Craig McCaw is an American businessman and entrepreneur,a pioneer in the cellular phone industry. He is the founder of McCaw Cellular and Clearwire Corporation.
Diane Edith Watson is a former American politician who served as US Representative for California's 33rd congressional district,serving from 2003 until 2011,after first being elected in the 32nd District in a 2001 special election. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes much of Central Los Angeles,as well as such wealthy neighborhoods as Los Feliz.
Clifford Michael Sobel is an American business executive,financier,Republican fundraiser,U.S. diplomat and former ambassador.
Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder of The Promise Fund and Susan G. Komen for the Cure,an organization named after her only sister,Susan,who died from breast cancer. 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. Brinker,a breast cancer survivor,uses her experience to heighten understanding of the disease. In 2011 she was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization.
Catherine "Cathy" Bertini is an American public servant. She is the 2003 World Food Prize Laureate. She was the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program from 1992 to 2002. She served as the UN Under-Secretary for Management from 2003 to 2005. Currently she is a distinguished fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,the Chair of the Board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Chair of the Executive Board of the Crop Trust.
Georgette Mosbacher is an American business executive,entrepreneur,political activist who served as the United States Ambassador to Poland from 2018 to 2021. She is the chairman of the Green Beret Foundation advisory board,and a Fox News contributor. On November 19,2015,President Barack Obama nominated her as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Mina Nguyen is an executive at Jane Street Capital. In October 2017,she was appointed as a member of the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee. Prior to Jane Street,she was a Managing Director at AQR Capital Management and senior adviser to its founder Cliff Asness. Nguyen was deputy assistant secretary of Business Affairs at the US Treasury Department from 2006 to 2007,appointed by then-Secretary Hank Paulson. Her career in business and government has revolved around regulations for private pools of capital,retirement security,leverage and derivative use at investment funds and ESG investing. In the 2004 US Presidential Campaign she served as National Business Director for the Bush-Cheney ticket.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types:Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types:Life Membership and Term Membership,the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
Robert Wolf is the former Chairman and CEO of UBS Americas as well as the President and Chief Operating Officer of UBS# Investment Bank.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney,political adviser,and director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. She was the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues from May 8,2013,until January 20,2017. Before that,she was chief of staff to the Second Lady of the United States,Jill Biden. On December 10,2021,she was appointed the executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Russell took office as UNICEF head on February 1,2022.
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley is an American diplomat,attorney,political activist and philanthropist who is the nominee to serve as the next United States Ambassador to Brazil in the Biden administration.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992–1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Rita Eleanor Hauser is an international lawyer known for persuading Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization to renounce violence in 1988. She also served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1969 to 1972. George W. Bush appointed her to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2001,serving through 2004,and she was appointed again by Barack Obama in 2009.
Mary Callahan Erdoes is Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan Asset &Wealth Management,a global leader in investment management and private banking with over $4 trillion in client assets. She is also one of the longest standing members of JPMorgan Chase &Co.'s Operating Committee.
Nancy H. Rubin served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and as a Presidential Appointee to the White House Council for Community Solutions. She was the 1st chair of the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign and is an advocate for mental health services. She currently serve on the Board of The Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services and the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge Leadership Council. Rubin serves on the boards of the National Democratic Institute,Pacific Council,and Women for Women International. Rubin served on the United Nations Association Strategy Committee and Human Rights Task Force and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has served in the administrations of Presidents Jimmy Carter,Bill Clinton,and Barack Obama. Rubin served as a board member of OEF International and chaired the Committee on Women and Law and Development,which began legal literacy projects in Asia,Africa,and Latin America. Rubin is known for her advocacy of her social innovation to support communities and democratic institutions around the world,and for her work with government,the United Nations and NGOs.
Bradford M. "Brad" Freeman is an American businessman and conservative political fundraiser.
Thomas Fleetwood Stephenson is an American businessman and a former Ambassador to Portugal.
Alfred Hoffman Jr. is an American businessman and politician. He is a real estate developer and a former Ambassador to Portugal.
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.
Ray Willets Washburne is an American businessman,political fundraiser,and government official. He served as President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 2017 to 2019 and as a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board since 2019.
