Randall Schriver is a partner at Pacific Solutions and concurrently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Project 2049 Institute, a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying security trend lines in Asia. Mr. Schriver most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs from January 2018-December 2019. In that role, for nearly two years, he was the most senior official at the Department of Defense responsible for managing Asia policy and the broader Indo-Pacific. Before his role as ASD, Schriver was one of five founding partners of Armitage International LLC, a consulting firm specializing in international business development and strategies. He was also CEO and President of the Project 2049 Institute.

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Mr. Schriver's previous government experience includes service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2003-05), Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State (2001-03), and Senior Country Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (1994-98). Prior to his civilian service, Mr. Schriver served as an active-duty Navy Intelligence Officer from 1989 to 1991, including a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He also served in the Navy Reserves for nine years, including as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Mr. Schriver serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council and the Board of Advisors of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He teaches U.S. Foreign Policy at Stanford University's "Stanford-in-Washington" program.

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Schriver hails from Oregon and holds a B.A. from Williams College and an M.A. from Harvard University.