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Contact Brent Crane at iacmanagement@apcoworldwide.com or +1.202.778.1000 for more information. Download the latest APCO IAC Member Guide IAC Sub-groups: CCS Corporate Communication Strategies (CCS) is composed of former corporate CEOs, heads of global corporate communications at major companies and CEOs of major public relations firms, collectively representing a diverse range of industry perspectives. FCR Food, Consumer Products and Retail (FCR) brings together the highest level of experience to help our clients communicate about, and manage, their greatest assets – their corporate reputation and those of their product brands. GPS Global Problem Solvers (GPS) brings together an international team of more than 30 former government officials, experienced diplomats and business leaders to provide high-level strategic insight on the opportunities and challenges facing businesses at the C-suite level. HAB Health Advisory Board (HAB), a global, high-level group of public health leaders, heads of communication of large pharmaceutical and insurance companies, and former health policy officials, provides executive-level counsel on health care issues and industry trends, including market access, product marketing, and prevention and wellness. FILTER BY: Full IAC CCS FCR GPS HAB IDO AHARONI Global distinguished professor at NYU School of International Relations; member of Israel's foreign service since 1991 STIG ALBINUS Former Senior Director, Healthcare RICHARD ALLEN Former assistant to President Ronald Reagan for national security affairs and chief foreign policy advisor NICHOLAS ASHOOH Former vice president of corporate affairs for Alcoa NANCY BACHRACH Former executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Grey Worldwide PATRICIA BARRON Former chief information officer and president, office products division for Xerox Corporation STEVE BARTLETT Former president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable; former mayor of Dallas, Texas; former U.S. congressman KEN BLACKWELL Former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission JODI BOND Former senior officer at Chubb, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Motorola DON BONKER Former U.S. congressman and senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee CHARLES BOUSTANY Former member of the U.S. Congress LAURENS JAN BRINKHORST Former member of the European and Netherlands Parliaments; former EU ambassador to Japan HARRY BROADMAN Former assistant U.S. Trade Representative; PwC senior managing director; World Bank official BETH BROOKE-MARCINIAK Former Global Vice Chair, Public Policy, EY STUART N. BROTMAN Global expert in telecommunications, internet, media, entertainment, and sports; digital privacy and cybersecurity adviser KATHY CALVIN Former President and Chief Executive Officer, UN Foundation BARIE CARMICHAEL Former vice president and chief communications officer at Dow Corning Corporation MIKE CHINOY Non-resident senior fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at USC; former senior Asia correspondent for CNN MARIE COCCO Former Executive Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association SHELBY COFFEY III Former editor of the Los Angeles Times and U.S. News & World Report J. NORWELL COQUILLARD Former chairman and president of Cargill Investment (China) Limited NOMSA DANIELS CEO, Blue Zebra Projects; former CEO, Graça Machel Trust ANDY DAVIDSON Principal, Hummingbird Hill Advisors LLC; Former CEO, Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems JOHN DEFTERIOS Veteran, award winning journalist and economic analyst with more than 35 years of experience at CNN MARK DEVADASON Former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in Japan and Thailand JIM DINEGAR Former president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade LINDA DISTLERATH Former Deputy Vice President of Advocacy and Strategic Alliances at PhRMA DIANE DIXON Former mayor of Newport Beach, California; former chief communications officer at Avery Dennison CHRISTINE DUSEK managing partner, 10K Partners; former global head of communications at Mylan; former vice president of communications at IMS Health STUART EIZENSTAT Former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury; former U.S. ambassador to the EU DEBORAH ELMS Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Center PARI ESFANDIARI Co-Founder and President of the Global TechnoPolitics Forum JACK FARIS Former CEO of the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute; former director of communications for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation MARY FOERSTER Former vice president of communications and marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes ASHLEY FOX Former member of European Parliament ORIT FRENKEL Former senior manager for GE Global Government Affairs CLAUDIA FRITSCHE Former Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States and former Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United Nations CRAIG FULLER Former assistant for cabinet affairs to President Ronald Reagan; former chief of staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush JUAN MANUEL GALÁN Former member of the Colombian Senate; 2022 Colombian presidential candidate TERRY GARCIA Former Executive Vice President and Chief Science and Exploration Officer for the National Geographic Society DAN GLICKMAN Former U.S. secretary of agriculture; former U.S. Congressman; former chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America THEODORE GREENBERG Former World Bank official and prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice AIDA GREENBURY Sustainability and risk management strategist; advisor to leading organizations, former managing director at the largest pulp & paper group RICHARD HARRINGTON Former UK Government Minister DONNA HARRIS Founder and CEO, Builders + Backers; General Partner, 1776 Ventures JAN HAUSRATH Corporate communications expert; former executive director, APCO Worldwide DENISE HILL Former vice president, corporate communications and public relations at Delhaize America BETTY HUDSON Director emeritus and former board member at Aflac, former chief communications officer for the National Geographic Society YULI ISMARTONO Former deputy chief editor of TEMPO, a weekly news and current affairs publication based in Indonesia IRA JACKSON Former Director of Harvard's Center for Business and Government and Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue SAID JAWAD Former ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States BRUCE JENTLESON, PH.D. Former senior advisor to the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning Director PAUL JOHNSON Senior Strategist and Chief Growth Officer, APCO Worldwide DALE JONES Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Search; former vice chairman of Heidrick and Struggles International Inc. JUSTIN JONES Former Senior Communications Adviser to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell JACK KALAVRITINOS Former Director for Intergovernmental and External Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), former FDA Associate Commissioner, Office of External Affairs IRA KASOFF Former deputy assistant secretary for Asia at the U.S. Department of Commerce JULIE KATZMAN Former Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank CORNELIUS KERWIN President emeritus and former president of The American University JUDI KLETZ Former managing director, North America Industry Affairs, Procter & Gamble BOB KOCHER, M.D. Former special assistant to President Barack Obama for health care and economic policy; former member of the National Economic Council ELAINE KOLISH Founding director and former vice president of the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative MICHAEL KOULY President and CEO of Cambridge Institute for Global Leadership ERIC KRAUS Former chief communications officer at Bacardi Ltd.; former chief communications officer at Covidien, plc REGINA KUNKLE Former Vice President for State & Local Education at SAP; Former Vice President at NetApp ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI Former president of Poland STEPHEN LANZA Former Commanding General of I Corps KATHY LEECH Former vice president, corporate brand and advertising at Comcast NBCUniversal; former director of brand communications at BP LANCE LEGGITT Former Senior White House Advisor, Former Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services DELANO LEWIS Former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of South Africa; former president and CEO of National Public Radio TERRY LIERMAN Founding partner of Summit Global Ventures, LLC; former chief of staff to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer; former staff director of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee JOHN LIN Founder and Chairman at Grasshopper; Founder and Chairman of Tilde FRANK LOWENSTEIN Executive Director, Global Solutions Practice Lead OMAR MAANI Founder & Chairman of the Maani Group, Former Mayor of Amman, Jordan JOHN MAGAW Founding director of the Transportation Security Administration; former director of the U.S. Secret Service FRANK MAJOOR Permanent representative of the Netherlands to NATO; former permanent representative of the Netherlands to the UN SUSANNAH MALARKEY Founding executive director of the Technology Alliance JAIME MALET Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain VADA MANAGER Member of the board of Valvoline, Inc.; former senior director of global issues management for Nike, Inc. JIM MANLEY Former Spokesman for Senate Majority Leader ANITA MANNING Former USA TODAY medical reporter covering public health issues LALIT MANSINGH Former foreign secretary of India; former Indian ambassador to the United States and the United Arab Emirates SARAH MARSHALL Former Senior Vice President for Phillips & Company; Former Vice President and General Manager for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide BETSY FISCHER MARTIN Executive director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University; former executive producer of NBC News 'Meet the Press' HAYFA MATAR Former deputy permanent representative of Bahrain to the United Nations ANITA MCBRIDE Former assistant to President George W. Bush; former chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush JAMES MCGREGOR Bestselling author; former China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal; former CEO of Dow Jones China MARK MICHELSON Former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong ELLEN MIGNONI Corporate responsibility expert; former senior director, APCO Worldwide THOMAS MILLER Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece; Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons DEB MITCHELL Former senior vice president of global corporate communications at Cardinal Health LINCOLN MITCHELL Former National Political Correspondent for the New York Observer; Former Professor of International Politics at Columbia University SUSAN MOLINARI Former Vice President of Public Policy for the Americas at Google; Former United States Congresswoman JAMES MOORE, JR. Founder and CEO of the Washington Institute for Business, Government and Society JIM MOORHEAD North America Practice Lead, Crisis Management and Litigation Communication, APCO Worldwide CHRISTIAN MURCK Former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China; former director of J.P. Morgan Chase China KEN NASSHAN Former head of communications at Kaman Corporation TREVOR NEILSON JANE NELSON Senior fellow and director of the CSR Initiative at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government LESLIE NORWALK Former acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services FREDRIK NYBERG Former chief executive of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) JESS O'CONNELL Former CEO of the Democratic National Committee; former executive director of EMILY's List MICHAEL O'RIELLY Former Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission BENJAMIN OU Former director of Chinese government affairs at United Technologies; former deputy director at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation PAMELA PASSMAN Former corporate vice president and deputy general counsel at Microsoft KAVITA PATEL Former director of policy for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs MATTHEW PERAULT Director, Center on Science & Technology Policy, Duke University; former director of public policy at Facebook LARS PETERSSON Former president of IKEA U.S. PHYLLIS PIANO Former vice president of corporate communications and philanthropy at Amgen WAYNE PINES Former chief spokesman and chief of consumer education and information for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ITAMAR RABINOVICH Former ambassador of Israel to the United States; former president of Tel Aviv University MARIA RADYATI Executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, Change, and Third Sector at Triskati University Indonesia BRUCE RAMSHAW Founder and managing partner of CQ Insights, a health care data analytics company SWAMI RAOTE Former President of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care DONALD RIEGLE JR. Former U.S. senator and U.S. congressman; former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee TIM ROEMER Former U.S. ambassador to India; former U.S. congressman; member of the 9/11 Commission ANDRÉS ROZENTAL Former deputy foreign minister of Mexico LARRAINE SEGIL Partner emeritus and former owner and director of Vantage Partners, LLC JAIME SERRA Former secretary of trade and industry of Mexico; former secretary of finance of Mexico ANDREW SERWIN Executive director of the Lares Institute RAMI SHARAF Chief Executive Officer of WorldBridge International Group CLIFF STEARNS Former U.S. congressman; former chairman of the Transatlantic Dialogue for the European Union KIRK STEWART Former global vice president of corporate communications for Nike, Inc. WENDI STRONG Former executive vice president and chief communications officer at USAA DEVINDA SUBASINGHE Former ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States and Mexico CHEW SUOK KAI Senior Advisor at the Singapore Ministry of Health; Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore RICHARD SWETT Former U.S. ambassador to Denmark; former U.S. congressman; fellow of the American Institute of Architects AARTI TANDON CEO, Citizen Eight SANDRA TAYLOR Professor of sustainability at Chatham University; former senior vice president of corporate social responsibility for Starbucks Coffee Company KENNETH THORPE Former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services JAMES THURBER Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University STEN TOLGFORS Former minister of defense of Sweden; former minister of trade of Sweden GREGORY TREVERTON Former chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council TEVI TROY Former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services GEORGES UGEUX Former president of the European Investment Fund; former head of the international group of the New York Stock Exchange PETER URBANOWICZ Former Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Former HHS Principal Deputy General Counsel DEVRY VORWERK Former chief corporate affairs officer at Grubhub; former chief communications officer at Cargill RICK WADE Former head of communications for the American Hospital Association FREDA WANG Co-founder and managing director of M&E China Inc. MARGIE WARRELL Bestselling Author & CEO, Global Courage Leadership EARL ANTHONY WAYNE Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Argentina; former deputy U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan PETE WENTZ Former vice president of corporate communications and law for Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. CHARLENE WHEELESS former principal vice president of global corporate affairs for Bechtel Corporation PAULA WIDERLITE Former Chief Strategy Officer at Luminis Health, Anne Arundel Medical Center MITCHELL WILLEY Founder of Time and Place JONATHAN WINER Former U.S. special envoy for Libya; former deputy assistant secretary for international law enforcement at the U.S. Department of State TARIK YOUSEF Former CEO of Silatech and the founding Dean of the Dubai School of Government JOSEPH ZIMMEL Former managing director at Goldman, Sachs and Co. RELATED CONTENT Former MEP Sir Graham Watson Joins APCO’s...Former Healthcare Executive Andy Davidson...IAC Insights: The Health Care Industry and its... 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