William (Bill) Schneider
Dr. William Schneider, Jr. is the President of International Planning Services, Inc., a Washington area based international trade and finance advisory firm and is a Senior Fellow of the Hudson Institute. He also serves as a member of several public and privately held corporate boards. Dr. Schneider served as Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology. He previously served as Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget prior to being nominated as Under Secretary by President Ronald Reagan.
In addition, Dr. Schneider has served as an advisor to the U.S. Government in several capacities. As a U.S. Senate appointee, Dr. Schneider served as a member of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. He previously served as a Member of the Presidential Commission on the Future of the Aerospace Industry. He served as Chairman of the Defense Science Board (DSB) from 2001 to 2009. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates awarded Dr. Schneider the DoD’s Medal for Distinguished Public Service in November 2009. In 2018, Secretary of Defense James Mattis conferred the Fubini Award on Dr. Schneider for his “exemplary scientific and technical contributions” to the DoD mission.
He also served on several commissions to review intelligence-related activities, including the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Mission Threat to the United States and the National Commission on the Future of the National Reconnaissance Office and the Intelligence Community Strategic Studies Group under the Director of National Intelligence. Dr. Schneider was the founder and former Chairman of the Department of State’s Defense Trade Advisory Group (1992-2018). Previously, he served as Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament from 1987 until 1993.
Dr. Schneider’s responsibilities at the Department of State included the management and oversight of U.S. foreign economic and military assistance abroad, export control policy (including serving as Chairman of the Senior Interagency Group on the Transfer of Strategic Technology), international telecommunications and information policy (including serving as Chairman of the Senior Interagency Group on International Telecommunications and Information Policy), and supervision of U.S. science attaches posted at U.S. embassies.
Dr. Schneider is an economist and defense analyst who formerly was a staff associate of the Subcommittees on Defense and Foreign Operations for the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as a consultant to the Hudson Institute. Prior to joining the House staff, he was a Senate staff member and professional staff member of the Hudson Institute.
Dr. Schneider received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1968. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Council on Foreign Relations, and International Institute for Strategic Studies.