Carmot Principal

Dan McGroarty has consulted for more than a decade with firms ranging from Fortune 50 companies to start-up ventures in industries ranging from the resource sector, telecommunications and airlines to travel, pharmaceuticals and financial services. His engagements occur at the CEO and senior executive level. In a typical Carmot engagement, Dan manages custom-built consulting teams on an international level, with a focus on issue management and company strategy, against the broader policy and risk environment that affects each client.

Dan was appointed President and Director of publicly-traded U.S. Rare Earths, the newly-named successor company to Colorado Rare Earths.  He continues to serve as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce/International Division. He served as a speaker representing Colorado Rare Earths at the China Rare Earths Seminar in Sanya, China in April 2011.  As principal of the American Resource Policy Network, Dan provided testimony to the U.S. House Sub-Committee on Energy & Mineral Resources in May 2011.</p>

Prior to establishing his consultancy, Dan served at senior levels in the U.S. Government, as Special Assistant to the President in the White House and as presidential appointee to two Secretaries of Defense.

As a former think tank fellow, Dan is author of two books on education policy. His articles and opeds on current issues have been published in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Public Interest, National Review, Philanthropy, The Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Policy Review and The American Spectator.

Dan also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, and as a contributing columnist on geo-political issues at RealClearPolitics’ RealClearWorld page.