Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger is a German diplomat who served as chairman of the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022.
The Carlyle Group Inc. is an American multinational company with operations in private equity,alternative asset management and financial services. As of 2023,the company had $426 billion of assets under management.
Frank Charles Carlucci III was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 to 1989 in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. He was the first Italian American to serve in that position.
Michael Kevin Powell is an American attorney and lobbyist who served as the 24th chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2005. Since leaving office,Powell has since worked as the president of the National Cable &Telecommunications Association (NCTA),a broadband industry trade association.
Philip Lader,is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former chairman of WPP plc,the global advertising and communications services firm.
Daniel Francis Akerson is the former chairman and CEO of General Motors,serving from 2010 to 2014. Akerson succeeded Edward Whitacre as CEO on September 1,2010,and became chairman of the board on January 1,2011. He was succeeded by General Motors CEO Mary Barra. Akerson was a managing director of The Carlyle Group and head of global buyout prior to joining General Motors. He joined the General Motors board of directors on July 24,2009. Akerson also serves on the boards of American Express and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation,and in 2014 joined The Carlyle Group as a vice chairman and special advisor to the board of directors.
David Mark Rubenstein is an American lawyer,businessman,and philanthropist. A former government official,he is a co-founder and co-chairman of The Carlyle Group,a private equity firm based in Washington,D.C. Rubenstein is also the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB),acquiring the team in 2024 for $1.7 billion.
Ford M. Fraker was a and American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.He was president of the Middle East Policy Council and chairman,Merrill Lynch Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Delegation of the European Union to the United States represents the European Union in the United States,working in coordination with the diplomatic and consular missions of all 27 EU Member States. It is located at 2175 K Street,N.W.,in the West End neighborhood of Washington,D.C.
Julius Genachowski is an American lawyer and businessman. He became the Federal Communications Commission Chairman on June 29,2009. On March 22,2013,he announced he would be leaving the FCC in the coming weeks. On January 6,2014,it was announced that Genachowski had joined The Carlyle Group. He transitioned from Partner and Managing Director to Senior Advisor in early 2024.
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. He was sworn in on February 18,2014,and left his post on January 20,2017.
Robert E. Grady is an American venture capitalist,private equity investor,and former public official. He has worked at such leading investment firms as Robertson Stephens,The Carlyle Group,and Summit Partners,and for a number of elected officials,including former President George H. W. Bush and New Jersey Governors Tom Kean and Chris Christie.
Fahed Faisal Boodai is a Kuwaiti entrepreneur. He is the Chairman and Co-founder of Gatehouse Financial Group and Gatehouse Bank.
Jonathan Milton Nelson is an American billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Providence Equity Partners,a global private equity firm based in Providence,Rhode Island,which manages funds with over US$45 billion in commitments. As of September 2023,Nelson's net worth is estimated by Forbes at $3.4 billion.
Hamilton Evans "Tony" James is an American billionaire investment banker. He is the former president,chief operating officer,and executive vice chairman of Blackstone,a New York–based global asset management firm. James has been chairman of the multinational retail chain Costco since August 2017. Since 2021,he has been co-chair of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
MFA,,is a Washington,DC–based industry group representing the alternative asset management industry.
James Albert Attwood Jr. is an American businessman. He serves as a Senior Advisor at The Carlyle Group and chairman of Syniverse Technologies. He is a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and EVP of Verizon Communications. He was a major donor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.
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.
Searchlight Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in the United States,United Kingdom and Canada,with $15 billion in assets under management.
Nelson Broms was an American business executive,investor,and philanthropist. He worked in financial services,health care,telecommunications,information management and energy. He was chairman,chief executive officer and president of The Equitable Life Holding Corporation. Broms is credited with creating and developing "the demutualization of The Equitable" and the life insurance industry. He turned 100 in April 2019.
