Dick Crawford:  

d on an evaluation team to select the best food service operations at U. S. Air Force bases around the world. He also co-conducted a seminar on engaging with public interest groups and other non-market influencers for Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Past Experience Dick previously served as Vice President for Corporate Government Relations at McDonald's Corporation. In this capacity, he directed all the corporation's international, federal, state and local government relations activities, served as principal government relations advisor to the Board of Directors, the CEO and other senior managers, provided guidance and direct representation in domestic and international matters, developed and coordinated multi-national strategies and managed the corporation¿s relationships with multilateral agencies. He also co-chaired and supervised administration of the McDonald's Federal Political Action Committee. Dick is past chairman of the National Council of Chain Restaurants and served on the executive committees of the National Restaurant Association, United States Council for International Business and the International Franchising Association. He was a member of the National Academy of Science¿s Food Forum and two federal advisory committees¿the International Sector Advisory Committee for Wholesaling and Retailing, which advises on U.S. international trade policy, and the Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases Advisory Committee. Before joining McDonald's, Dick was a managing partner at Whitten & Diamond, where he represented clients before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government and coordinated client representation at the state level. He served for five years as Director for Federal Relations at the National Restaurant Association and, before that, as professional staff to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations.