John Schaus

John Schaus is executive officer to the president at CSIS. In this position, he functions as both executive assistant and research assistant to CSIS president John Hamre. In addition to work on Center-wide issues, John was also heavily involved with the National Petroleum Council study on global oil and gas. Prior to beginning at CSIS in November 2005, he worked at the Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis. He also spent nearly two years in China teaching university-level English. John holds a B.A. in political science and Spanish from St. John’s University in Minnesota and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs.