OFFICERS
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Damon Wilson
President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy
Damon Wilson is President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an independent, nonprofit,... -
KENNETH WOLLACK (Chairman)
Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy
Kenneth Wollack is chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy. He is a member of the advisory... -
Karen Bass (VICE CHAIRMAN)
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Congressmember Karen Bass was re-elected to her second term representing the newly drawn 37th Congressional... -
Peter Roskam (VICE CHAIRMAN)
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Peter Roskam, a native of Chicago, and former member of United States House of Representatives,... -
David E. Skaggs (VICE CHAIRMAN)
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
David Skaggs holds positions as Co-Chair of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics and a Senior... -
Michele Dunne (Treasurer)
Executive Director, Franciscan Action Network
Before coming to FAN, Michele Dunne's career focused on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. From... -
MARLENE COLUCCI (Secretary)
Executive Director, The Business Council
Marlene Colucci is the Executive Director of The Business Council, an elite group of...
Board of Directors
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ELLIOTT ABRAMS
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign... -
Jessica Adelman
Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Global Communications at Mars
Jessica Adelman is Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Global Communications at Mars. She is also... -
Stuart Appelbaum
President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Stuart Appelbaum holds decades of experience advocating for the rights of workers around the world. -
Anne Applebaum
Staff Writer for The Atlantic and Pulitzer-prize winning historian
Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer-prize... -
Liliana Ayalde
Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Paraguay
Ambassador Ayalde retired from the U.S. Foreign Service... -
Stephen E. Biegun
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Stephen E. Biegun has more than three decades of international affairs experience in government and the... -
Roxanne Brown
United Steelworkers International Vice President at Large
Roxanne Brown is the United Steelworkers International Vice President... -
SCOTT CARPENTER
DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT, JIGSAW
Scott is Director of Policy and International Engagement at Jigsaw,... -
Victor Cha
Vice Dean and D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government in the School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University
Professor Victor D. Cha is the Vice Dean and D.S. Song-KF Professor of Government in the School of Foreign... -
Kelley Currie
Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and the U.S. Representative at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Ambassador Currie served as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and the U.S. Representative... -
Eileen Donahoe
Executive Director of Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
Eileen Donahoe is Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator at Stanford University’s... -
Jendayi Frazer
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Jendayi Frazer is the Duignan... -
Daniel Fried
Veteran Diplomat
In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing... -
Senator Tim Kaine (Honorary)
U.S. Senator
EARLY COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE Tim grew up working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas... -
Rachel Kleinfeld
Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld advises governments, philanthropists, and activists on how democracies... -
Mel Martinez
Former U.S. Senator
Having arrived in the United States at the height of the Cold War from Cuba at age 15, Mel rose to be... -
Dayton Ogden
Global Leader, Spence Stuart’s CEO Succession Advisory Services
Dayton Ogden is the global leader of Spencer Stuart’s CEO Succession... -
Minxin Pei
Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College
Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.... -
Marc Plattner
Founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy (Retired)
Marc F. Plattner is the founding coeditor of the Journal... -
Senator Ben Sasse (Honorary)
U.S. Senator
Ben Sasse is a United States Senator, representing the great state of Nebraska. He was elected in... -
Nadia Schadlow
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy and Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute
Dr. Nadia Schadlow is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. She was most recently U.S. Deputy National... -
Elise Stefanik
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York's 21st District in the House of Representatives... -
Scott D. Taylor
Professor in the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University
Scott Taylor is a Professor in the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. In 2020,... -
Rich Verma
Former U.S. Ambassador to India and Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy, MasterCard
Ambassador Richard Verma is Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy at MasterCard. He previously... -
Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and Former US Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues
Ambassador Verveer most recently served as the first US Ambassador for Global women’s...
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