John Thomas Schieffer is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.
Sir David Geoffrey Manning,is a former British diplomat,who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Manning Memo",that summarized the details of a meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Until 2019,he was appointed to the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Robert Wood Johnson IV is an American businessman who was United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I,and a billionaire heir to the Johnson &Johnson pharmaceutical fortune. In 2000,Johnson purchased the New York Jets,a franchise of the National Football League;Johnson remains the co-owner of the Jets,along with his brother,Christopher,who is vice-chairman.
Peter Tarnoff served as the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the first Clinton term,from 1993 to 1997. In May 1997,United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright presented him the Department of State's highest award,the Distinguished Service Award for extraordinary service in advancing American interests through creative and effective diplomacy.
Charles"Chip" Eustis Bohlen was an American diplomat,ambassador,and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape US foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe. In 1934,he served as a diplomat in the first US embassy to the Soviet Union in Moscow as well as during and after World War II. He succeeded George F. Kennan as ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1957. He served as ambassador to the Philippines from 1957 to 1959 and to France from 1962 to 1968. He was an advisor to every U.S. President from 1943 to 1968 and one of the nonpartisan foreign policy advisers who were known colloquially as "The Wise Men."
Roland E. Arnall was an American businessman and diplomat. As the owner of ACC Capital Holdings,he became a billionaire with Ameriquest Mortgage. He was the Founder and funded the City of David alone for over 11 years. Additionally he funded,financed and was the visionary and co-founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center,and from 2006 until shortly before his death he was the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Melvin Floyd Sembler is an American former diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Italy (2001–2005),and Ambassador to Australia and Nauru (1989–1993). He has also served as chairman of the board of the Sembler Company,which develops and manages shopping centers,and co-founder of Straight,Inc.,a controversial drug-treatment center. Sembler is the chairman of the Scooter Libby Legal Defense Trust,and was a co-chair of the Florida Finance Committee for Mitt Romney.
Robert Holmes Tuttle is a businessman specializing in car dealerships. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from July 2005 to February 2009.
Craig Roberts Stapleton is an American diplomat and businessman. He served as Ambassador to France and the Czech Republic during the administrations of President George W. Bush.
Susan Carol Schwab is an American politician,who served under President George W. Bush as United States Trade Representative from June,2006 to January,2009. She is not related to Charles R. Schwab Sr.,founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation,despite coincidentally sharing the same last name;she is also not to be confused with his first wife Susan (Cotter) Schwab.
Leonore Cohn Annenberg,also known as Lee Annenberg,was an American businesswoman,diplomat,and philanthropist. She was noted for serving as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1981 to 1982. Annenberg was married to Walter Annenberg,who was an Ambassador to the United Kingdom and newspaper publisher. She also served as the chairman and president of the Annenberg Foundation from 2002 until 2009.
Charles Hammerman Rivkin is an American media executive and former United States diplomat who is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
Nicole A. Avant is an American producer and political activist. She served as the United States Ambassador to the Bahamas from 2009 to 2011.
John Rakolta Jr is an American businessman and a former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2019 to 2021. He is the former CEO of Walbridge,a full-service construction company headquartered in Detroit. He was also one of the National Finance Chairs for Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Central African Empire,Nicaragua,Kuwait,and Peru.
Calvin Howard Wilkins Jr. was an American businessman and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Jeanne Linden Phillips is an American businesswoman and diplomat. She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003,under President George W. Bush.
Thomas Fleetwood Stephenson is an American businessman and a former Ambassador to Portugal.
Joseph Zappala is an American businessman,investor and politician. He served as the Ambassador to Spain from 1989 to 1992.
