The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) International Advisory Council (IAC) brings together thought leaders and senior policy experts committed to the Institute’s mission and activities. Members are former diplomats, corporate executives, and leaders in the field of conflict resolution. They meet twice yearly to discuss ways the IAC can support the Institute’s mission to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflicts around the world.
International Advisory Council
Chairs
Nancy Zirkin, co-chair
Strategic Consultant
Vacant, co-chair
Council
Robert Abernethy
Chairman
American Standard Development Company
S. Daniel Abraham
Chairman
S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace
Joanne Leedom Ackerman
Writer
Jacqueline Adams
President
J Adams: Strategic Communications, LLC
Rye Barcott
Co-Founder & CEO
With Honor
James Benson
Chairman
Benson Botsford, LLC
Megan Beyer
Director, Art in Embassies
U.S. Department of State
Hans Binnendijk
Distinguished Fellow
Atlantic Council
Rafic A. Bizri
President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board
Hariri Foundation-USA
Mary Boies
Counsel
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
John Burbank
Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Passport Capital, LLC
Marcia M. Carlucci
Board of Trustees
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Christopher P. Carney
Senior Policy Advisor
Nossaman LLP
Dr. Ahmed Charai
Chairman and CEO
Global Media Holding
Michael Chertoff
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
The Chertoff Group
Curtis Chin
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank
Asia Fellow
Milken Institute
Priscilla Clapp
Member, International Advisory Council
Chester Crocker
James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Fellow in Strategic Studies
Georgetown University
Richard Danzig
Former Secretary of Navy
Debbie Driesman
Philanthropist
Raymond F. DuBois
Senior Adviser
CSIS
James W. Dyer
Senior Advisor
Baker Donelson
Nancy Folger
Board of Directors
Live It Learn It
Nelson Ford
Former President and CEO
LMI
Laurie Fulton
Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
John Gage
Former Vice President
Sun Microsystems
Daniel R. Glickman
Senior Fellow
Bipartisan Policy Center
Melanie Greenberg
Managing Director for Peacebuilding
Humanity United
Kathryn A. Hall
Founder and Co-Chair
Hall Capital Partners LLC
William B. Inglee
Senior Partner
Inglee Sauer Moseley Strategies, LLC
Frank Islam
Chairman and CEO
FI Investment Group, LLC
Alphonso Jackson
Former Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
M. Farooq Kathwari
Chairman and CEO
Ethan Allen Interiors
Thomas H. Kean
Former Governor of New Jersey
David Lane
President
The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Marc Leland
President
Marc E. Leland & Associates
Aaron Lobel
Founder and President
America Abroad Media
Rafat Mahmood
President and CEO
Mahmood Investment Corporation
Shaista Mahmood
Philanthropist
Pat Mitchell
Founder and CEO
Pat Mitchell Media
John Norton Moore
Former Director, National Security Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Thomas R. Pickering
Vice Chairman
Hills & Company
Andre Pienaar
Founder, CEO, and Head of Investor Relations
C5 Capital
Stephen Rademaker
Senior Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
Charles S. Robb
Former Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator
Michael Roberts
President, CEO and Executive Director
HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
Ervin J. Rokke
Former President
Moravian College
Peter R. Rosenblatt
Law Office of Peter R. Rosenblatt
Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel
Vice President, International Government Affairs
Lockheed Martin
Scott Siff
Managing Partner
Quadrant Strategies
Charles D. Smith
Inspector General (Ret.)
Peace Corps
Antonio J. Soave
Chairman and CEO
Capistrano Global Advisory Services
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Associate Specialist
Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Anne G. K. Solomon
Member, International Advisory Council
Gillian Sorensen
Former Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations
Barbaralee Diamonstein Spielvogel
Member, Board of Directors
Trust for the National Mall
Lianne Stein
Former Vice President
Boeing International and Former President of Boeing Germany
Catherine Anne Stevens
Counsel
Mayer Brown
General Gordon R. Sullivan
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Association of the United States Army
Richard C. Sullivan, Jr.
Member
Virginia House of Delegates
John E. Sununu
Non-Executive Director
Boston Scientific
Mary Swig
President and CEO
Mary Green/Mansilk
Steven Swig
Co-Founder and Trustee Emeritus
Presidio World College
David A. Thomas
President
Morehouse College
Amy Titus
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Stephen J. Trachtenberg
President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service
The George Washington University
Wayne Valis
President & Founder
Valis & Associates, LLC
Toni Verstandig
Director
Verstandig Family Foundation
Christine Vick
Managing Director
North Oak, LLC
Mark V. Vlasic
Senior Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law
Georgetown University
Executive Producer, Blood & Treasure
Kurt Volker
Distinguished Fellow
Center for European Policy Analysis
J. Robinson West
Managing Director, Center for Energy Impact
Boston Consulting Group
Pete Wilson
Of Counsel
Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP
David L. Winstead
Of Counsel
Ballard Spahr LLP
Frank G. Wisner
Foreign Affairs Advisor
Squire Patton Boggs, LLP