Smick, David M.

David M. Smick, Sr. is an American global macroeconomic strategist, magazine publisher, best-selling author, and documentary filmmaker. He is the chairman and CEO of Johnson Smick International, a global strategic advisory firm in Washington, D.C., where he is in partnership with former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Manuel H. Johnson. (The firm was originally known as Smick Medley International, Inc.) The firm has provided strategic advice to some of the world's most successful investors, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Nomura Securities, Tiger Management, Duquesne Capital, and Moore Capital Management. Smick's first client was George Soros. Smick was closely involved with Soros Fund Management's role in the Black Wednesday 1992 sterling crisis. Smick first registered to vote as a Democrat, switched to Republican during the Carter Administration, and is now a registered independent. He has worked on tax reform and on dollar policy solutions with legislators from both political parties.