John N. Yochelson
President, Council on Competitiveness

In December 1995, John Yochelson became president of the Council on Competitiveness, a nonpartisan forum of chief executives from the business, university, and labor communities working to sustain U.S. economic leadership. Previously, he was a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he was responsible for policy research on international trade, investment, and finance. He created the CSIS program in international business and economics. He also launched the bipartisan Strengthening of American Commission cochaired by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Sam Nunn (D-GA) and managed the CSIS International Councilors under the chairmanship of Henry Kissinger.

Before his work at CSIS, Yochelson spent three years at the Department of State. He was a research fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and at the Brookings Institution. He has been a consultant to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and a collaborator of the late Jean Monnet. President Bush appointed Yochelson to the President’s Export Council, and he also served as a member of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Investment. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation.

Yochelson holds an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University and a B.A. from Yale.


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