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J. Hybl, Chair
Chairman and CEO of the El Pomar Foundation in Colorado Springs,
CO, the largest foundation in the Rocky Mountain region; 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 U.N. General Assembly and special
assistant to President Ronald Reagan.
Peter G. Kelly, Vice-Chair
Chairman of the law firm of Updike, Kelly and Spellacy (Hartford,
CT); Chairman of the Advisory Council of CIS Strategies, a government
affairs firm with offices in the U.S. and the former Soviet
Union; chairman of Global Public Affairs Alliance; former Treasurer
and National Finance Chairman of the Democratic National Committee;
a founder and Director of the National Democratic Institute
and former Chairman of the Center for Democracy.
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.
Joseph Napolitan, Treasurer
Political consultant; president and CEO of Napolitan Associates;
founder of the American Association of Political Consultants
and co-founder of the International Association of Political
Consultants; author of numerous articles and books on political
campaigns; campaign advisor to various candidates both in the
U.S. and abroad.
Judy Black
President, Evans and Black; formerly Senior Vice President,
Government Relations for Ticketmaster; former Special Assistant
to former President George H.W. Bush 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.
H.E. Dame Eugenia Charles
Prime Minister of Dominica (1980-1995); honored as Dame of the
British Realm by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. A respected leader
in the Caribbean, she has held a variety of positions in the
Dominican government including Minister of Finance, Planning,
Development, and Foreign Affairs. Admitted to the bar in Antigua,
Barbados, and Dominica in 1949, the first Dominican woman to
do so.
Judy G. Fernald
Civic leader in education; former chair of the William Patterson
College Board of Trustees; former member of the National Advisory
Council on Adult Education; current member of the Board of the
Rowland Foundation for AQUOLA.
Patricia Hutar
International public affairs consultant; Member, Advisory Committee
on Association Management for Certificate Program, De Paul University;
Co-Chair Asia Committee, Executives’ Club of Chicago; Member,
Advisory Board National Strategy Forum; Member, Chicago Council
on Foreign Relations; Chair, Chicago Committee for American
Women for International Understanding; Founding President and
Member, U.S. National Committee for UNIFEM; Former, Presidential
Appointee as U.S. Representative to UN Commission on the Status
of Women; Co-Chair Republican National Committee; President,
National Federation of Republican Women; Director, Office of
International Medicine, American Medical Association.
Lesley Israel
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).
Lionel C. Johnson
Vice President and Director of International Government Relations
at Citigroup, Inc.; served in the Clinton administration as
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International
Development, Debt and Environment Policy, as a member of the
Department of State Policy Planning Staff, and as Senior Assistant
to Secretary of State Warren Christopher. As a member of the
US Foreign Service from 1982 to 1990, he served in several capacities,
including Special Assistant to Secretary of State George P.
Schultz and James A. Baker III. Represents Citigroup on numerous
boards, including the National Foreign Trade Council and the
World Affairs Council of Washington.
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.
Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Chief Electoral Officer of Canada; former Deputy Secretary,
Ministry of State for Social Development, Government of Canada;
former Deputy Secretary, Treasury Board Secretariat, Government
of Canada; former Assistant Deputy Registrar General, Government
of Canada; former Executive Director of Charles Camsell Hospital
(Edmonton, Alberta) and the Ottawa General Hospital; Canadian
Electoral Management Body Member at International IDEA.
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.
Dr. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
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, Jr.
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.
Robert H. Tuttle
Managing Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group; former Director
of Presidential Personnel for former President Ronald Reagan;
Presidential appointee to the board of directors of the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars; former member of the
California Arts Council; former member of the National Board
of Directors of the Boys’ Clubs of America.
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