Rob Strayer is President of the Critical Minerals Forum. The Forum is a nonprofit consortium with seed funding from the U.S. Department of War’s DARPA, and its members include miners, investors, and end-user manufacturers that facilitate dealmaking to increase diversified and reliable supply chains for critical minerals. He previously served as the ambassador for technology diplomacy at the U.S. State Department during the first Trump Administration. During that time, led a global campaign to enable trusted digital infrastructure with dozens of U.S. partners. Earlier in his career, Rob was the general counsel of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He previously practiced law at WilmerHale, and earned a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. in economics from Denison University.