Mira Rapp-Hooper joined RFA’s board in April 2026. An expert on national security and strategy issues in Asia, she currently serves as a partner at The Asia Group, and is a visiting fellow at Brookings Institute. She has held a number of positions at the highest levels of government, including senior director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) and the NSC director for Indo-Pacific strategy. She also previously served as Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.