Advisory Board
America Abroad Media is pleased to have the following members on the Advisory Board.
David Abshire
President and CEO, The Center for the Study of the Presidency
David Abshire is President of the Center of the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC. He also holds the position of President at the Richard Lounsberry Foundation in New York. Read Full Bio
Peter Ackerman
Managing Director, Rockport Capital, Inc.
Peter Ackerman is Founding Chair of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and Managing Director of Rockport Capital, Inc., a private investment firm. Read Full Bio
Hushang Ansary
Chairman, Stewart & Stevenson, LLC
Hushang Ansary is a Trustee of the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation and sits on the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College. Read Full Bio
Michael Armacost
Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, The Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University
Michael Armacost is currently a Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University. Read Full Bio
Richard L Armitage
President, Armitage International
Richard L. Armitage is President of Armitage International, a position he has held since 2005. Armitage was also Deputy Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Read Full Bio
Norman R Augustine
Former President and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Norman R. Augustine is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world’s largest defense contractor. Read Full Bio
Charlene Barshefsky
Senior International Partner, WilmerHale
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky is the Senior International Partner at WilmerHale. Read Full Bio
Samuel Berger
Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group
Samuel Berger is the Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group. Read Full Bio
Richard Burt
Chairman, International Equity Partners
Ambassador Richard Burt is chairman of International Equity Partners, an investment banking and advisory services firm in Washington. Read Full Bio
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Counselor and Trustee, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Brzezinski is Counselor and Trustee at The Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and President of Z.B. Inc. Read Full Bio
Henry Catto
Vice Chairman, The Aspen Institute
Henry E. Catto currently serves as chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States as well as the vice-chairman of the Aspen Institute.
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Michael Chertoff
Co-founder and Managing Principal, Chertoff Group
The Honorable Michael Chertoff is Co-founder and managing principal of The Chertoff Group. Mr. Chertoff also served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2005 to 2009. Read Full Bio
William H Draper
Managing Director, Draper Richards LP
William H. Draper III is the Managing Director of Draper Richards, LP, and Co-Founder, Director, and Trustee of the Draper Richards Foundation. Read Full Bio
Ken Duberstein
Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group
Ken Duberstein serves as Chairman and CEO of The Duberstein Group. Mr. Duberstein served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989. Read Full Bio
Bruce Gelb
Co-Chair of the Council of American Ambassadors
Ambassador Bruce Gelb is Co-Chair of the council of American Ambassadors. Read Full Bio
David Gergen
Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
David Gergen is the Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, as well as a Professor of Public Service. Read Full Bio
C Boyden Gray
Former US Ambassador to the European Union
Ambassador C. Boyden Gray currently serves on the board of directors for the Atlantic Council. Read Full Bio
Marc Grossman
Vice President, The Cohen Group
Ambassador Marc Grossman is Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group. His retirement as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in 2005 marked 25 years of service in the public sector. Read Full Bio
Chuck Hagel
Chairman of the Atlantic Council
Chuck Hagel is a Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is Chairman of the Atlantic Council and a Member of the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Board. Read Full Bio
Lee Hamilton
President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Lee Hamilton has served as Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars since 1999. Read Full Bio
Carla Hills
Chairman and CEO, Hills and Company
Ambassador Carla Hills is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hills and Company, a Washington D.C.-based consulting company that advises clients on international trade and investment issues. Read Full Bio
Stanley Hoffmann
Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University
Stanley Hoffmann is the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University, where he served as Chairman of the Center for European Studies from its creation in 1969 until 1995. Read Full Bio
Martin Indyk
Acting Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Ambassador Martin Indyk is Acting Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution. Read Full Bio
John Kerry
Massachusetts Senator, United States Senate
John Kerry is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. He has been a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for 19 years. Read Full Bio
Zalmay Khalilzad
President and CEO, Khalilzad Associates LLC
Zalmay Khalilzad, Ph.D., served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and most recently the United Nations, before stepping down in January 2009. Read Full Bio
Anthony Lake
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service
Anthony Lake is the Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Read Full Bio
Aaron Lobel
President, America Abroad Media
Aaron Lobel founded America Abroad Media (AAM) and serves as the organization's president and chairman of the board, as well as executive producer of America Abroad and AAM Television.
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Richard Lugar
Indiana Senator, United States Senate
Richard Lugar is the senior United States Senator from Indiana and the longest serving senator in Indiana history, having being elected to a fourth term in 1994. Read Full Bio
Thomas F McLarty III
Chairman and President, McLarty Associates
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty III is Chairman and President of McLarty Associates, formerly Kissinger McLarty Associates. Read Full Bio
Ron Nessen
Journalist in Residence, The Brookings Institution
Ron Nessen is Journalist in Residence at The Brookings Institution. From 1974 to 1976, he served as press secretary to President Gerald Ford. Read Full Bio
Thomas Pickering
Vice-Chairman, Hills and Company
Ambassador Thomas Pickering is the Vice Chairman of Hills and Company. Read Full Bio
Margot Pritzker
President and Founder, WomenOnCall.org
Margot Pritzker is the founder and President of WomenOnCall.org, a Chicago-area network that matches women with non-profit organizations that have specific and immediate volunteer needs. Read Full Bio
Felix Rohatyn
President and Chairman, Rohatyn Associates LLC
Felix Rohatyn is currently the President and Chairman of Rohatyn Associates, LLC. He previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to France under the Clinton Administration from 1997-2000.
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Stephen P Rosen
Stephen Peter Rosen is the Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs at Harvard University and director of Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.
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Brent Scowcroft
President and Founder, The Scowcroft Group
General Brent Scowcroft is President and founder of The Scowcroft Group, an international consulting firm. Read Full Bio
Daniel Senor
Managing Director, Rosemont Solebury Capital Management
Daniel Senor is Managing Director and a founding partner of Rosemont Solebury Capital Management. He is also an adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read Full Bio
Strobe Talbott
President, The Brookings Institution
Strobe Talbott has served as President of the Brookings Institution since 2002. He was previously Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization at Yale University. Read Full Bio
Margaret Tutwiler
Senior Vice President and Head of Global Communications and Public Affairs, Merrill Lynch
Ambassador Margaret Tutwiler is Senior Vice President and Head of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Merrill Lynch. Read Full Bio
Vin Weber
Managing Partner, Clark and Weinstock
Vin Weber is managing partner of the Washington, D.C. branch of Clark & Weinstock and Vice-Chair of the National Endowment for Democracy. Read Full Bio
John C Whitehead
Chairman, Goldman Sachs Foundation
John C. Whitehead is Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co., in 1947 and worked there for 38 years. Read Full Bio
James Q Wilson
Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy, The Pepperdine School of Public Policy
James Q. Wilson is the Ronald Reagan professor of public policy at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy. Read Full Bio
James Wolfensohn
Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
James Wolfensohn is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Wolfensohn & Company, an investment and consulting firm focusing on emerging market economies. Read Full Bio
R James Woolsey
Venture Partner and Senior Advisor, VantagePoint
R. James Woolsey is Venture Partner and Senior Advisor at VantagePoint, Senior Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Of Counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP. Read Full Bio
Philip Zelikow
White Burkett Miller Professor of History, the University of Virginia
Dr. Philip D. Zelikow is the White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Read Full Bio


