Carlos Mesa is a Bolivian historian and politician who has previously served as the 63rd President of Bolivia. Mesa was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and he has studied literature at the Las Universidades Complutense de Madrid before going on to study political science at the University of Madrid. After finishing his degree, he moved back to La Paz where... read full bio
Macon Phillips is an American public servant who has most previously served as the Coordinator for International Information Programs. Phillips was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and he has previously earned his sociology degree from Duke University. He went on to begin his political career working as a director of strategy and communications for the web design firm, Blue State Digital.... read full bio
Erik R. Peterson has been director of A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council and a senior advisor for The Center for Strategic and International Studies. Through his work with the Global Business Policy Council, Peterson works as an advisor for the world’s biggest CEOs as well as thought leaders that work in business and government. Through his work with CSIS,... read full bio
Ana Palacio is a Spanish politician who has previously been the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Palacio was born in Madrid, Spain, and is the daughter of Luis Maria de Palacio y de Palacio who was the 4th Marques de Matonte. She previously graduated with honors from Lycee Francais with a degree in mathematics before going on to continue to earn... read full bio
Olivia Troye is an American national security advisor who has previously served as the former aide to the White House Coronavirus Task Force and as the former homeland security official. Through her work as a homeland security official, Troye worked for the National Counterterrorism Center, the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, as well as the DHS Office of Intelligence and... read full bio
Bernard Hogan-Howe is an English former police officer who has also previously been head of London’s Metropolitan Police as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Hogan-Howe was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he began his career working as a lab assistant at the National Health Service. He then moved to police work where he began working... read full bio
Gabi Siboni is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces Reserve service and has also been a senior research fellow and director for the Military and Strategic Affairs and Cyber Security programs at the Institute for National Security Studies. Siboni was raised Safed, Israel, and he began serving in the IDF where he served as a solider and infantry officer... read full bio
Jenny Shipley is a New Zealand former politician who has previously served as the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand, making her at the time the first female prime minister of New Zealand as well as the first female that led the National Party. Shipley was born in Gore, New Zealand, and she began working as a teacher for primary... read full bio
Christopher Meyer is a former British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to the United States. Meyer has previously earned his degree in history from the University of Cambridge and went on to also study at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Meyer began his career working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the West and... read full bio
Alexander Rahr is the Research Director of the German-Russian Forum and has also been director of the Russian-Eurasia Program and the coordinator for the institute’s EU-Russia Forum. Rahr has worked as a German management consultant, is a historian, political scientist and publicist. He has previously studied History at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich and earned his MA in History... read full bio
Ricardo Lagos is a Chilean lawyer, economist, and politician who has previously served as the 32nd President of Chile. Lagos was born in Santiago, Chile, and he has earned his law degree from the University of Chile and his Ph.D. in Economis from Duke University. After finishing his degree, Lagos went on to begin working as a visiting professor at... read full bio
F.W. de Klerk is a South African retired politician who has previously served as the 7th State President of South Africa. Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa, and he went on to study at Potchefstroom University before going on to pursue a career in law. Moving towards politics, Klerk joined the National Party where he was... read full bio
Jonathan Farmer is the chief editor of the weekly report for Latin American Newsletters, and is an expert on politics, diplomatic, macroeconomic, and security developments in Latin America. Through his work with Latin American Newsletters, the publication has gained a varied global subscribers range of people that are UN officials, to government agencies, and large multinational corporations as well as... read full bio
Kemal Dervis is a Turkish politician and economist who was the former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Dervis was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and he earned his bachelor and master’s degrees in economics from the London School of Economics before going on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. From there, he went on to work... read full bio
Jerome Adams is an American anesthesiologist and former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who has most previously served as the 20th Surgeon General of the United States. Adams was born in Maryland and he went on to study at the University of Maryland Baltimore County before going on to earn his B.S. in biochemistry and... read full bio
María Teresa Kumar is a Columbian American President and CEO of the Latino political organization called Boto Latino. As a political rights activist, she was named one of the ten most influential women in Washington D.C. by Elle Magazine and the Hispanic Business called her one of the 100 most influential Latinos in America. While she was born in Bogotá,... read full bio
Seth Harris is a well-respected academic, educator, and authority on the topics of national politics, employment, immigration policy, and government efficiency. In light of the significant part he played in the overhaul of the Labor Department, he presents novel strategies to audiences in both the public and commercial sectors with the goal of constructing efficient performance assessment and management systems.... read full bio
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan referred to Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor and novelist, as "one of the lights of his generation." He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and writes a weekly column for Bloomberg View, making him a public intellectual for his time. He was listed as one of the "75 most influential... read full bio
John Sitilides is a Principal of Trilogy Advisors LLC in Washington, D.C., where he specializes in foreign affairs, geopolitical risk, and U.S. government relations. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute's National Security Program. He is a professional speaker on geopolitical risk management and the business impacts of international security policies at corporate, investor, and... read full bio
Henry Waxman is a well-known American politician. He has represented the 30th congressional district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives. Henry is a representative of the Democratic Party and is considered a highly influential member of Congress passing laws including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.... read full bio
