East-West Institute

East-West Institute (EWI) was founded in 1980, and "is an independent and nonpartisan, action-oriented international organization addressing dangerous fault lines that threaten peace and security." They note that:

• "We bring together leaders from government, business, military, media and other sectors of society in confidential and public dialogue to tackle intractable issues, build trust, reconcile disparate views and reframe issues.
• "We position ourselves as an institution of choice through which state and non-state actors from the developing and developed worlds cooperate more effectively to prevent conflict and manage challenges posed by rapid global change.
• "We identify, help develop and support emerging leaders from diverse professions to forge new solutions that enhance stability and security." [1]

George F. Russell, Jr. , Chairman, The Threshold Group

Staff

Accessed September 2007:

Office of the President

• Terri Cerveny, New York Center, Senior Director, Institutional Advancement and Director of the Endowment Campaign
• Christopher Geier, New York Center, Executive Assistant to the President, Founder and CEO
• Gail Manley, New York Center, Executive Secretary to the President, Founder and CEO
• John Edwin Mroz, New York Center, Founder, President and CEO

Vice Presidents

• Greg Austin, Brussels Center, Vice President, Director of the Global Security Program and Policy Innovation
• Neville Bugwadia, New York Center, Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications
• Ortwin Hennig, Brussels Center, Vice President and Head of the Conflict Prevention Program
• Melvin Washington, New York Center, Vice President - Chief Operations Officer/Chief Financial Officer

Current Fellows

Accessed September 2007:

• Henry (Hank) A. Crumpton
• Mark Gerzon
• Paul Sullivan
• Stephen Tankel

Directors

• Urban Ahlin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Swedish Parliament, Sweden
• Martti Ahtisaari, Chairman, Crisis Management Initiative, Finland
• Anna Akhalkatsi, Business Development Officer, Small and Medium Enterprise Dept., International Finance Corporation, United States
• Riprand Arco, President, American Asset Corporation, United States
• Jerald T. Baldridge, Chairman, Republic Energy Inc., United States
• Marshall Bennett, President, Marshall Bennett Enterprises, United States
• Thor Bjorgolfsson, Chairman of the Board, Pharmaco, Iceland
• Nick Calio, SVP, Global Government Affairs, Citigroup, United States
• Peter Castenfelt, President, Archipelago Enterprises Ltd., United Kingdom
• Maria Livanos Cattaui, Former President, International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland
• Mark Chandler, Chairman and CEO, Biophysical, United States
• Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania, Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflict, Romania
• Joel H. Cowan, President, Habersham & Cowan, Inc., United States
• Fares Fares, President, Wedge Alternatives, United Kingdom
• Francis Finlay, Chairman and CEO, Clay Finlay Inc., United States
• Stephen B. Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, United States
• R. William Ide, III, Partner, MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP, United States
• Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany to the U.S.A., Germany
• Sigrid RVC Kendall, Managing Director, Kendall-Verwaltungs-GmBH
• Rami G. Khouri, Executive Editor, The Daily Star, Lebanon
• Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Ambassador, Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Austria
• Andrey Kruglov, CFO and Deputy CEO, Gazprom, Russian Federation
• Rudi Lamprecht, Member of the Managing Board, Siemens, Germany
• James A. Lash, First Selectman, Town of Greenwich - Town Hall, United States
• Sonja Licht, President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Serbia & Montenegro
• Mark Maletz, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, United States
• Michael Maples, Former Executive Vice President, Microsoft, United States
• Thomas Meredith, President, Meritage Capital, United States
• Ivan Miklos, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia
• Frank Neuman, President, AM-TAK International, United States
• Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman, Perot Systems Corporation, United States
• Vladimir Plasil, President, Alta, Co., Czech Republic
• John Richardson, President, The Madriaga Foundation, Belgium
• Dr. Ramzi Sanbar, Chairman, Sanbar Development Corporation, S.A., United Kingdom
• Armen Sarkissian, President, Eurasia House International, Armenia
• Leo Schenker, Senior Executive Vice President, Central National-Gottesman Inc., United States
• Rockwell Schnabel, Advisory Director, Trident Capital Inc, United States
• Hilton Smith, President and CEO, East Bay Co. Ltd., United States
• Elizabeth Symons, Baroness, House of Lords, United Kingdom
• Henrik Torgersen, Executive Vice President-International Operations, Telenor, Norway
• Robert Verrue, Director General for DG-Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, France
• Antonio Vitorino, Professor, Lisbon Law School and Lawyer, Portugal
• Matthias Warnig, President, Dresdner Bank ZAO, Germany
• George Weidenfeld, Lord and President, Orion Publishing Group, United Kingdom
• Sanford I. Weill, Chairman and CEO, Citigroup Inc., United States
• John C. Whitehead, Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co., Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, United States
• Robert Ziff

Honorary Chairmen

• George H. W. Bush, Former President of the U.S.A.
• Helmut Kohl, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Chairmen Emeriti

• Berthold Beitz, President, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
• Ivan T. Berend, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Former Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Donald M. Kendall, Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo. Inc.
• Whitney MacMillan, Former Chairman and CEO, Cargill, Inc., United States
• Ira D. Wallach, EWI Co-Founder, and Former Chairman, Central National-Gottesman, Inc., United States

Directors Emeriti

• Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Poland
• William D. Dearstyne, Former Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson, United States
• John W. Kluge, Chairman of the Board, Metromedia International Group, United States
• William E. Murray, The Samuel Freeman Trust, Chairman, United States
• John J. Roberts, Senior Advisor, American International Group (AIG), United States
• Daniel Rose, Chairman, Rose Associates, Inc., United States
• Mitchell I. Sonkin, Managing Director, MBIA Insurance Corporation, United States
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, President, Norwegian Red Cross, Norway
• Liener Temerlin, President, Temerlin Consulting, United States

Non-Board Members of Board Committees

• John A. Roberts, President, Chilmark Enterprises, Inc, United States
• J. Dickson Rogers, President, Dickson Partners, LLC, United States
• George Sheer, United States
• Bengt Westergren, Senior Representative - President, AIG Central Europe & C.I.S., United Kingdom

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