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Mr. McLarty is president of Kissinger McLarty Associates, an international advisory firm formed in partnership with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and chairman of the board of the McLarty Companies, a family-owned transportation business. He serves on the board of Union Pacific Corporation, and IdleAire Technologies Corporation, both publicly held companies. He is also senior advisor to The Carlyle Group private equity firm and a senior advisor to the law firm of Covington & Burling. Mr. McLarty served in the White House under President Clinton in several key positions including chief of staff, counselor to the president and special envoy for the Americas, with over five years of service in the President’s Cabinet and on the National Economic Council. He worked with President Carter as a member of the Democratic National Committee, was appointed to the National Petroleum Council and the National Council on Environmental Quality by President Bush, and served on the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board from 1989 until joining the Clinton administration in 1992. Prior to his tenure in the White House, Mr. McLarty served as chairman of the board of Arkla, a Fortune 500 natural gas company. He began his business career with the McLarty Companies, where he helped build the business into one of the nation’s largest transportation companies. Mr. McLarty is a senior international fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas. | 