district state_senate predecessor successor children birth_place president religion party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
42nd georgia patricia herbold mike polak kirk wagar jason carter 3 new york city , new york , u.s. barack obama judaism democratic united states ambassador to singapore 24 may 1964 april 29 , 2010 january 2003 caroline adelman u.s. ambassador to singapore david adelman official photo.jpg david adelman
 september 4 , 2013 april 2010 david adelman university of georgia emory university georgia state university
david adelman

david i. adelman -lrb- born may 24 , 1964 -rrb- is an american lawyer , diplomat , and legislator .
he was the united states ambassador to the republic of singapore from 2010 to 2013 .
currently , he is a partner at reed smith llp , working out of the firm 's new york office and regularly traveling to the firm 's offices in asia .
throughout his legal career , adelman has served in a variety of roles across the public and private sector .
after three years as an assistant attorney general for the state of georgia , adelman joined the law firm of sutherland , asbill and brennan llp , and became a partner specializing in energy and infrastructure investment law .
in 2002 , adelman was elected to the georgia state senate .
in the senate , adelman served as minority whip and as chairman of the senate urban affairs committee .
during his eight years as a state senator , adelman introduced bills to improve government ethics , increase investments in renewable energy , expand stem-cell research , fight domestic violence , and streamline georgia 's corporate code .
he served in the senate until 2010 when he became u.s. ambassador to singapore .
in 2009 , president barack obama nominated adelman to serve as u.s. ambassador to singapore .
he was unanimously confirmed in 2010 and held the post until 2013 .
as ambassador , adelman was recognized for his effectiveness in promoting trade and investment , both from u.s. companies to the region and asian companies to the united states .
he led eight u.s. trade missions to india , indonesia , malaysia , myanmar and vietnam .
his 2012 trade mission to naypyidaw , the capital of myanmar , was the first by an american business delegation .
he resigned from service as ambassador to singapore in 2013 and was named managing director by goldman sachs based in hong kong .
in 2013 , adelman was appointed by the singapore government to the monetary authority of singapore 's capital markets committee and by the hong kong government to the executive board of the treasury markets association .
adelman is a member of the board of governors of the american chamber of commerce in hong kong , to which he was elected in 2013 .
he is also a member of the council on foreign relations .
