Laura Lane Bush is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush,the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was previously the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor.
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney,diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Dorothy Ann Richards was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat,she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer,when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas,and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners.
Goli Ameri is an Iranian-American businesswoman and former U.S. diplomat. She is the co-founder of StartItUp,a mobile technology platform that provides resources to aspiring entrepreneurs. She formerly served as Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ameri ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2004,and is a former U.S. Representative to the United Nations. She serves on the board of trustees of Freedom House,as well as on the Center for Middle East Public Policy advisory board of the RAND Corporation,a group of public and private sector leaders that provide guidance and support for RAND's Middle East research.
Charlotte Beers is an American businesswoman and former under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the George W. Bush administration.
Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Brinker was also United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003 and Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2007 to the end of the George W. Bush administration. In 2011,she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization.
Digital diplomacy,also referred to as Digiplomacy and eDiplomacy,has been defined as the use of the Internet and new information communication technologies to help achieve diplomatic objectives. However,other definitions have also been proposed. The definition focuses on the interplay between internet and diplomacy,ranging from Internet driven-changes in the environment in which diplomacy is conducted to the emergence of new topics on diplomatic agendas such as cybersecurity,privacy and more,along with the use of internet tools to practice diplomacy.
Burson is a global public relations and communications firm,headquartered in New York City,focused on building reputation for clients.
Peter Galbraith Kelly Sr. is an American lobbyist and political consultant. He received the 2015 Luminary Award in The World Affairs Council of CT.
Julie E. Cram is a Deputy Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth,Education and Environment (E3) at the United States Agency for International Development. She is a former lobbyist for DDR Advocacy and a Republican Party operative who worked for former U.S. President George W. Bush.
The Saudi Arabia lobby in the United States is a collection of lawyers,public relation firms and professional lobbyists paid directly by the government of Saudi Arabia to lobby the public and government of the United States on behalf of the interests of the government of Saudi Arabia.
Sunil John is the founder of ASDA'A BCW and President - Middle East of BCW owned by the $20.7 billion WPP Group.
Robert T. Hastings Jr. is an American public relations and strategic communications professional who has served as an executive in several aerospace and defense corporations and as a political appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush,where he was the senior public affairs official and principal spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2008–2009.
Abigail Haight Huntsman is an American journalist and television personality. The daughter of former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mary Kaye Huntsman,Huntsman rose to prominence as a host on MSNBC and NBC News. She then became a general assignment reporter for Fox News Channel and later a co-host of Fox &Friends Weekend. Huntsman co-hosted the ABC talk show The View from September 2018 to January 2020.
PSB Insights is a consultancy firm founded in 1997 by Mark Penn and Douglas Schoen.
Robert Stephen Leaf was an American public relations executive. He is best known for creating the international network of offices which made Burson-Marsteller the world's largest public relations firm in the 1980s,where he eventually rose to be international chairman. Debrett's have recognised him as one of Britain's 500 most influential people.
Twitter diplomacy,or Twiplomacy,is a form of digital diplomacy,refers to the practice of conducting public diplomacy using the social media platform Twitter by heads of state and diplomats,as well as leaders of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
Jean Denton,Baroness Denton of Wakefield,CBE was a British businesswoman,racing driver and Conservative Party politician.
Curtis S. Chin is a public figure,speaker,author and policy specialist. He has served in leadership and operational positions in the private,not-for-profit and public sectors in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States. He served as the 15th United States Ambassador to and member of the board of directors of the Asian Development Bank under both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also served as a trustee of World Education Services and is the inaugural Asia Fellow of the Milken Institute.
Mike Fernandez is a business executive who has led communications,marketing,government relations and sustainability for a number of large companies. Fernandez also served as the US CEO for two agencies,Burson-Marsteller and Llorente y Cuenca. He was a full-time professor of practice at Boston University and an adjunct professor at several universities. He currently is the senior vice president of public affairs,communications and sustainability at Enbridge which is headquartered in Calgary,AB,Canada.
