The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is an advisory body to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description,it "provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection,of analysis and estimates,of counterintelligence,and of other intelligence activities."
Carol Martha Browner is an American lawyer,environmentalist,and businesswoman,who served as director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. Browner previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. She currently works as a Senior Counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm.
Joseph Jerry Andrew is an American politician and lawyer. He was national chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1999 to 2001. He previously served as chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999. He served with DNC General Chairman Ed Rendell. Asked to serve by President Bill Clinton,Andrew became,at the age of 39,one of the youngest chairpersons in the history of the DNC. He later served as chairman of the New Democratic Network,and in 2006 helped to found The Blue Fund,a mutual fund which invests in companies that contribute to Democratic campaigns.
Richard Dean Parsons,an American business executive,is the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31,2007. He was previously the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise. In September 2018,Parsons became the Interim Chairman of the Board for CBS replacing Les Moonves. On October 21,2018,he resigned for health reasons from CBS and was replaced by Strauss Zelnick.
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.
The Skoll Foundation is a private foundation based in Palo Alto,California. The foundation makes grants and investments intended to reduce global poverty. Jeffrey Skoll created the foundation in 1999.
Mona K. Sutphen was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. She is currently a partner and Head of Investment Strategies at The Vistria Group,a Chicago-based private equity firm founded by Marty Nesbitt and Kip Kirkpatrick. From 2013 to 2019,she was a partner in Macro Advisory Partners LLP and from 2011 to 2013 was a managing director at UBS AG,covering geopolitical risk,macro-policy trends and their impact on the global economy. She held a diplomatic position in the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration.
The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness,originally the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB),was an ad hoc panel of non-governmental experts from business,labor,academia and elsewhere that President of the United States Barack Obama created on February 6,2009. The board reported to Obama and his economic team on possible ways to improve the nation's economy. Obama announced this new board on November 26,2008,and also announced that it would be chaired by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker with campaign economic adviser Austan Goolsbee as staff director and chief economist.
Nicole A. Wong is an American attorney,specializing in Internet,media and intellectual property law. In May 2013,she was selected by the Barack Obama administration to be the White House deputy chief technology officer (CTO) of the United States. She earned the nickname "the Decider" while she was vice president and deputy general counsel at Google,where she was responsible for arbitrating issues of censorship for Google. Wong stepped down as Deputy US CTO on August 16,2014,to return with her family to California. She currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group,a global business strategy firm,and is a member of the Mozilla Foundation's Board of Directors.
Johnnie Carson is a diplomat from the United States who has served as United States Ambassador to several African nations. In 2009 he was nominated to become U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs by President Barack Obama. He resigned in 2013 after four years in the role and following the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group and the United States Institute of Peace.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who serves as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he has held since April 5,2023. He served as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011,and as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. He served as the chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard,from 2020 to 2023,and as the vice chair of the Asia Group from 2017 to 2020,where he oversaw the firm's South Asia practice. He also practiced law for many years at Steptoe &Johnson LLP in Washington DC,and served as a Senior Counselor and Lead of the India and South Asia practice at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Aneesh Paul Chopra is an American executive who served as the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States. He was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama and was at the White House through 2012. Chopra previously served as Virginia's Secretary of Technology under Governor Tim Kaine. Chopra was a candidate in 2013 for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He is the author of Innovative State:How New Technologies Can Transform Government (2014) and co-founder and president of CareJourney. In 2015 he joined Albright Stonebridge Group as a senior advisor.
Gérard Araud is a retired French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and France's permanent representative to the United Nations (2009–2014).
Alan H. Fleischmann is the Founder,Chairman &CEO of Laurel Strategies,Inc. Fleischmann is a speaker and writer about CEO statesmanship.
Juan Verde Suárez is a Spanish business and social entrepreneur who assisted the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign,as well as earlier campaigns of prominent Democrats such as President Barack Obama,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,President Bill Clinton,Vice President Al Gore,Senator John Kerry,and Senator Ted Kennedy. He is currently a member of the President's Export Council,an advisory body to the White House on international trade and U.S. competitiveness in international markets,under President Biden.
Roberta S. Jacobson is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from June 2016 to May 2018. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30,2012,to May 5,2016. The United States Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28,2016. In March 2018,Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5. Foreign Policy reported on January 18,2021,that Jacobson would be in charge of Mexico–United States border affairs at the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Nisha Biswal née Desai is an American businesswoman and public official in the United States. Biswal is the Deputy CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. She previously served as Senior Vice President for international strategy and global initiatives and oversees South Asia programs at the United States Chamber of Commerce. Prior to this,she served as the President of the US-India Business Council at the US Chamber of Commerce. Previously,she has also served as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State under President Barack Obama from 2013 to 2017. Biswal was the first South-Asian American to hold this position. She oversaw the U.S.–India strategic partnership during a period of unprecedented cooperation,including the launch of an annual U.S.–India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue. Biswal was awarded the prestigious Samman Award by the President of India in January 2017. Biswal was also instrumental in launching the US-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue,the C5+1 Dialogue between the United States and the Central Asian States of Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Biswal also serves on the United States Institute of Peace International Advisory Council,on the Afghanistan Study Group and is on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Sustainable Communities,the Leadership Council for Women in National Security and is active in Democratic politics.
The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the Secretary of State,the Deputy Secretary of State,and the Director of Policy Planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy. The Board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities,trends that implicate core national security interests,tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies,and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy. The Board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S. Truman Building.
Jason P. Hyland is Senior Advisor at Dentons Global Advisors - Albright Stonebridge Group and based in Tokyo,Japan. He was previously President &Representative Officer of MGM Resorts Japan LLC and a former American diplomat who served as the acting United States Ambassador to Japan. He was deputy to Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and assumed the position of Charge d'Affaires upon her departure on January 18,2017,until July 31,2017. As Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States Embassy in Tokyo,Japan,Hyland was involved in the organization of President Barack Obama's May 2016 historic visit to Hiroshima and attended the ceremony. He wrote about his impressions of the event in his blog in the US Embassy's American View online magazine.
