OFFICERS
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Damon Wilson
President & CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy
Damon Wilson is the president and chief executive officer of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—an... -
KENNETH WOLLACK (Chairman)
Kenneth Wollack is co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has sponsored the presidential... -
The Honorable Karen Bass (VICE CHAIRMAN)
United States House of Representatives
Congressmember Karen Bass was re-elected to her second term representing the newly drawn 37th Congressional... -
The Honorable Peter Roskam (VICE CHAIRMAN)
Former Member of the United States 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 United States House of Representatives
David Skaggs holds positions as Co-Chair of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics and a Senior... -
Dr. Michele Dunne (Treasurer)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Michele Dunne is a Director of Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research... -
Jayne M. Kurzman, Esq. (Secretary)
Davidson, Dawson & Clark, LLP
Jayne M. Kurzman graduated from Vassar College magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1968...
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
Jessica Adelman is Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Global Communications at Mars. She is also... -
Anne Applebaum
Institute of Global Affairs London School of Economics
Anne Applebaum is a columnist for the Washington Post. She is a visiting professor at the London School... -
Stephen E. Biegun
Stephen E. Biegun has more than three decades of international affairs experience in government and the... -
Ambassador Reuben Brigety
Ambassador Reuben Brigety is the Vice Chancellor and President of the University of the South,... -
Roxanne Brown
Roxanne Brown is the USW’s International Vice President at Large. Brown... -
MARLENE COLUCCI
The Business Council
Marlene Colucci is the Executive Director of The Business Council, an elite group... -
SCOTT CARPENTER
DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT, JIGSAW
Scott is Director of Policy and International Engagement at Jigsaw,... -
Kelley Currie
Ambassador Currie served as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and the U.S. Representative... -
Ambassador Eileen Donahoe
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... -
Ambassador Daniel Fried
Future Europe Initiative & Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Atlantic Council
In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing... -
Barry Jackson
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, The Lindsey Group LLC
Barry Jackson served as Chief of Staff for Speaker Boehner from 2010 to June 2012. Jackson served as... -
Senator Tim Kaine (Honorary)
United States Senate
EARLY COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE Tim grew up working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas... -
The Honorable Mel Martinez
Southeast United States and Latin America at JPMorgan Chase
Having arrived in the United States at the height of the Cold War from Cuba at age 15, Mel rose to... -
Dayton Ogden
Succession Advisory Services
Dayton Ogden is the global leader of Spencer Stuart’s CEO Succession... -
Minxin Pei
Minxin Pei is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College.... -
Marc Plattner
Marc F. Plattner is the founding coeditor of the Journal... -
Senator Ben Sasse (Honorary)
United States Senate
Ben Sasse is a United States Senator, representing the great state of Nebraska. He was elected in... -
Dr. Nadia Schadlow
Hudson Institute
Dr. Nadia Schadlow is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute. She was most recently U.S. Deputy National... -
Liz Shuler
Liz Shuler is the Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO,... -
Representative Elise Stefanik
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York's 21st District in the House of Representatives... -
Scott D. Taylor
Scott Taylor is a Professor in the School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University. In 2020,... -
Ambassador Rich Verma
The Asia Group
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
Ambassador Verveer most recently served as the first US Ambassador for Global women’s...
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