Matthew Rees

Professional Activities

Academic positions

• Senior Fellow, Tuck School of Business, 2013–present

Nonacademic positions

• Founder, Geonomica, 2005–present
• Columnist, FT.com, 2009–present
• Chief speechwriter and senior adviser to William H. Donaldson, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 2003–05
• Speechwriter in the Executive Office of the President (for President George W.  Bush, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick), 2001–03

Editorial positions

• Journalist (The Economist, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard), 1991–2001
• Columnist, The Ottawa Citizen, 1997–2001

Memberships

• Term member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2003–08

Selected Publications

• With S. Palmisano, Re-Think: A Path to the Future, The Center for Global Enterprise, 2014
• “On the 1987 Market Crash,” The American, September/October 2007
• “Good Government: Obscure Government Actions that Have Benefitted the U.S. Economy,” The American, January/February 2007
• From the Deck to the Sea: Blacks and the Republican Party, Longwood Academic Press, 1992
• “Knowledge as a Key Driver of Economic Growth,” Bulletin (Credit Suisse), January 2009
• Adversity: The Mother of Invention,” Bulletin (Credit Suisse), March 2009