where he also managed $4 billion of the $18 billion U.S. foreign assistance budget. Mallory was CEO of Credit Suisse Investment Funds Moscow AO where he launched the first family of domestic Russian mutual funds for Credit Suisse First Boston. Mallory participated and was instrumental in the structuring and closing of numerous mezzanine and buyout transactions at Allied Capital. Before joining the private sector, Mallory specialized in Russian and nonproliferation issues and was a research assistant, visiting fellow, and assistant policy analyst at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and RAND, respectively. He has a B.A. in Russian language and literature with highest honors from Middlebury College.