Charles Woodruff Yost was a career U.S. Ambassador who was assigned as his country's representative to the United Nations from 1969 to 1971.
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 Bureau of Legislative Affairs,also known as the "H Bureau",is an office of the United States Department of State that coordinates legislative activity for the Department and advises the Secretary,the Deputy,as well as the under secretaries and assistant secretaries on legislative strategy. The bureau facilitates communication between State Department officials and the Members of Congress and their staffs. The bureau works closely with authorizing,appropriations,and oversight committees of the House and Senate,as well as with individual members who have an interest in State Department or foreign policy issues. The bureau manages department testimony before House and Senate hearings,organizes member and staff briefings,and facilitates Congressional travel to overseas posts for members and staff throughout the year. The bureau reviews proposed legislation and coordinates Statements of Administration Policy on legislation affecting the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The bureau staff advises individual bureaus of the department on legislative and outreach strategies and coordinates those strategies with the secretary's priorities.
Robert John Lagomarsino was an American politician and lawyer from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican,he began his service in the United States House of Representatives in 1974 and was re-elected every two years until 1992,when he was defeated for renomination by Michael Huffington. Before serving in the House,Lagomarsino served in the California State Senate from 1961 until 1974,and before that,he served as the mayor of Ojai,California.
Gordon Hall Mansfield was an American military veteran who was Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs between 2004 and 2008.
The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is an advisory committee established by the United States Congress with the official mandate of promoting the fullest possible public access to a thorough,accurate,and reliable documentary record of significant U.S. national security decisions and activities. The Board is composed of nine individuals:five appointed by the President of the United States and one each appointed by the Speaker of the House,House Minority Leader,Senate Majority Leader,and Senate Minority Leader. Appointees must be U.S. citizens preeminent in the fields of history,national security,foreign policy,intelligence policy,social science,law,or archives.
Michael Bruce Donley is a United States government official who is the director of administration and management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense since May 2021,having served in the same position from 2005 to 2008. In the Bush and Obama administrations,Donley served as the 22nd secretary of the Air Force,amongst other positions. Donley has 30 years of experience in the national security community,including service on the staff of the United States Senate,White House and The Pentagon.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who served as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he held from April 5,2023 to January 20,2025. 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.
Kris M. Balderston is General Manager of the FleishmanHillard Washington,DC office. His career has included work for the White House,U.S. Senate,and State Department.
Richard Lee McCall Jr. was United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 1980–1981. Democratic Policy Committee,US Senate
Thomas O. Melia currently serves as Washington director at PEN America. Previously,he served in the Obama Administration as USAID's Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia (2015–2017) and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Democracy,Human Rights,and Labor at the United States Department of State (2010–2015). Melia also served as Executive Director of Democracy International,an organization that designs,implements,and evaluates democracy and governance programs around the world. Additionally,he was the Deputy Executive Director of Freedom House,a human rights organization.
Jonathan Moore was United States Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs from 1987 to 1989 and United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 1989 to 1992.
Christopher Ashley Ford is an American lawyer and government official who served from January 2018 until January 2021 as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. He was nominated to that position by President Donald Trump,and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on December 21,2017. After October 21,2019,Ford also,by delegation from Secretary of State Michael Pompeo,performed the duties of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security until his resignation from the Department of State on January 8,2021.
Bruce Huntington Andrews is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
Karen Erika Donfried is an American foreign policy expert who previously served as the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. The State Department announced in March 2023 that Donfried would be stepping down from her post at the end of the month. She also served as president of the German Marshall Fund from April 2014 to September 2021.
Andrew Kerwin Maloney is a former senior U.S. government official and government affairs executive and the president and CEO of the American Investment Council,an industry association for private-equity investors and firms. He previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs.
The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs is the Department of Commerce's principal liaison to the U.S. Congress,state governors,and other state officials. The officeholder heads the Department of Commerce Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (OLIA). The position is currently held by Susie Feliz.
David M. Mason was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President Bill Clinton on March 4,1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30,1998. He was nominated for a second term by President George W. Bush on December 19,2005. Mason served as a member of the Commission’s Finance Committee. In 2008,President Bush removed Mason from the FEC and replaced him with Don McGahn.
