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IAC HAB GPS FCR CCS Eduardo Aguirre Former U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra Ido Aharoni Global distinguished professor at NYU School of International Relations; member of Israel's foreign service since 1991 Richard V. Allen Former assistant to President Reagan for National Security Affairs and chief foreign policy advisor Nicholas Ashooh Former vice president of corporate affairs for Alcoa Nabil Ayad Director of the Academy of Diplomacy and International Governance at Loughborough University in London Nancy Bachrach Former executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Grey Worldwide Don Bonker Former U.S. congressman Spencer Boyer Former national intelligence officer for Europe at the U.S. National Intelligence Council Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Former member of the European and Netherlands Parliaments; former EU ambassador to Japan Barie Carmichael Former vice president and chief communications officer, Dow Corning Corporation Lanhee Chen Fellow at the Hoover Institution; former senior official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 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 Diane Dixon Mayor and Councilmember of Newport Beach, California; former senior vice president, corporate affairs, Avery Dennison Paula Dobriansky, Ph.D. Former undersecretary of state for global affairs Stuart Eizenstat Former deputy secretary of the Department of the Treasury Jack Faris Former CEO of the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute; former director of communications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Mary Foerster Former vice president of communications and marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes Claudia Fritsche Former Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States Craig L. Fuller Former assistant for cabinet affairs to President Reagan; former chief of staff to Vice President George H.W. Bush Dan Glickman Former U.S. congressman; former U.S. secretary of agriculture; former chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. J. Joseph Grandmaison Former member of the board of directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Peter Hans Past char of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors; former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Lauch Faircloth Chris Hassall, Ph.D. Former global external relations officer at Procter & Gamble Jan Hausrath Corporate communications expert; former executive director, APCO Worldwide Edit Herczog Former member of the European Parliament from Hungary CT Hew Former managing partner of Scotchbrook-BSMG Worldwide Denise Hill, Ph.D. Former vice president, corporate communications and public relations, of Delhaize America Tony Housh Senior counselor, Warsaw; chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland Karen Hulebak Former chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission; principal at Resolution Strategy, LLC., a food-safety consultancy Mary Jo Jacobi Former assistant U.S. commerce secretary; former chief reputation officer at Royal Dutch Shell; former executive vice president of BP America Said T. Jawad Former Afghanistan ambassador to the United States Bruce W. Jentleson, Ph.D. Former senior advisor to the U.S. State Department Policy Planning Director Patrick Jephson Former chief of staff to Princess Diana; corporate and brand management expert Lars Göran Johansson Executive vice president of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Dale E. Jones Former vice chairman of Heidrick and Struggles International Inc. Ira Kasoff Former deputy assistant secretary of commerce for Asia Sam Kass former White House chef and chief policy advisor for nutrition Bob Kocher, M.D. Former special assistant to President Obama for health care and economic policy; partner at Venrock, a venture capital firm Elaine Kolish Former founding director and vice president of the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative Aleksander Kwaśniewski Former president of Poland Eugene K. Lawson Former head of the U.S.-Russia Business Council Delano Lewis Former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of South Africa Wendy Luhabe Former chairman of Vendôme S.A.; former chairman of the International Marketing Council John W. Magaw Founding director of the Transportation Security Administration; former director of the U.S. Secret Service Frank Majoor Permanent representative of the Netherlands on the North Atlantic Council Susannah Malarkey Founding executive director of the Technology Alliance Jaime Malet Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain Vada Manager Former senior director of global issues management for Nike, Inc. 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 Sergio Marchi Former Canadian ambassador to the World Trade Organization and United Nations Agencies in Geneva Betsy Fischer Martin Executive in residence at American University School of Public Affairs; former executive producer of NBC News 'Meet the Press' Yoshio Matsumi Senior advisor to ITOCHU Corporation Anita B. McBride Former assistant to President George W. Bush; former chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush James McGregor Bestselling author; former Taiwan and 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 Deb Mitchell Former senior vice president of global corporate communications at Cardinal Health James P. Moore, Jr. Executive director, business society and public policy initiative, Georgetown University Jim Moorhead Former managing director of major public relations firm; former partner at Washington, DC law firm Christian Murck Former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China Ken Nasshan Former head of communications at Kaman Corporation Klaus Naumann Former chairman of the NATO Military Committee; former chief of staff of the German armed forces Jane Nelson Senior fellow and director of the CSR Initiative at Harvard University Leslie V. Norwalk Former acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Benjamin Ou Former director of Chinese government affairs at United Technologies Kavita Patel Former director of policy for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Phyllis Piano Former vice president of corporate communications and philanthropy at Amgen Wayne L. Pines Former chief spokesman and chief of consumer education and information for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration Itamar Rabinovich Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S.; former president of Tel Aviv University Etienne Reuter Former European Commission official and founding director of Elliott Consultants Ltd. Jeff Richardson Former vice president of the AbbVie Foundation Donald W. Riegle Jr. Former U.S. senator and congressman; former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Tim Roemer Former U.S. ambassador to India; former U.S. congressman Andrés Rozental Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico James Sasser Former U.S. senator; former U.S. ambassador to China 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 CEO of WorldBridge International Group Larry E. Snoddon Former worldwide president and CEO of a major public relations firm Cliff Stearns Former U.S. congressman Kirk Stewart Former executive director, APCO Worldwide; former global vice president of corporate communications for Nike, Inc. Devinda R. Subasinghe Former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico Richard N. Swett Former U.S. ambassador to Denmark; former U.S. congressman Sandra E. Taylor 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 Dr. James Thurber Professor of Government and founder and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University Sten Tolgfors Former Swedish minister for Defense, former Swedish minister for Trade 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; CEO of the American Health Policy Institute Georges Ugeux Chairman and CEO of Galileo Global Advisors; former head of the international group of the New York Stock Exchange Rick Wade Former head of communications for the American Hospital Association Freda Wang Co-founder and managing director of M&E China Inc. Ludolf von Wartenberg Former parliamentarian under secretary of state in the German government Graham Watson Former member of the European Parliament (MEP) Gao Weijie Former chairman of China Ocean Shipping Company America Pete Wentz Former vice president of corporate communication and law for Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. T. Mitchell Willey Founder of Time and Place Derek Yach Executive director of The Vitality Group; former senior vice president of global health and agriculture policy at PepsiCo 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. HOME ABOUT US PEOPLE IAC apcoworldwide.com our work about us global insights careers news locations contact us privacy policy terms & conditions ©2017 APCO Worldwide, Inc. All rights reserved.