William J. Hybl, Chairman

Chairman and CEO of El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs, CO, one of the largest foundations in the Rocky Mountain region; Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; President of the United States Olympic Committee during four Olympic Games and member of the International Olympic Committee; former member of the Colorado House of Representatives and Assistant District Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District of Colorado; former U.S. representative to the 56th General Assembly of the United Nations and Special Counsel to President Ronald Reagan.

Peter G. Kelly, Vice-Chairman

Senior principal of the law firm of Updike, Kelly and Spellacy, P.C. (Hartford, CT); former National Treasurer and National Finance Chairman of the Democratic National Party (among other party leadership posts); a founder and former Treasurer of the National Democratic Institute; former Chairman of the Center for Democracy; Trustee of the CNA Corporation (formerly the Center for Naval Analyses); and member of numerous boards, including that of the St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.

The Honorable Leon J. Weil, Secretary

Investment executive and international consultant; former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal; consultant to a number of international organizations including The United Nations Development Programme and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps; has held positions with the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Securities Industry Association.

Lesley Israel, Treasurer

American political consultant; former President and CEO of Politics, Inc; staff member in a number of presidential and other American campaigns; Senior Election Officer, Bosnia; consultant or monitor to numerous elections in Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East; political party and candidate trainer in Russian Federation and Armenia, other training in Ukraine, Azerbaijan, U.S. and elsewhere. Serves on the boards of Bosnian Handicrafts, NCSJ, advocates for Jewry in the former Soviet Union, Ikumva Labantu (South African NGO).

The Honorable Howard Henry Baker Jr.

Advisor to the senior management of Citigroup on international matters; former United States Ambassador to Japan from 2001-2005; U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1967-1985 with two terms as Senate Majority Leader and two terms as Senate Minority Leader; influential minority member of the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate scandal; former Chief of Staff to U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 1987-1988; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.

The Honorable Mary Banotti

Mediator for Transnationally Abducted Children for the President of the European Parliament; former member of the European Parliament (1984-2004); candidate for Ireland’s presidency (1997); European of the Year (1997); UNFPA’s Goodwill Ambassador (1999) working on issues of reproductive health; President of the Irish Centre for Parentally Abducted Children; Member, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children; Co-founder, Rutland Centre for Alcoholic Treatment; worked as a nurse in the U.S., Canada, England, Italy and Africa, where she developed her life-long interest in development issues.

Judy A. Black

Legislative consultant, Brownstein, Hyatt & Farber; former Senior Vice President, Government Relations, for Ticketmaster; former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan for Intergovernmental Affairs and Treasurer of the National Federation of Republican Women; served as Director of Coalitions for the 1992 Bush/Quayle Republican National Convention; participated in delegations to China, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, South Korea and other countries as a representative of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, helping the organization to establish international exchange programs and/or new relationships with these countries.

Don V. Cogman

Chairman of CC Investments, a private investment firm in Scottsdale, Arizona; former President and Chief Operating Officer Worldwide of Burson-Marsteller, a New York-based international marketing, communications and public relations firm; former Executive Vice-President of Young & Rubicam; Chairman of the National Federation of Independent Business Education Foundation; member of various boards, including the Acting Company and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma; Presidential Appointee to the National Council of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Tyrone Freeman

General President of the Service Employees International Union; received the John F. Kennedy “Profiles in Courage” Award in 2003 and the Brotherhood Crusade Award for Black Leadership in 2001; member of various boards of directors, including the National AFL-CIO Changing to Organize Task Force, the Prison Industry Board, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; has worked internationally with the ANC Trade Union Movement, Sema (India’s Woman’s Labor Union), and trade unions in Vietnam.

Frederick P. Furth, Esq.

Founder and Senior Partner with the San Francisco-based Furth Firm, an internationally recognized law firm specializing in complex business litigation; CEO of Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards and Winery in Sonoma County, California; founder and Chairman of the Furth Family Foundation, which sponsors an annual international conference on judicial systems and, in the past, sponsored an international competition for the most innovative, practical solution to achieving Russian ruble convertibility, the so-called Furth Ruble Prize.

Jeffrey Glassman

Jeff joined Covington Capital Management in April 2007 and has practiced law for over 30 years, specializing in estate planning, probate and trust administration. Most recently, Jeff served as Managing Director of Bingham Legg Advisers LLC, a joint venture created by the law firm Bingham McCutchen and investment manager Legg Mason. Prior to that, he was a principal at the law firm of Riordan & McKinzie for 18 years. Jeff graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. Jeff is Chairman of the Board of Directors of American Jewish University (formerly known as University of Judaism). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Wallis Foundation, Jewish Home for the Aging, the Los Angeles Police Foundation, Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission and IFES. Jeff also serves on the Board of Regents of Loyola Marymount University and is Co-chair of the Advisory Board of the UCLA School of Public Affairs.

Stuart Holliday

President of Meridian International; United States Ambassador for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations; Coordinator of the State Department's Bureau of International Information Programs and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House; policy advisor to Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney during the 2000 Presidential campaign; Assistant Policy Director to Governor George W. Bush in Texas; Executive Director of the Dallas Council on World Affairs; Regional Director for North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey at the International Republican Institute; United States Naval reserve officer.

Steny Hoyer

United States Representative of Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District; House Democratic Whip; former Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, former Co-Chairman of the Democratic Steering Committee; member of the House Appropriations Committee; Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Housing; Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies; former Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Naval Academy Board of Visitors, St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees.

Barbara Kennelly

President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare since April 2002, after a distinguished 23-year career in elected public office; served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives representing the First District of Connecticut; after serving in Congress, was appointed to the position of Counselor to the Commissioner at the Social Security Administration (SSA) and later joined the law firm of Baker & Hostetler LLP.

Maureen Kindel

President and founder of Rose & Kindel Public Affairs Advocacy; civic leader in government; former Commissioner of Public Works for the City of Los Angeles; member of the 1984 United States Olympic Committee; founder and member of the board of the International Women’s Forum.

Kathleen M. Linehan, Esq.

Vice President of Altria Corporate Services in Washington, DC; served from 1995 to 2001 as Vice President, Corporate Affairs, at Philip Morris International’s European Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland; held various positions on Capitol Hill and with the federal government, including Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Energy, John F. O’Leary, during the Carter Administration.

The Honorable Robert L. Livingston

President of the Livingston Group, a consulting firm he founded after 22 years in Congress; first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in 1977—the first Republican to represent Louisiana’s First Congressional District in 102 years; from 1995 through 1998, served as the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; served on the House Select Committee on Intelligence and for the maximum period of six years; was chosen by his peers to serve as Speaker-designate for the 106th Congress.

The Honorable Richard Lugar

United States Senator of Indiana; Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; member and former chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, former mayor of Indianapolis; former Vice-Chair or the United States Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; President of the National League of Cities; and named Outstanding Legislator by the American Political Science Association.

Jane Bergman Norton

Lieutenant Governor of Colorado; former Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; former Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; honorary Chair, Colorado March of Dimes Prematurity Campaign; Western Region Chair, National Lieutenant Governors Association; Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders; Member, Women’s Forum of Colorado.

His Excellency Andrés Pastrana

Honorary President of Unión de Partidos Latinoamericanos (UPLA); Ambassador of Colombia to the United States in August 2005; former President of Colombia (1998-2002), helped create Plan Colombia, a strategy to combat narco-trafficking as well as social issues like crop substitution, health, education and improving infrastructure; former consultant to the United Nations under their Young Leadership Program; hold’s a law degree and a postgraduate degree in Public Law from the University of El Rosario in Bogota; former fellow, Center of International Affairs at Harvard University; former journalist (founder of the political magazine Guion) and television news anchorman.

R. Scott Pastrick

Senior legislative strategist and managing director, Black Kelly Scruggs & Healey; former staff director to the U.S. House of Representatives Post Office and Census Subcommittee; former Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee; member of various boards and philanthropic organizations including the Development Board of Children’s Hospital, and the National Children’s Research Center of Washington.

Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Ph.D.

International consultant for numerous democracy organizations and development institutions, among them International IDEA, the British Know How Fund, the Westminster Foundation, NED, IFES, the Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, USAID, OECD, the Council of Europe, and the Canadian International Development Agency; author of scholarly books and articles on political and electoral processes; expert on campaign financing.

T. Timothy Ryan

Managing Director of the Global Government Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan Chase; director of The U.S.-Japan Foundation, The Fund for American Studies and Koram Bank; prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 1993, served as the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, U.S. Department of the Treasury; also served as Director of the Resolution Trust Corporation and as Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.