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Grant D. Aldonas is a Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and focuses on international trade and investment, including international trade policy. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of Split Rock International, which is an international consulting firm offering strategic guidance on trade and investment issues to companies, governments, and international organizations. Immediately prior to joining Akin Gump, Mr. Aldonas served in the Bush administration as the Commerce Department’s Undersecretary for International Trade. As head of the Department’s International Trade Administration, he was responsible for advising the Secretary of Commerce on international trade and economic issues, and managed 2,400 ITA employees dedicated to expanding overseas markets for American goods, services, capital and ideas. His work at the Commerce Department focused on creating a better economic environment for American business at home and abroad, from negotiating new agreements on market access to expanding export opportunities for American business to enforcing trade agreements and the U.S. trade laws designed to deter unfair trade practices. In addition, he was a leading voice for the U.S. manufacturing sector, serving as the executive director of the President’s Export Council, on the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee and on the board of directors of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Prior to his work at the Commerce Department, Mr. Aldonas served as Chief International Trade Counsel to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, advising the chairman on international trade and economic matters before the Committee. During Mr. Aldonas’ tenure, Congress passed a number of significant trade bills, including the Trade and Development Act of 2000, Permanent Normal Trade Relations for China, legislation replacing the Foreign Sales Corporation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and a series of tariff bills. Before entering public service, Mr. Aldonas spent more than 12 years in private practice focusing on international trade, investment and litigation. During that time, he also served as Counsel to the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform and as an advisor to the Commission on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment. Earlier in his career, while a Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Aldonas served as director of South American and Caribbean affairs in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and as a Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs. Mr. Aldonas received his B.A. in 1975 and his J.D. in 1979 from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. Mr. Aldonas is co-chair of a project on transatlantic leadership and the global economy sponsored by the Atlantic Council. He is an adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center in affiliation with the Institute for International Economic Law, teaching courses on trade and development and the resolution of international trade disputes. He is also a member of the Board of the Institute for International Economic Law and serves on the Board of Advisors to the University of Minnesota Law School. Stanton D. Anderson is a partner in the Federal Regulatory Group, resident in McDermott, Will & Emery's Washington, D.C. office. He is the head of the Group's legislative practice, and supervises the Firm's extensive legislative activities and advises clients on their government affairs strategies. Mr. Anderson also represents a number of international clients, including the Japanese semiconductor industry, which he has represented for the past 20 years. In that capacity, he has negotiated a series of agreements on behalf of the semiconductor industry, including the recently established World Semiconductor Council. Mr. Anderson has also been active in representing a number of start-up, high-tech internet companies, advising them on their legal strategies as well as providing legal services. Mr. Anderson is Chairman of the Board of Global USA, Inc., an international consulting company that he founded in 1982. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Aegis Communications Group, Inc., and a number of private companies. In addition, he is legal counsel to Jobs for America's Graduates, Inc. and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Ronald H. Brown Foundation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for International Private Enterprise, an organization that fosters democracy around the world, and he serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of Westmont College. Mr. Anderson has also been involved in national political affairs since 1972. He served in the White House during the Nixon Administration and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations under Henry Kissinger. He has been involved in managing a number of Republican conventions and served as Counsel to the Reagan-Bush Campaign in 1980. He also held a senior position in the Presidential Transition of that year. Mr. Anderson has received a number of Presidential appointments, including a position on the President's Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations and the Presidential Commission on Personnel Interchange. He also chaired the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources in 1981.
Lt. General Daniel W. Christman is senior vice president for international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and vice president of the Center for International Private Enterprise. Christman is responsible for representing the Chamber before foreign business leaders and government officials and for providing strategic leadership on international issues affecting the business community. He oversees a team of dozens of policy analysts and program coordinators who are devoted to fostering free trade throughout the world. Before joining the Chamber, Christman served for two years as the president and executive director of the Kimsey Foundation, where he helped launch a program on political reform in China in coordination with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. At the same time, he worked on critical initiatives to improve the quality of education in Washington, D.C., public schools. Christman, a career military officer who retired from active duty in 2001, served for five years as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He also served for two years as Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during which time he traveled with and advised Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Further, Christman represented the United States as a member of NATO’s Military Committee in Brussels, Belgium. He is a combat veteran of Southeast Asia, where he commanded a company in the 101st Airborne Division in 1969. Christman has written and lectured extensively on leadership and national defense, including the ongoing war against international terrorism. He also served as a military analyst for CNN International during Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the Gulf War in 1991, he headed a strategic planning group that advised the Army’s chief of staff on war prosecution policies. Graduating first in his class from West Point, Christman also received M.P.A. and M.S.E. degrees in public affairs and civil engineering from Princeton University and graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School. On four occasions, he has been awarded the Army and Defense Distinguished Service Medal, which is the defense department's highest peacetime award. Harry Clark is the Managing Partner of Stanwich Group LLC. Stanwich Group LLC advises senior executives of companies and other institutions on public policy, positioning, and other strategic issues. His distinctive expertise is in helping senior executives develop strategies and deploy resources to help their organizations successfully manage complex public policy issues, strategic transactions, or organization-threatening crises. He has been involved as an advisor on some of the most prominent and complex policy issues, business transactions, and corporate crises of the past fifteen years. During 2002-2003, Mr. Clark served as Counselor to Amb. Robert B. Zocllick and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). He advised USTR on political and strategic communications issues and on alliance building with the U.S. business, trade association, and NGO communities. Harry Clark retired in 2001 as Managing Partner of Clark & Weinstock, a public policy consulting firm he founded in 1988. Clark & Weinstock was acquired by the Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE OMC) in 1996. Among Mr. Clark's current and former clients: the American Heart Association, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., Freddie Mac, Guidant Corporation, Lehman Brothers, MCI Creditors, Merrill Lynch & Co., MetLife, Microsoft, NASDAQ, the Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Association (PhRMA), and the United States Tennis Association. Mr. Clark has been active in the national political arena as an advisor to Senator Bill Brock (TN) and Congressman Jack Kemp (NY). He established an independent TV production company in the late 1970s and produced documentary programming carried by PBS, BBC, and Tokyo Broadcasting. Programs included Countdown to the White House: The Reagan Transition, a look behind the scenes of the Carter-Reagan presidential transition; a special about the war in El Salvador; Jihad, a rebel's view of the war in Afghanistan; and Admiral William J. Crowe: The Lessons of War, an analysis of future U.S. military force requirements in the post-Cold War period. During the mid-1980s, Mr. Clark was an Executive with international advertising agencies Young & Rubicam and Bozell and served as a Worldwide Advertising Group Director for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Mr. Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Enumerate Solutions, Inc., a McLean, Virginia-based financial software company. He is also on the Board of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, CT. He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team Foundation, the Executive Committee of the Greenwich Library, and the Board of Trustees of Greenwich Academy. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Cornell University and has done graduate work at the George Washington University. He lives in Greenwich, CT with his wife and two daughters. Dr. de la Viña currently serves as Dean of the UTSA College of Business. Previously, she acted as Associate Dean of the Graduate Division of Business and Management, Chair of the Department of Finance and International Business, and Professor of Financial Economics at Johns Hopkins University. In addition, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury, dealing with both domestic and international economic policy. Dr. de la Viña also served in the University of Texas System as Associate Dean of the School of Business at University of Texas San Antonio; Executive Director of the Institute for Studies in Business; and as a full Professor of Economics. She’s the co-founder of two companies – Nightwave Records in Los Angeles, California, and Operational Technologies Corporation (OpTech) in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. de la Viña received her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Rice University and her B.S. in government and economics from the University of Texas, Pan American. Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation representing 3 million companies, associations, state and local chambers, and American Chambers of Commerce abroad. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political force with expanded influence across the globe. Donohue established the Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), which has won significant legal reforms in the courts, at the state and federal levels, and in elections for state attorneys general and Supreme Court judges. The Chamber's lobbyists, policy experts, and communicators have helped secure many legislative victories, including major tax cuts, more sensible workplace and environmental regulations, and increased funding for transportation. The Chamber has advanced the business argument on outsourcing and the need for balance in applying new corporate governance and accounting rules, among other issues. On the international front, the Chamber has become a leader in knocking down trade barriers, winning new free trade agreements, and fighting protectionism both at home and abroad. Under Donohue's leadership, the Chamber has also emerged as a major player in election politics, helping elect congressional pro-business candidates through financial support and voter activism and turnout generated through the Chamber's grassroots organization, VoteForBusiness.com. The National Chamber Litigation Center, the Chamber's law firm, has become more aggressive in challenging anti-business measures in court, setting a new record for cases entered in each of the last four years and securing 34 court victories in 2004. The revitalized National Chamber Foundation, the Chamber's public policy think tank, is shaping the policy debate on cutting-edge business issues, with major new initiatives on intellectual property theft and counterfeiting, corporate governance and accounting rules, and travel and tourism. Financially, the Chamber has never been stronger. Since 1997, when Donohue took over, it has tripled its annual revenues to more than $130 million. In addition, Donohue launched a $200 million capital campaign to help secure the Chamber's financial future. Prior to his current post, Donohue served for 13 years as president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, the national organization of the trucking industry. Donohue serves on three corporate boards of directors. In addition, he is a member of the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce as well as the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Donohue is president of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a program of the National Endowment for Democracy dedicated to the development of market-oriented institutions around the world. Born in New York City in 1938, Donohue earned a bachelor's degree from St. John's University and a master's degree in business administration from Adelphi University. He also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Adelphi, St. John's, and Marymount Universities. Since 2001, Bonnie Hill has been president of B. Hill Enterprises, LLC, a consulting firm focusing on corporate governance and board organizational and public policy issues, and cofounder of Icon Blue, a brand marketing company based in Los Angeles. She has over fourteen years of experience serving on corporate boards and a wide-ranging career in business, government, education, and philanthropy. Ms. Hill’s corporate boards include The Home Depot, Albertson’s Inc., Yum! Brands, The Hershey Company, AK Steel Holding Corp., and California Water Service Group. She also serves on the advisory boards of the American Lawyer Media’s D&O Advisor publication, Board Alert’s Outstanding Directors and the Outstanding Directors Exchange in partnership with Columbia Business School Executive Education, and is a faculty member of the Practicing Law Institute (PLI). Ms. Hill’s civic and community boards include Town Hall of Southern California, the Los Angeles Urban league, and Goodwill Industries of Southern California. From 1997 to 2001 Ms. Hill served as president and chief executive of the Times Mirror Foundation and senior vice president, communications and public affairs for the Los Angeles Times. From 1992 to 1997 she was dean of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, and prior to that, Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency for the State of California. She has held a variety of presidential appointments, including vice-chair of the Postal Rate Commission and assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Education under President Reagan, and as special adviser to President George H. W. Bush for Consumer Affairs. She has chaired the Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee for the SEC, and served on the board of directors of NASD Regulation, Inc. Prior to working in Washington, D.C., Ms. Hill was a vice president with Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation. Ms. Hill has received numerous honors and awards, including the National Women's Economic Alliance Foundation Directors Choice Award, the YWCA Tribute to Women in International Industry Award, the Grace Award from the Angeles Girl Scouts Council, and the Deborah Award from the Anti-Defamation League. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in from Mills College, a Master of Science degree from California State University, Hayward, and a Doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. Julia K. Hughes is the President of International Development Systems, Inc., which has a proven international reputation as the resource for companies, trade associations and countries when they need the latest information regarding trade statistics and government regulation of textile and apparel products. Additionally, Ms. Hughes serves as Vice President, International Trade and Government Relations for the United States Association of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA), where she leads the development of new strategies to liberalize trade in textiles and apparel. Prior to joining IDS, Ms. Hughes was Divisional Vice President of Government Relations for the Associated Merchandising Corporation (AMC), the largest retail merchandising, marketing and consulting organization in the world. Since 1982, Ms. Hughes has represented the interests of textile and apparel importers on quota and textile issues to government officials, both in the United States and overseas. She has testified before Congress and the Executive Branch on textile trade issues. Ms. Hughes is also recognized as an expert in textile and apparel issues and is a frequent speaker at international conferences, including the Apparel Sourcing Show, Foreign Service Institute, Foreign Trade Association, National Association of Manufacturers, USIA's Worldnet, the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau, Society for International Development and others. Ms. Hughes also served as the first President of the International Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) and is one of the founders of the Washington Chapter of Women in International Trade (WIIT), receiving the Outstanding Woman in International Trade award in 1992. Ms. Hughes' other affiliations include Member and Officer of the Cotton Board and Cotton Board Executive Committee as well as Member of the Capitol Forum. Ms. Hughes has an M.A. in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. Oakley Johnson is Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs at American International Group, Inc. (AIG). Mr. Johnson is responsible for the development and implementation of AIG’s public policy positions on domestic and international issues. He also coordinates the company’s lobbying activities in Washington and abroad, and oversees the corporate public affairs and political action programs. AIG is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial service organizations with over $800 billion in assets and over 95,000 employees worldwide. It is the largest U.S. – based international insurance organization – now operating in over 130 countries and jurisdictions. Its businesses include property and casualty, life, marine, aviation insurance and reinsurance, as well as a broad range of retirement products and financial services activities, including commodity trading, aircraft leasing, consumer finance, and infrastructure financing. Prior to joining AIG in 1985, Mr. Johnson directed the International Programs Department for the world’s largest private business federation – the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. While specializing in Asia/Pacific affairs, he helped build the Chamber’s international division into the largest such private sector operation in the country. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Johnson received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Denver and his M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is a member of the International Economic Policy Advisory Committee to the U.S. State Department. Mr. Johnson is also a member of the Asia Society, the ASEAN-U.S. Business Council, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the boards of Transparency International USA, the Executive Council on Diplomacy, the Committee for Economic Development, and is Vice President of the Japan-America Society of Washington. Mr. Johnson and his wife, the former Frances Ballard Wells, have two sons and reside in Darnestown, Maryland. Ms. Kerrigan has developed positive relationships with individuals in media, government, policy and advocacy organizations, and the private sector that have led to key reforms and initiatives to help America's entrepreneurial sector. In 1994, Ms. Kerrigan founded the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a prominent and respected advocacy and research organization with more than 70,000 members. She is President & CEO of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., a nonprofit business association that helps women business owners succeed through education, networking and advocacy. She has served on the boards of the National Women's Business Center of Washington, D.C., the Business & Industry Political Action Committee (BIPAC), and Americans for Technology Leadership. She chairs the Health Savings Account (HSA) Coalition, which led the drive to enact HSAs.
Her commentary, analysis and written work have appeared in many of the nation's leading newspapers. Since 1995, she has written a regular column for the American City Business Journals - an influential network of weekly business newspapers in 50 major markets. She writes the Beltway Small Business Report for FoxNews.com. She has appeared on ABC`s Nightline, The McLaughlin Group, CNN, CNBC, and Fox News Television among others. She has been a guest on hundreds of radio talk shows. Ms. Kerrigan is a native of New York, and holds a BA degree in Political Science from Cortland College (SUNY). She resides in Oakton, VA. Mr. Lebedev currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Robertson Foundation for Government, a private family fund dedicated to providing support to talented men and women wishing to pursue governmental careers in national security and international affairs. He also undertakes special international projects, involving trade, development and global corporate governance. Before joining the Robertson Foundation, Mr. Lebedev served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), where he represented the domestic and international interests of the $1.7 trillion global chemical and plastics industry. Prior to the ACC, Mr. Lebedev held a unique portfolio at the United States Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation. During his nearly five years of service, he was the Chamber’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for International Policy and National Security Affairs. In addition to running the day-to-day operations, he was Managing Director of the National Chamber Foundation, the public policy think tank, and President of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, a governance and philanthropic resource of the business community. Earlier in his career, Mr. Lebedev was Senior Partner of The Hay Group, then one of the largest international management consulting firms; he directed projects associated with the reconstruction of Kuwait following the first Gulf War; he served as Senior Vice President and CFO of the American Trucking Associations; and he held a number of senior governmental assignments. He was appointed by President Gerald Ford to the State Department post of Assistant Inspector General of Foreign Assistance/Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. Before that, he served in the Bureau for Security and Consular Affairs and was one of Henry Kissinger’s youngest Deputy Assistant Secretaries. Prior to his State Department tour, he was Deputy Special Assistant to the President of the United States at the White House. Mr. Lebedev earned a Juris Doctor degree from the School of Law of the University of South Dakota, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same university. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, and serves on a number of boards of directors, including the US Chamber of Commerce. John P. Linstroth has for the past 30 years been engaged in the development and construction of large-scale residential communities, commercial shopping centers, office buildings, industrial parks and golf courses (including two golf course projects with legendary Jack Nicklaus). In addition, he has developed and managed extensive citrus, sod and cattle operations. Governor Jeb Bush has appointed Mr. Linstroth to the Florida Commission on Ethics. He previously served Governor Lawton Chiles as a member of the Florida Affordable Housing Commission. Mr. Linstroth founded the Palm Beach County Think Tank Group, which is dedicated to educate and inform government and business leaders on issues important to the community. Recognizing the importance of enhancing the future promise and talents of young people, he established an annual high school all star football game, a scholar athlete scholarship program and a mentoring program for athletes attending two economically disadvantaged high schools. Mr. Linstroth has received numerous awards including being named as Palm Beach County's Business Leader of the Year. He served with distinction in the US Navy as a carrier helicopter pilot. Mr. Linstroth has traveled extensively and has a special interest in the improvement of the quality of life of people and nations around the globe. He has written articles on the political and human conditions in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Israel. Mr. Linstroth received his MBA from Columbia University. Janice M. Rys is the Senior Vice President of the Organizational Development Division at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce supporting the Chamber's economic and community development initiatives. She also oversees various fundraising and sales activities and manages member service programs. Ms. Rys has a degree in Marketing from the University of Florida. Michael A. Samuels was director for Africa and executive director of CSIS, where he worked from 1968 to 1970 and from 1977 to 1981. President and founder of Samuels International Associates, Dr. Samuels served as deputy United States trade representative and ambassador to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Previously he was U.S. ambassador to Sierra Leone. He has held positions as vice president, international, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and as senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton, Inc. Mr. Samuels graduated from Yale in 1961 and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in education in 1969. Elliot Schrage is the Vice President of Communications and Public Policy at Facebook, where he is responsible for developing and coordinating key messages about products, corporate business and partnerships. He also oversees the company’s public policy strategy worldwide. Elliot joined Facebook from Google, where he was the Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs. He helped broaden and coordinate the company’s messaging from a focus on product PR to include all aspects of corporate, financial, policy, philanthropic and internal communications. Prior to Google, Elliot was the Bernard L. Schwarz Senior Fellow in business and foreign policy at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. Earlier in his career, Elliot served as the Senior Vice President of Global Affairs for Gap Inc. and an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Columbia Law School. He has been a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times. Elliot holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Mr. Sparks currently serves as Executive Vice President of the Federal City Council, a prestigious association of 200 top business, professional and civic leaders. The Council is involved in many activities designed to enhance the Nation's Capital. Members of the President’s Cabinet and other Federal officials serve on the Council in an ex-officio capacity. Over the years, the Council has assisted in bringing to fruition such projects as the METRO, Union Station, the Convention Center and the Ronald Reagan World Trade Center. Most recently, the Council was instrumental in bringing the MCI Center to Washington, DC. The Council has also been active in education reform, public finance, housing, and criminal justice matters. During his 28 year tenure at the FCC, Mr. Sparks has held a variety of additional appointments. From 1988 to 1991, he directed a Presidential Commission overseeing development of the new $700 million United States International Cultural and Trade Center in Washington (now the Reagan Trade Center). He recently chaired a METRO task force that developed a funding plan for the rail and bus system's capital improvement needs. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Excellence in Municipal Management at GWU, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Hospital Center Foundation, the Helen Hayes Awards and the Make a Difference Foundation. Mr. Sparks has served as the Secretary of the Economic Club since it's inception in 1986. Between 1970 and 1981, Mr. Sparks was an adjunct professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University and the American University. Prior to joining the Federal City Council, Mr. Sparks served in a variety of positions at the U.S. Information Agency, including Research Director of the Voice of America. During 1968 and 1969, Mr. Sparks directed the Public Affairs Office at the Office of Economic Opportunity. As a Naval Aviator and Public Information Officer, Mr. Sparks served on active duty in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1957 until 1960. Mr. Sparks has the following degrees: B.S. 1956 (Speech), Syracuse University; M.S. 1961 (Television), Syracuse University; Ph.D. 1964 (Communications), Syracuse University; J.D. 1967 (Law), George Washington University. Mr. Sparks is a member of the following associations: District of Columbia bar, Federal Communications Bar Association, American Society for Public Administration, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Friends of the National Zoo, the Council for Court Excellence, and the Helen Hayes Awards. He was a Washingtonian of the Year in 1987 and has been honored on several other occasions for public service. Mr. Stout practices in business organization, finance and governance at Fredrikson & Byron. He represents family-owned, closely-held and publicly-owned businesses in governance, financial, commercial, intellectual property, and international business matters. He advises executives, boards of directors, board committees and individual directors and officers of for profit and nonprofit organizations on governance, risk assessment, legal compliance, and the legal implications of business strategies and decisions. He currently serves as an expert witness on board and committee governance/performance in two securities fraud lawsuits, and frequently writes and speaks on corporate governance issues. Mr. Stout chairs Fredrikson’s Corporate Governance Group and co-chairs its Advertising, Media & Entertainment Group. He also is a member of Fredrikson’s Corporate, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, International and Health Law groups. Mr. Stout has been appointed to the faculty of the University of St. Thomas Law School. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching a course in corporate governance during the second semester of the 2004-2005 academic year. John Sullivan is Executive Director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), an affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce. As Associate Director of the Democracy Program, John helped to establish both CIPE and the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983. After serving as program director, John became Executive Director in 1991. Under his leadership CIPE developed a number of innovative approaches that link democratic development to market reforms including: combating corruption, promoting corporate governance, building business associations, supporting the informal sector, and programs to assist women and youth entrepreneurs. Today CIPE has 75 full time staff with offices in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, and Haiti. In addition, CIPE participates in over 60 programs throughout the developing world in partnership with think tanks, business associations, civil society groups, and educational institutions. More information including a list of current projects and publications can be found at www.cipe.org. John joined the US Chamber in 1977 in the Public Affairs Department as a specialist in business and economic education. While in the Public Affairs Department he ran a clearinghouse that specialized in assisting corporations, chambers, associations, and universities in developing their own in-house programs. Prior to the Chamber, John was a member of President Ford’s Election Campaign and had worked in Los Angeles’ inner city neighborhoods helping to develop minority business programs. John's academic specialties buttress his international interests. He received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. John is the author of several publications on the transition to democracy, corporate governance, and market-oriented democratic development. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as well as at George Mason University Graduate School of Public Affairs. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Russian Institute of Directors’ Advisory Board, the Bretton Woods Association, and the American Political Science Association. Born in Bisbee, Arizona in 1948, John was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He now resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife Patricia. Mary A. Gooden Terrell was sworn in as an Associate Judge for the District of Columbia Superior Court in September, 1997. She received her Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University School of Law. She is a former Peace Corps volunteer, having been stationed in India. Founder of the Dix Street Academy, an alternative high school for students who dropped out of the public schools, she later went on to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney. Mary Terrell was head of the FDIC/RTC Legal Outreach Program for Minority and Women. She is a founding member of The National Political Congress of Black Women. Judge Terrell is President-Elect of the Washington Bar Association Judicial Council. She is a former member of D. C. Advisory Commission on Sentencing. She is a member of the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame Society, Inc. (the Society recognizes District of Columbia residents who have achieved excellence in their contributions to the District of Columbia); African American Women in the Law, National Planning Committee; Who's Who Among African Americans; International Who's Who of Professionals; Advisor, International Commission of Women of African Descent; The High Tea Society, Inc., Founder – (a non-profit organization for inner city girls ages 12-18 who attend the District of Columbia Public Schools); and several other organizations. In April, 2000 the Coalition of 100 Black Women presented Judge Terrell the Eboné Image Award for Government Service. She was also inducted into the D.C. Women’s Hall of Fame in March 1998, and in that same time frame received a Special Award from The National Political Congress of Black Women (NPCBW) D.C. Chapter. In November of 1998, Judge Terrell received a Distinguished Service to Humanity Award from Questers, Inc. and a Service Appreciation Award from Women's Division – NBA. In March 1996 Judge Terrell received a “We Have a Story to Tell” Award from The Greater Washington Urban League, Inc. In March 1993, she received the Eagle's Award of the Bethune-DuBois Fund for Outstanding Service. This list is just a fraction of the many awards that Judge Terrell has been honored to receive. Judge Terrell is involved in International Judicial Training in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Judicial Assessment. She traveled in March, 1999 to Zambia, Malawi, and Uganda to work with judges in these countries. She is active in her church. She is married to Rev. Dr. James E. Terrell. They have three children, Angela, Mariessa and James Stephen. Mr. Truluck is the current Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (since 1981) of the Heritage Foundation. He was also elected in 2001 to be a Trustee of the foundation. His other duties with the Heritage Foundation included Acting President (fall of 1996) and Director of Research (1977 to 1981). In his capacity as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Truluck is responsible for directing the daily operations of this $30 million, 190-employee organization. Prior to his career with the Heritage Foundation, Mr. Truluck was the Deputy Director of the U.S. House Of Representatives Republican Study Committee, a Staff Assistant for Representative Ben Blackburn (R-NC), and a Special Assistant in the Office of Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC). Mr. Truluck also received presidential appointments to the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), the White House Fellows Program, and the Administrative Conference of the United States. Mr. Truluck holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina in Business Administration and Finance. He has been married to Ann Barbara Wrobleski for 24 years, and they currently reside in Washington, D.C. Mr. Vojta is a former President and current Director of the Financial Services Forum – an organization formed by 19 of the nations most prominent, diversified financial firms. This organization focuses on regulatory, legislative, and public policy issues related to the global financial system. Mr. Vojta is a former Vice Chairman of the Board, Director, and member of the Management Committee of Bankers Trust Company and its parent, Bankers Trust New York Corporation, and former Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning, Citicorp. He is a director of Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO), Urstadt-Biddle Properties, a trustee of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York State Banking Board, and he is Chairman of the Board of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vojta received his B.A. and his M.A. from Yale University. |
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