Glassman currently writes a monthly financial column for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. He is the author of two books on finance and was, from 1993 to 2004, the primary financial columnist for the Washington Post. He has also written a regular financial column for The Reader’s Digest.

He just completed 19 months as a high-level federal official. He served first as chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which supervises all taxpayer-funded non-military international TV and radio broadcasting, in 60 languages and more than 100 countries. He then served as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, where he directed strategic communications for the U.S. government and supervised educational and cultural exchange programs and global websites. He was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate for both positions.

As Under Secretary, he was commended for his swift successes, his bipartisanship, and his pioneering use of new technologies in communications. Newsweek wrote: “James K. Glassman, as they say in Washington, gets it…. Unlike his failed predecessors, Glassman has finally figured out how to sell the American idea abroad.”

His extensive television experience includes a three-year stint as host of Capital Gang Sunday, the weekly CNN public affairs panel show, and a similar period as host of TechnoPolitics on public television. Mainly as an economic expert, he has appeared on Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs Tonight and The Larry King Show on CNN, Good Morning America on ABC, 60 Minutes on CBS, Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO, NewsHour With Jim Lehrer on PBS, Kudlow & Company on CNBC, Special Report With Brit Hume on FoxNews, and many more. His articles on economic subjects have appeared frequently in the Wall Street Journal.

James Glassman enjoys broad popularity as a speaker. Over the past decade, have given approximately 500 speeches in wide variety of venues, from corporate and trade-association conferences to public-affairs groups, and government gatherings. Among audiences: National Press Club (luncheon speaker series), Detroit Economic Club, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Aspen Institute, Council on Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), and Chatham House (London).

He is a former senior fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, where, from 1996 to 2007, he focused on matters of economics, finance, and technology. He has had a long career in journalism, serving as president of the Atlantic Monthly Co., publisher of the New Republic, editor-in-chief and co-owner of Roll Call, the congressional newspaper, and executive vice president of U.S. News & World Report.

He served as a member of the President’s Commission on the 21st Century Workforce (2001-2002), supervised by Secretary of Labor and appointed by the President. In 2003, he served as a member of the Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World.