ABOUT the team
Dewardric L. McNeal is the founder and Managing Director at Longview Global, LLC. He is a former Obama Administration appointee to the U.S. Department of Defense where he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy working on East
Asia and China security relations with the United States. He was appointed by President
Obama in May 2009 after serving on the 2008 Obama for America Campaign’s Asia
Advisor Team. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent four years as the
Assistant Director for International Programs at the Brookings Institution’s John L.
Thornton China Center. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Brookings
Institution’s first foreign joint research center, which is located in Beijing at the Tsinghua
University’s School of Public Policy.
After leaving the Obama Administration he turned his focus and attention to the
challenges and emerging opportunities in Africa. Dewardric served on the senior
management team at OIC International, a development and workforce training
organization with over 19 local affiliates and local training centers throughout sub-
Saharan Africa. As Director of Global Strategy and Policy, he was the principal strategic
advisor to the President and Chief Executive Officer at OIC International responsible for
the organization’s Africa growth strategy and continues to advise the organization on
policy and strategic matters.
His early career included positions as the Special Assistant to the Director of Information
at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, as an analyst in the Foreign
Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division at the Congressional Research Service (CRS)
during the second session of the 106th United States Congress and the Associate Director
for Outreach — Corporate and Community Engagement at Youth Chance High School in
San Francisco.
Dewardric has deep knowledge of global policy and trends and an extensive network and
relationships in Washington, Beijing, and capitals throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa,
which he leverages to assist clients achieve their strategic and corporate goals.