The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan,Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller,an internationalist who sought to address the challenges posed by the growing economic and political interdependence between the U.S. and its allies in North America,Western Europe,and Japan.
Paula Jon Dobriansky is an American diplomat,public official,and foreign policy expert who served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2009) and the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland (2007-2009). A specialist in Central/East European affairs and the former Soviet Union,trans-Atlantic relations,and political-military affairs,Dobriansky held key senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. Presidents.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington,D.C.,United States,with campuses in Bologna,Italy,and Nanjing,China. SAIS is consistently ranked one of the top graduate schools for international relations globally,and is among the most prestigious specialist colleges devoted to the theory and practice of international relations,economics,diplomacy,and public policy. Its students are selected from a large pool of applicants from all parts of the world.
Frances M. "Fran" Fragos Townsend is an American lawyer and business executive who served as Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush from 2004 to 2007,and is currently executive vice president for corporate affairs at Activision Blizzard. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism. In 2008,Townsend joined CNN as a contributor,but later switched over to CBS where she is a national security analyst for them. Townsend was president of the Counter Extremism Project.
The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the international affairs and public policy school of Columbia University,a private Ivy League university located in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,New York City.
Victoria Jane Nuland is an American diplomat currently serving as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. Nuland,a former member of the foreign service,served as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State from 2013 to 2017 and US Permanent Representative to NATO from 2005 to 2008. She held the rank of Career Ambassador,the highest diplomatic rank in the United States Foreign Service. She is the former CEO of the Center for a New American Security,(CNAS),serving from January 2018 until early 2019,and is also the Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale University,and a member of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy. She served as a nonresident fellow in the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution and senior counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
Colleen Graffy is a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy for Europe and Eurasia,and associate professor of law and Director of Global Programs at Pepperdine University School of Law and Academic Director of their London campus. She is former Chairman of SEAL,the Society of English and American Lawyers.
Dr. Cindy Lou Courville was the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union from 2006 to 2008. Previously she was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council where she helped craft United States policy towards Africa.
Cameron Munter is a retired diplomat,academic,and executive who now works as a global consultant. He stepped down as President and CEO of the EastWest Institute (EWI) in New York,a nonprofit dedicated to international conflict resolution,in 2019. He led EWI from 2015 to 2019,directing conflict resolution projects in Russia,China,the Middle East,South Asia,and the Balkans. He is currently affiliated with Agora Strategies (Munich) and Project Associates (London) and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit boards.
Herman Jay "Hank" Cohen is an American diplomat who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 1989 to 1993.
Kathleen Stephens was the United States ambassador to South Korea from 2008 to 2011. She also served as the United States' chargéd'affaires to India from March to December 2014. She currently leads the Korea Economic Institute of America as president and CEO.
Jane Holl Lute is an American diplomat and security analyst currently serving as the UN special envoy on the Cyprus dispute. She served as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 through 2013,after having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3,2009. Previously,Lute was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. Before that she was Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations since August 2003. She is the President and CEO of the Arlington-based Council on CyberSecurity and Senior Advisor of Measure,a Drone as a Service company. On January 5,2014,she was appointed Special Adviser for Relocation of Camp Hurriya Residents Outside of Iraq by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On February 8,2016,she was appointed Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
William Banks Bader was an American diplomat who served as the assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs from 1999 to 2001.
Lynn Etheridge Davis was United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs from 1993 to 1997.
Mary Ann Peters is an American career diplomat and the current chief executive officer of the Carter Center. A member of the U.S. Department of State for nearly 30 years,Peters served in a variety of postings before becoming a National Security Council staffer (1995-1997) and United States Ambassador to Bangladesh (2000-2003). After leaving the foreign service,Peters became the provost of the United States Naval War College in 2008. She became the CEO of the Carter Center in 2014.
Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall is an American government official who serves as the 11th Assistant to the President for Homeland Security for U.S. President Joe Biden.
Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker is an American diplomat who is currently serving as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 2014 to 2017.
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.
Karen Erika Donfried is an American foreign policy expert who is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. She previously served as president of the German Marshall Fund from April 2014 to September 2021.
Bridget Ann Brink is an American diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Slovakia. She was appointed by President Donald Trump on May 29,2019 and presented her credentials August 20,2019.
