Allison Hooker is a Senior Vice President at American Global Strategies, where she oversees the firm’s Indo-Pacific practice. Allison is a foreign policy and national security specialist with 20 years of experience in the U.S. Government working on Asia. Allison served for more than six years on the National Security Council (NSC) staff, including as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia, and as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Korean Peninsula. Prior to her service at the White House, Allison was a senior analyst for North Korea in the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research from 2001 to 2014. Allison received a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Georgia College and State University. Allison also was a research fellow at Osaka University and Keio University, where she focused on Japan-Korea relations, and Japan-China relations, respectively. Allison is a native of Macon, Georgia.