Robb LaKritz

Robb LaKritz is a U.S.-based real-estate developer, former senior U.S. Treasury official, and international lawyer.

Background and education

LaKritz was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on July 8, 1972. He is of Hungarian-Jewish descent.

LaKritz attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude, with dual departmental honors for his work in International Relations and Political Science. At age 22, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia to work with former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center, where he fought human rights abuses in Myanmar and helped promote democracy in sub-Saharan Africa. He also attended Emory University School of Law, where he was also an Editor of the influential Emory International Law Review, and for which, at age 24, he authored a seminal piece on the philosophical foundations of Chinese law, entitled "Taming a 5,000 Year-Old Dragon: Toward a Theory of Legal Development in Post-Mao China." [See, Taming A 5,000 Year-old Dragon: Toward A Theory of Legal Development in Post-Mao ChinaIn Emory International Law Review, 11, pp. 237-266.]

Career

In 1997, LaKritz accepted a position with the prestigious Washington, D.C. law firm of Baker Donelson, where he became the youngest member of the firm's boutique China practice, which included former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and former White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Howard H. Baker.

In 2001, at age 28, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to be Special Assistant and Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the United States Treasury, a senior-level U.S. economic position. At the U.S. Treasury, LaKritz played a central role in directing U.S. international economic policy towards China, India and the Middle East. He also represented the U.S. Treasury at the World Economic Forum in 2002, Harvard's Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century, and during the 2001 and 2002 annual meetings of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Asian Development Bank. He also played a key role in the formation of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), a fund established by the U.S. government to reduce poverty through economic growth in some of the world's poorest countries; U.S. efforts to stem the financing of terrorism; and U.S. efforts to promote economic liberalization abroad.

LaKritz | Adler Development

In 2003, at age 30, LaKritz, and longtime friend Josh Adler, founded LaKritz | Adler Development, a privately-held real estate investment and development company based in Washington, D.C. The firm has undertaken a myriad of development projects, from ultramodern condominium projects to Class A retail and office buildings, to boutique hotels, to restaurants and bars, including "One Silver Spring", "Moderno" [ [http://www.lovemoderno.com MODERNO: U&12 ] ] , "800 Florida" and "Petworth Station", as well as a broad range of commercial real estate investments throughout the Greater Washington, D.C. area, LaKritz | Adler Development has become one of the fastest growing real estate development companies in the region. The company's innovative work has been widely featured in the Washington Post [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/13/AR2007011301254.html Georgia Ave. Awakening - washingtonpost.com ] ] [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100766_pf.html Breathing New Rhythm Into Tired Streets ] ] , Washington Times [ [http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/BUSINESS/483609157/1006&template=nextpage City offers $95 million to fix up ignored areas - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper ] ] , Washington Business Journal [ [http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/04/09/story14.html Moderno goes residential - Washington Business Journal: ] ] , Washington City Paper [ [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=1646 Washington City Paper: Young & Hungry: Public House ] ] , DC Spaces Magazine [ [http://www.lakritzadler.com/press.html Lakritz | Adler ] ] , DC Modern Luxury, OnSite Magazine, and on Fox5 News. [ [http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/ContentDetail?contentId=2705628 MyFox Washington DC | Restaurant Signals Rebirth in Petworth ] ] .

LaKritz is a participant and member of the Aspen Institute, TED, Renaissance Weekend, the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), the Urban Land Institute, the D.C. Preservation League, and the 2008 Class of Leadership Greater Washington.

References

External links

* [http://www.lakritzadler.com LaKritz | Adler Development]