Jürgen Trittin is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005.
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is an American think tank based in Washington,D.C. From its founding in 1962 until 1987,it was an affiliate of Georgetown University,initially named the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Georgetown University. The center conducts policy studies and strategic analyses of political,economic and security issues throughout the world,with a focus on issues concerning international relations,trade,technology,finance,energy and geostrategy.
Leon Edward Panetta is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013),director of the CIA (2009–2011),White House chief of staff (1994–1997),director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994),as well as a U.S. representative from California (1977–1993).
Norman Ralph "Norm" Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
James David Watkins was a United States Navy admiral and former Chief of Naval Operations who served as the United States Secretary of Energy during the George H. W. Bush administration,also chairing U.S. government commissions on HIV/AIDS and ocean policy. Watkins also served on the boards of various companies and other nongovernmental organizations and as the co-chair of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.
Ashton Baldwin Carter was an American government official and academic who served as the 25th United States secretary of defense from February 2015 to January 2017. He later served as director of the Belfer Center for Science &International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School.
The Nuclear Threat Initiative,generally referred to as NTI,is a non-profit organization located in Washington,D.C. NTI was founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist Ted Turner and describes itself as a "a nonprofit,nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear,biological,and emerging technology threats imperiling humanity."
Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Global is an independent nonprofit organization that promotes safety,security,and sustainability through science and innovation. CRDF Global was authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1992 under the FREEDOM Support Act and established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation. This unique public-private partnership promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through grants,technical resources,and training. CRDF Global was originally named the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (CRDF).
Robert Michael Kimmitt was United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29,2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29,2005,and he was sworn into office on August 16,2005. Kimmitt served through the end of the Bush administration,leaving office on January 20,2009.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Franklin Carroll Miller is a foreign policy and nuclear defense policy expert. Miller served 31 years in the U.S. government,including the Department of State,the Department of Defense and a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush. He is principal at the Washington-based international business advisory firm The Scowcroft Group.
Susan Elaine Eisenhower is an American consultant,author,and expert on international security,space policy,energy,and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. She is the daughter of John Eisenhower and the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Energy Future Coalition is a nonpartisan public policy initiative that seeks to speed the transition to a new energy economy. The Coalition brings together business,labor,and environmental groups to identify new directions in energy policy with broad political support.
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg is an American physician and public health administrator,who is serving as the chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). She served as the 21st Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from May 2009 to April 2015.
The International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe —is an international non-governmental organisation uniting leading world-renowned experts on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons,materials and delivery vehicles.
Maurice Sonnenberg has served as an outside advisor to five Presidential Administrations in the areas of international trade,finance,international relations,intelligence,and foreign election monitoring.
Sherri Goodman is an American security executive and lawyer. She is a Senior Fellow at the Polar Institute and the Environmental Change &Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center,as well as Senior Strategist at the Center for Climate and Security. She is the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate &Security. Previously,she served as the President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. She is the author of "Threat Multiplier:Climate,Military Leadership &the Fight for Global Security",published by Island Press in 2024.
Ernest Jeffrey Moniz,GCIH is an American nuclear physicist and former government official. From May 2013 to January 2017,he served as the 13th United States secretary of energy in the Obama administration. Prior to this,Moniz served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and undersecretary of energy from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton administration. He is currently the co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI),as well as president and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI),a nonprofit organization working on climate and energy technology issues,which he co-founded in 2017.
Alexei Georgievich Arbatov is a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,the Head of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO),and a scholar in residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. He is a Russian political scientist,academic,author,and former politician.
