Jennifer Hendrixson White

Jennifer Hendrixson White is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for New American Security. She is a leading expert on national security issues related to China and the Indo-Pacific, foreign affairs and defense, international trade and economics, cyber, AI and emerging technologies.

Jennifer served in senior positions across the U.S. government from 2010 to 2025, working on a broad range of Asian security, economic, and technology issues at the State Department, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate, as well as stints at the Pentagon, USINDOPACOM, and the National Security Council.

As a senior advisor to two former Chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Jennifer’s leadership was critical to the passage of major bipartisan legislation, including the landmark Australia–UK–U.S. (AUKUS) Security Partnership; the 20-year renewal of the Compacts of Free Association enabling U.S. military access in the Western Pacific; and sanctions on the North Korean regime in Title III of the Countering American Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) of 2017. In addition, she drafted and negotiated complex bipartisan legislation to eliminate double-taxation for businesses in the U.S. and Taiwan and facilitate investment in the United States, including on advanced semiconductors.

Ms. White is Founder and Managing Partner at Scalare Advisors, a firm that offers advisory services for businesses, institutions and organizations. Jennifer has studied and worked in China and Southeast Asia, and earned a Master of Arts degree from the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies, where she focused on China, Southeast Asia and International Economics.