Randy C. Mitchell

Founder & Publisher of Capital Statecraft, and author of the field's founding white paper, "Capital Statecraft: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Architecture" (March 2026). A former U.S. Department of Commerce official with thirteen years working the seam between governments and private capital — including the commercial-diplomacy programs the paper identifies as capital statecraft practiced before it had a name — and founder of Private Capital Development, a Washington, DC capital-mobilization firm.