Josh Lipsky

Director, GeoEconimics Center, Atlantic Council

Josh Lipsky is the Director of the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. He previously served as a senior advisor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Speechwriter to Christine Lagarde.

Prior to joining the IMF, Josh was an appointee at the State Department, serving as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.

Before joining the State Department, Josh worked in the White House and helped plan President Obama’s participation at the G-20 and other global summits. He has also worked on Capitol Hill and at the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

He is a term-member at the Council on Foreign Relations and an Economic Diplomacy Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center.

In these roles he has advised policymakers on a range of emerging challenges, including the reform of the Bretton Woods system and the rise of digital currencies.

His analysis has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and CNBC.

Josh is a licensed attorney, accredited to practice in Maryland & D.C. He holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School, a Master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.A. from Columbia University. Josh, his wife Leah, and their daughter Clara, live in Maryland.