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David M. Marchick is an American lawyer and former diplomat who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, and in the White House, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration. While working under Clinton, he helped to coordinate the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the creation of the World Trade Organization. Marchick later became a partner with Covington & Burling, where he advised U.S. and foreign companies on foreign investment and trade issues, and was registered to lobby.

Marchick joined the Carlyle Group in 2007 as the head of Carlyle's regulatory division, and currently serves as Managing Director and Global Head of External Affairs. Marchick also serves as a member of the firm's operating committee. He supervises the firm's government affairs, public affairs, regulatory, and research efforts.

He has contributed articles to publications including the Far Eastern Economic Review, Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal and is the coauthor of U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment and Global FDI Policy: Correcting a Protectionist Drift. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he has participated in the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Series on American Competitiveness.

Philanthropy
Marchick serves as Chairman of the Board for the Robert Toigo Foundation, which focuses on increasing diversity in business leadership roles. He is also a member of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Museum.

At his alma mater, the University of California San Diego, Marchick and his family endowed a permanent scholarship fund in 2011 in the name of the former Assistant Vice Chancellor Tommy Tucker to provide full-tuition support at the school to one "outstanding student leader" each year.