RARE The Association for Rare Earth is a non-partisan international advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. RARE advocates for rare earth industry producers, end-users, and retailers regarding supply availability, trade, licensing, affordability and other policy matters. On October 24, 2011, RARE led the industry in calling for the creation of rare earths caucuses in the United States House and Senate.

About Rare Earth Elements

Rare earth elements (REEs) are 17 elements on the periodic table and are fundamental to the manufacture of many products with an environmental, health, or safety focus, as well as to commonly used electronic devices. REEs are used to make hybrid automobiles, solar panels, wind turbines, smart phones, personal computing tablets, flat screen monitors, specialty magnets, hard drives, MRI scanners, advanced jet engines, guided missiles, specialty glass for the motion picture industry and much more.

China currently produces approximately 95% of the REEs in the world and is tightening its export controls, creating alarm among high-tech and national security sectors alike.

Executive Leadership and Board of Advisors

RARE's President and CEO is Adam Falkoff, a well known figure in the international relations and energy community. The Board of Advisors is composed of Roger Ballentine, former Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton for Environmental Initiatives; Former Ambassador Stuart Holliday, former Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs; John L. Howard, former United States Federal Environmental Executive; Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, US Navy (Ret.), former NOAA Administrator; The Honorable Thomas McMillen, Chairman of the National Foundation on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and former United States Congressman; and, John Paul Woodley, former Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment and former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (Army Corps of Engineers).