OFFICERS

  • Damon Wilson

    President and CEO

    Damon Wilson is President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an independent, nonprofit,...

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  • KENNETH WOLLACK (Chairman)

    Chairman

    Kenneth Wollack is chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy and a member of the George W. Bush...

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  • Peter Roskam (Co-Vice Chair)

    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,...

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  • David Skaggs (Co-Vice Chair)

    Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

    The Honorable David Skaggs holds positions as Co-Chair of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics...

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  • MARLENE COLUCCI (Treasurer)

    Chief Executive Officer, The Business Council

    Marlene Colucci is the Chief Executive Officer of The Business Council, comprised of the CEOs of the...

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  • Jendayi Frazer (Co-Vice Chair and Secretary)

    Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

    Ambassador Jendayi Frazer is...

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Board of Directors

  • Jessica Adelman

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Mars

    Jessica Adelman is Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Global Communications at Mars. She is also...

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  • 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.

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  • 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...

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  • Liliana Ayalde

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil and Paraguay

    Ambassador Ayalde retired from the U.S. Foreign Service...

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  • Alyssa Ayres

    Dean and Professor of History and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

    Alyssa Ayres was appointed dean of the Elliott School of International...

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  • Stephen Biegun

    Senior Vice President of The Boeing Company

    Stephen Biegun is a Senior Vice President with The Boeing Company. He has more than three decades of...

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  • Roxanne Brown

    United Steelworkers International Vice President at Large

    Roxanne Brown is the United Steelworkers International Vice President...

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  • SCOTT CARPENTER

    Managing Director, Jigsaw at Google

    Scott Carpenter is the Managing Director of Jigsaw, a Google company, where he oversees business operations...

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  • Congressman Joaquin Castro

    MEMBER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) represents Texas’ 20th District in the U.S. House...

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  • Victor Cha

    Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Chairholder, and Professor of Government in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

    Professor Victor Cha is Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Chairholder, and Professor of...

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  • 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...

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  • Elizabeth Economy

    Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

    Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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  • Daniel Fried

    Veteran Diplomat

    In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Daniel Fried played a key role in...

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  • Amaney Jamal

    Dean of Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

    Amaney A. Jamal is Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), and a professor...

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  • Senator Tim Kaine (Honorary)

    U.S. Senator

    Senator Tim Kaine grew up working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas City. His parents taught...

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  • 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...

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  • Mel Martinez

    Former U.S. Senator

    Having arrived in the United States at the height of the Cold War from Cuba at age 15, Senator Mel Martinez...

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  • Ambassador Victoria Nuland

    Former Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs for Political Affairs

    Ambassador Victoria Nuland is the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy...

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  • Dayton Ogden

    Global Leader, Spence Stuart’s CEO Succession Advisory Services

    Dayton Ogden is the global leader of Spencer Stuart’s CEO Succession...

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  • 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....

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  • Marc Plattner

    Founding coeditor of the Journal of Democracy (Retired)

    Marc F. Plattner is the founding coeditor of the Journal...

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  • 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...

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  • Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

    Member, U.S. House of Representatives

    U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik proudly represents New York's 21st District in the House of Representatives...

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  • Scott Taylor

    Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University

    Dr. Scott Taylor is Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, where...

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  • SENATOR TODD YOUNG (HONORARY)

    U.S. Senator

    Senator Todd Young represents Indiana in the United States Senate. He currently serves on the Senate...

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  • Juan Zarate

    Global Co-Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, K2 Integrity; Chairman of the Center on Economic & Financial Power, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

    The Honorable Juan Zarate is the global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer for the consulting...

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