BIOGRAPHIES
FREDERICK M. FRITZ
Retired, Bank of Boston/Fleet after 33 years, 1985-2002 as head of private equity group, which grew to over $3 billion in asset size, with offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Palo Alto. Member, Director or LP of Fresh Tracks; Digital Bridges; North Country Angels; The Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Inc., Shelburne, VT; Sonnax, Inc., Bellows Falls, VT; Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, MA ($250mm Applied Research enterprise); and President of Miles Lumber Co., Arlington, VT (family lumber, hardware and heating oil business). Middlebury College, Charter Trustee and Chairman of the Board. Middlebury College BA 1968; Amos Tuck School Dartmouth MBA 1970; 1st Lt US Army 1971-73.
PHILIP O. GEIER
Executive Director, Davis United World College Scholars Program, Middlebury, VT. President Emeritus, United World College-USA (2005-present). The Davis United World Scholars Program is a major new philanthropic force in promoting international understanding, funded by philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis and is headquartered at Middlebury College. Co-chair, Board of Trustees, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (1998-Present); Board of Directors, Fulbright Association, Washington, D.C. (1993-2002); Membership: Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York and Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles, California. U.S. Naval Officer (1970-1972); Williams College BA 1970, Syracuse University MA 1975; PhD 1980.
BEVERLY LANNQUIST HAMILTON
President, ARCO Investment Management Company (retired). Previously Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management, City of New York; Vice President, Morgan Stanley; and Vice President of United Technologies. Trustee, The California Endowment and the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Director, Oppenheimer Funds and American Fund's Emerging Markets Growth Fund. Investment Committees: Rockefeller Foundation and University of Michigan Endowment. BA International Relations, University of Michigan. New York University, graduate studies in finance.
DAVID A. JONES
Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Humana Inc. Co-founded Humana Inc. in 1961 and served as chief executive officer for 37 years and board chair for 44 years prior to retiring in 2005. Currently non-executive chairman of the board of Hospira, NYSE (HSP), a director of Glenview Trust Co. and a retired director of Abbott Laboratories and several other companies; a former member of The Business Roundtable and co-founder and past chair of the Healthcare Leadership Council, a group of about 50 CEOs of the nation’s largest health care organizations. University of Louisville BA 1954; CPA, Yale University JD 1960; Chicago Medical School, University of Louisville, Transylvania University and Claremont Graduate School HD. Lt(jg), U.S. Navy, 1954 - 1957.
WILLIAM HENRY KIEFFER, III
Retired Executive, State Street Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts. (1973 - 2002). Board of Trustees, Middlebury College, Gould Academy, Maine Community Foundation, Vestry, Trinity Church, Boston. Member, Oxford County Advisory Fund; Spirit of State Street Alumni Volunteer Program Co-Chair, Equity Fund Advisory Board, Portland, Maine; Executive Services Corp. of New England volunteer consultant; Board of Directors, Middle Intervale Meeting House, Bethel, Maine. Former Board of Directors, American Red Cross of Mass. Bay. Middlebury College BA 1964; US Navy 1964-1968.
CATHERINE GRACE LEE
Advisor to the CEO / Vice President, EUKOR, Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. (2002-Present); Vice President / Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Schroder Salomon Smith Barney, London (1999-2002); Associate / Analyst, Investment Banking, JP Morgan, New York (1996-99); Program Assistant, ISAR (formerly the Institute for Soviet-American Relations), Washington, D.C. and Moscow (1993-94); Research Assistant, Kim & Chang Law Firm, Seoul (1992-93). Middlebury College, BA, 1992; Columbia University, Master of International Affairs, 1996.
RUSSELL J. LENG
James Jermain Professor of Political Economy and International Law, Middlebury College (1988 - present); Director, International Politics and Economics (1994-1995), William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Political Science (1990-1993), Chairman, Political Science (1988-1991), F.C. Dirks Professor of Political Science and Economics (1987-1989), Co-Director, International Politics and Economics (1986-1988), Acting Chairman, Division of Social Sciences (1984-1985), Dean of Sciences (1975-1982), Visiting Assoc. Professor, University of Michigan (1976), Chairman, Political Science, Middlebury College (1968-1973), Professor of Political Science (1966-present), Foreign Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (1965-1966). Middlebury College, BA 1960, (Political Science), American University, Ph.D. 1967 (International Relations).
STEPHEN McDONALD
Steven McDonald is a Group Managing Director at Trust Company of the West. He also serves as President of the TCW Middle East Group. He was Senior Vice President of the Investment Management Division and Chairman of the Employee Benefit Investment Committee at Crocker National Bank prior to joining TCW in 1983. Before Crocker, he was associated with Citibank and the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York. He also served as Deputy Administrator/Commissioner of the Department of the Treasury for the City of New York. He is a Director and past Chairman of the Century Housing Corporation of Los Angeles and serves on the boards of TCW Asset Management Company, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Middlebury College, and Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. Mr. McDonald is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BA in Government.
VICTOR P. MICATI
Global pharmaceutical executive who retired from Pfizer, Inc. in 1999 after a career which spanned 34 years. Currently a consultant to the health care industry and active on several boards. Upon retirement, with Pfizer sponsorship, represented U.S. pharmaceutical industry interests in Europe, chairing several committees with participants from the European Commission, the European Parliament, member countries, and the Industry with a focus on rationalizing health care delivery within Europe. Member of the Board of Directors of ILEX Oncology, Inc. until its sale to GENZYME, Inc.; currently a member of the Board of Directors of ENZON Pharmaceuticals. Middlebury College BA, 1962, Columbia University MBA.
BERNARD H. SCHULTE
Senior Advisor, John Parry & Alexander, Inc. Retired Managing Director and Senior Partner, Korn/Ferry International (1972 - 2001). Former consultant, Fry Consultants (1969 - 2001). Former Board of Directors, Mt. Diablo Region YMCA; former Executive Committee and member Board of Governors, Commonwealth Club of California; former member Board of Directors, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; and life member, Society of California Pioneers;. Board of Directors, Golden Gate Bank (retired). Captain, US Army. BS, University of California at Berkeley (1965); MBA, Harvard University (1969).
MARNA C. WHITTINGTON
Chief Operating Officer, Allianz Dresdner Asset Management, Munich, Germany (2002-present), CEO, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management (2001-present); Morgan Stanley Investment Management Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (1996-2001); Partner, Miller Anderson and Sherrerd, LLP (1992-1996); VP for Finance and Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania (1984-1992); State of Delaware, Secretary of Finance (1983-1984), Budget Director (1982-1983), Secretary of Administrative Services (1981-1982); Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Deputy Secretary of Education (1979-1981). Rohm & Haas Company, Board of Directors; Federated Department Stores, Inc., Board of Directors; Middlebury College, Board of Trustees; University of Delaware Research Foundation, Board of Trustees; The Philadelphia Contributionship, Board of Directors; Wharton School Financial Institutions Center, Board of Directors. University of Delaware BA, University of Pittsburgh, M.S., Ph.D.
J.R. WILLIAMS
First Vice President, Investments and Certified Investment Management Analyst, Wachovia Securities, Inc. Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and consultant for international organizations, including USAID, GTZ, UNICEF, and World Vision in the area of project logistics management. Past President, Monterey Peninsula Host Lions Club. Allocations Committee Chair, United Way. Transportation Volunteer, AT&T Pro-AM Golf Tournament. MBA, Monterey Institute of International Studies; BS, University of Texas, Austin.
INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS
WILLIAM S. ANDERSON
Chairman, National Cash Register Company (retired). Spent first 25 years of his business career in the Far East, first in Hong Kong, then in Tokyo, prior to coming to the US to lead NCR's worldwide operations. Former Chair, National Foreign Trade Council; former Vice Chair, Advisory Council on Japanese-US Economic Relations; author of many magazine articles on business management and world trade. Former Chairman, Smithsonian National Board. Former Chairman, Dayton Council of World Affairs. Former Director RJR Nabisco, Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Philips Industries, Conner Peripherals, JP Morgan International Council. Governor, Asian Institute of Management. Trustee, The Asia Foundation. Educated in Shanghai.
PETER BANKO
Managing Director and Taiwan Country Manager, Bank of America (Retired). Former Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Security Pacific National Bank, in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and London. Former Second Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank, in North Africa and the Middle East. Former Instructor, The American Peace Corps, at the University of Tehran, Iran. President, Vice President, and Governor of the Board, The America Chamber of Commerce in Taipei. Board Member, The Banker's Club of Taiwan, Community Services Center in Taipei, American Universities Club of Taiwan, Security Pacific Asian Merchant Bank. President, Georgetown University Club in Taiwan. BS, Georgetown University; BIM, American Graduate School of International Management.
MARGARET P. BATES
Director, Council for Basic Education, Washington, DC (retired). Former board member California State Board of Education, California State University Trustees, Barnard College Board of Trustees. Past President of the Foundation to Support the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District and Vice President of the Monterey Peninsula College Foundation. Member of the President's Council, CSUMB. Former public member, Accreditation Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. BA, Barnard College; MA, Washington University, St. Louis; PhD candidate, Columbia University.
JOHN A. BOHN
Currently, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission and Principal at Globalnet Partners, N.A. Former Executive Chairman of CheMatch.com. Former Managing Director, Burson-Marsteller. Former President and CEO, Moody's Investors Service. Former Special Assistant to Treasury Secretary Don Regan. Former U.S. Ambassador and Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank. Former Chairman, Center for International Private Enterprise. Former Chairman, and President, Export Import Bank of the U.S. Member, California State Bar and the bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations New York, and the World Affairs Council of San Francisco. Director, National Endowment for Democracy, Washington DC; Trustee, Yale Institute of Corporate Governance and Performance; Member, Capital Markets Reform Commission, Washington, DC. AB with honors, Stanford University. Fulbright Scholar, London School of Economics. JD, Harvard Law School.
RICHARD J. BORDA
Director Emeritus, former Vice Chairman/CFO of National Life Insurance Company. Director, Sentinel Group Funds. Former Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank. Former member of the Grace Commission. Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. Past Chairman of the MIIS Board of Trustees. BA and MBA, Stanford University.
JUDITH BROWN
Principal, Judith Brown Company, strategic planning and public policy management for large land development and non-profit environmental conservation organizations in the United States, Bhutan and Nepal. BA, Gordon College; MA, School of International Studies, American University; PhD, Columbia University, with an area specialization in South and Southeast Asian Studies. Board member, San Francisco JAZZ Organization and DROKPA, a non-profit that partners with pastoral communities in the Himalayan region to cultivate the health of their cultural and natural systems
GUILLERMO CALLEJA
Professor of Chemical Engineering at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, and founding Rector of this University. Former Vice-Rector for International Relations and Secretary General, Universidad Complutense (Spain). President of the new Agency for the Quality of Universities of Madrid (ACAP – Agencia de Calidad, Acreditacion y Prospectiva de las Universidades de Madrid). Leading Spanish international education figure. PhD, Chemical Engineering, Universidad Complutense. Post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Visiting Professor at the University of California – Santa Barbara.
MICHAEL P. C. CARNS
Air Force General (retired), specialty as a fighter pilot. Former Vice Chief of Staff, USAF Headquarters 1991-1994; Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-1991; served in various domestic and international locations. Member of several boards of directors, including Entegris Corporation and Rockwell Collins Corporation. Member of several U.S. Government Advisory Councils, National Security Agency, Defense Science Board, others. BS, US Air Force Academy; MBA, Harvard University; Postgraduate, Royal College of Defence Studies, London.
IVAR S. CHHINA
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for InterDent, Inc., a private, $225MM revenue company that provides practice management services to 130 affiliated dental offices in 8 western states. Former President and COO, ChartOne, Inc., a private, venture-backed healthcare technology and service provider to over 1,400 hospitals; Former Division President of QuadraMed Corp.; Former CFO, PHG, Inc.; Principal, Mehta & Co., a San Francisco-based private equity/merchant banking firm. Mr. Chhina has specialized in management of corporate turnarounds and restructurings for the venture capital/private equity community. Mr. Chhina currently serves on the Board of Directors for REI, the national outdoor clothing and equipment retailer; and as the Chair of Board of Trustees for Fort Mason Foundation, which in partnership with the National Park Service, runs historic Fort Mason Center on San Francisco Bay; BA Economics and Political Science, University of Nevada - Reno; MA International Policy Studies, 1990, MIIS.
MARY KAY HIGGINS CROCKETT
Vice President, Merrill Lynch. Board Member, York School (Past President), Pebble Beach Foundation, and Carmel Valley Manor. Former Director of Student Life, Madeira School, Washington, D.C. Former Board Member, United Way, Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey History and Art Association, Leadership Monterey, Carmel Bach Festival, Session and Foundation of Carmel Presbyterian Church. BS, University of Arizona; graduate work, George Washington University and Catholic University.
THOMAS E. CRONIN
Retired President, Whitman College. Former McHugh Professorship of American Institutions and Leadership, Colorado College. Former Acting President, Colorado College. Former scholar or writer-in-resident, Aspen Institute, The Brookings Institution, The Hoover Institution, and the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Board Member, Northwest Commission on Colleges, the Washington State Humanities Commission, the Institute for the Education of International Students, the Blue Mountain Land Trust, the Marcus Whitman Foundation, the Independent Colleges of Washington, and the Tax Policy Committee of the National Association of Independent College and Universities. Former White House Fellow. A.B., Holy Cross college; MA, MA, PhD in Political Science, Stanford University
KATHLEEN DAWLEY
President and CEO of Maguire Associates in Concord, Massachusetts, a research-based consulting firm serving 350 educational institutions since 1983 to successfully advance their mission and vision, reputation and brand image, and strategic and tactical goals. She is the principle consultant for client projects including The College Board/ETS, Brown University, Boston University, the University of St. Thomas, Vassar College, Wake Forest University, University of Virginia, Northeastern University, Washington & Lee University, University of the Pacific, University of Alabama School of Law, and Hobart & William Smith Colleges.
WILLIAM G. DOOLITTLE
Partner, Doolittle & Ganos Investment Counsel LLC. Former Trust Officer, Wells Fargo Bank. Director, Regional Community Bank Board, First National Bank of Central California. Past Vice Chairman, Community Hospital. Past President, Big Sur Land Trust, Community Foundation for Monterey County, Monterey County Symphony and the Carmel Rotary Club. Founding and Past Board Member, Friends of Carmel Unified Schools. BS, Fresno State University.
SANDER FLAUM
CEO, Flaum Partners, Inc. Adjunct Professor of Management, Fordham Graduate School of Business, where he founded and chairs the Fordham Leadership Forum. Board member, Leader to Leader Institute, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, Fordham Graduate School of Business, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Viasys Healthcare, and Eagle Pharmaceuticals. Former Chairman and CEO, Robert A. Becker Euro RSCG. Prior to Becker, worked for 18 years at Lederle Laboratories, which merged into Wyeth in 1994. From 1974-1982, in his capacity as Marketing Director of ethical and biologic products, he was responsible for the introduction of most of the Lederle prescription and biologic products. Authored over 50 articles on marketing, management, and leadership. BA, The Ohio State University; MBA, Fairleigh Dickinson University (magna cum laude).
GEORGE N. FUGELSANG
Retired CEO, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson North America. Former Chairman of the Board, Dresdner Bank Mexico and Dresdner Bank Canada. Member, Board of Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC. Former Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Division based in London. Prior to that, various positions with Citibank in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Former Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute of International Bankers. Member, Board of Trustees, Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. Former member, Board of the German American Chamber of Commerce. Former Director, the Foreign Policy Association, New York. BS, University of Oregon. MA, American Graduate School of International Management.
ANDREA GABRIELLE
President & Co-Founder, Neptune Web, Inc. Former Director of Sales & Marketing, True Technology, Inc. Former LAO Associate, UT Carrier Latin American Operations (LAO); Former Regional Service Marketing Manager and Regional Sales Manager, UT Carrier Corporation. Former Service Sales Engineer, UT Otis Elevator European & Transcontinental Operations (ETO). Former Leadership Associate (LAP), United Technologies Corporation. BA, Trinity College, Hartford, CT; MBA, 1988, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Board of Directors, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.
JOHN G. GOODE
Mr. Goode was born and raised on a farm outside the town of Fowler in the Central Valley of California. Mr. Goode received his BA in Economics from Stanford University in 1966 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. While at Stanford he was a member of the Stanford Band and lettered in Track & Field and received the Jack Weiershauser Award in 1963 as the Outstanding Freshman Track & Field man. In 1965, he received the Muhs Award for maintaining the highest GPA among Block "S" athletes at Stanford. After graduation he attended Stanford's Graduate School of Business from which he received his MBA.
Mr. Goode joined the research department of Davis Skaggs & Co., Inc. in 1969 and became Director of Research in 1972. He was Chairman of the Board of Davis Skaggs at the time of its acquisition by Shearson/American Express in 1983.
In 1988, Mr. Goode became President of Davis Skaggs Investment Management, a San Francisco based investment counseling firm with about $150 million of assets. Since then, Davis Skaggs Investment Management's assets have increased to $22 billion. Davis Skaggs Investment Management is a division of ClearBridge Advisors, a Legg Mason Company. Mr. Goode currently is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Davis Skaggs Investment Management.
WILLIAM D. GRANT
Chairman Emeritus, LabOne, Inc. Former CEO, Business Men's Assurance Co. of America. Past member, President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation; past Director, Union Pacific Corporation; past member, General Council, Generali of Italy; Trustee, Burnham Institute, La Jolla; member, President's Council, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. BA, University of Kansas; Wharton Graduate School of Finance.
OLAF J. GROTH
Director of Strategic Finance (corporate strategy & development) at QUALCOMM Inc. in San Diego. Previously, he held positions as Director of Int'l Business Development at QUALCOMM MediaFLO, Executive Director of Strategy & Business Integration at Boeing International, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Marketing & Sales at Acme Innovation, Director of International Business Development at Vodafone Americas, Staff Director for International Operations Development and Consultant for Public Policy at AirTouch Communications, Teaching Assistant for political economy at the Kuwaiti Diplomat Training Program, and Associate at the Center for Technology & International Affairs. He currently serves on the Board of International Advisors of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) and the board of directors of CDS International. He is a past board member of the World Affairs Council of Northern California and past chairman at the German American Chamber of Commerce West (GACC). Groth is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Academy of International Business (AIB), the German American Business Association of California (GABA), as well as Talent, Ideas and Enterprise (TiE). He is an alumnus of the Transatlantic Forum for young leaders of BMW's Quandt Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), and a past fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Groth obtained a Bachelor's, two professional Master's and a PhD degree in International Business Relations and International Policy from the Monterey Institute and the Fletcher School. He has received training in economics at Georgetown's University, in finance at UC Berkeley Extension and in negotiation at Harvard's Program on Negotiation.
OVE H. GUSEVIK
Former Managing Director for Norway, Alfred Berg ABN Amro and Head of Energy, Nordic Region, ABN Amro Group. Co-Founder and Managing Director of Corporate Finance, First Securities; Former Senior VP, Elcon Securities, A.S., Norway. Member, Academy of International Business. Black Belt in Nanbudo, Japanese Martial Art. Former Officer, Royal Norwegian Army. BA, Agder College (Norway); MBA and Fulbright Fellow, 1990, Monterey Institute of International Studies; MSc, London School of Economics.
LYMAN C. HAMILTON, JR.
President and CEO, ITT Corporation (retired). Chairman, CEO and/or President, InterDigital Communications Corp., Alpine Polyvision Corp., Imperial Corp. of America, World Television, Tamco Enterprises during the period 1980-1995. Chairman of the Committee of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Trustee, Monterey Symphony, York School, and the Monterey History and Art Association. BA, Principia College; MPA, Harvard University, LLD (Honorary), Waynesburg College.
JOHN G. HARLOW
Retired Managing Director, Korn/Ferry International. Held management positions in San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo and Silicon Valley. Past Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Began career as a Consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton. BA, Brigham Young University, MBA, Northwestern Graduate School of Management.
WILLIAM E. HAYWARD
President, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of Hayward Corporation, a national leader in the supply of sustainable building products. Board Member, Forest Stewardship Council, and Brazil Ranch Environmental Center. Formerly president and owner of import/export business in Spain; general partner of development and contracting business, Monterey. BS, University of California at Los Angeles; Spanish SILP, Monterey Institute of International Studies.
LAURENCE P. HORAN
Founding partner, Horan, Lloyd, Karachale, Dyer & Schwartz and Law & Cook, Inc. Fellow, American College of Trail Lawyers Diplomate. Member, CA Condemnation Counsel. Former Chairman of the Board, Special Olympics of Northern California. Member, California Trial Lawyers' Association and American Bar Association. Former Director of Peace Corps in Colombia, Costa Rica and El Salvador. Former Regional Director Western Division, Office of Economic Opportunity. BA and JD, University of California at Berkeley. Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, MIIS.
MICHAEL K. IPSON
International Finance Corporation, Beijing, China. Responsible for corporate banking, China business strategy. BA, University of California; Master's in East Asian Studies, Stanford; MBA, DePaul University, Candidate for PhD in History and East Asian Languages, Harvard University.
ROY S. JESPERSEN
Principle and Director of Eastisoft, Inc., a Bulgarian based financial information and mortgage brokerage company. Former Partner and Director of Wasatch Advisors and Wasatch Funds, Inc. Served on the faculty of the School of Administration, California State University, San Bernardino. Board Director for CHOICE Humanitarian. Member of the Advisory Board, Romney Institute, Brigham Young University and the Investment Board of Intermountain Health Care. Member of Board of Directors of FreedomZone, the Salt Lake Art Center and the Salt Lake Acting Company. Attaché to the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Past President and founding member of the Mountain West Venture Group. BS, Brigham Young University. MBA, Northwestern University's Graduate School of Management.
JOHN M. KELLY
Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, SRI International. Former Senior Vice President, Consolidated Freightways, Inc. Founder, Tamal Investments. Former Partner, Morrison & Foerster Law Firm. Member of Board of Directors of St. Helena Hospital Foundation. Past President and former member of Board of Directors of Dollar Point Association, Sea Drift Association, and Marin Child Development Center. BS, University of California at Berkeley. JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law.
NANCY KIDNEY
Senior Director Global Communications, Mobile Display Systems Business Group, a multinational display business. Former Director of Strategic Marketing, Philips Components Division. Former various management positions, Frontier Corporation. Former President and Advisory Board Member, Friends of National Museum of Singapore. BA, Pace University, MBA, University of Rochester.
NOEL LATEEF
President and CEO, Foreign Policy Association. Former Chairman, The Bowery Savings Bank, former General Counsel, The Bowery Savings Bank. Former Law Clerk to Chief Judge of US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Editor of Yale Law Journal and Yale Journal of International Law. BA, Princeton University, Law Degree, Yale Law School.
ABRAHAM F. LOWENTHAL
President Emeritus, Pacific Council on International Policy. Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California. Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations. Advisory Committee Member, "Institutions of the Successor Generation of Americans" project of the American Assembly. Founding Director, Inter-American Dialogue and Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Ph.D. in Government and Masters and AB in Public Administration, Harvard University.
DONNA DILLON MANNING
Special Advisor, Catalyst Corporate Board Placement; formerly Vice President. Member, New York Bar; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Bar Association. Chairman of Board, Institute for American Universities Inc., Aix-en-Provence, France. Director, Foreign Policy Association. Member, Advisory Board of National Assoc. of Corporate Directors (New York & Silicon Valley chapters). Former Manager, Carroad Family Partners; former Trustee, Institute for Advanced Study. Director Emeritis, Recording for the Blind, Inc. BA, Westmont College; MS, SUNY, New Paltz; JD, Columbia University; MBA, Columbia University.
JOHN M. MANOYAN
Founding Partner, West End Resources LLC. Prior to WER, served as Managing Director at Lucent Technologies' Advanced Technology Business Consulting Group, concentrating on financial evaluations of prospective takeover targets and in-house business units. Prior to joining Lucent Technologies at its inception in 1995, served on the technical staff of AT&T Bell Laboratories, leading a variety of projects related to Digital Communications, and Network Operations Planning. Prior to AT&T service, worked for the IBM Corporation in basic research. Author of more than 40 scientific publications in leading international journals, numerous technical reports and internal publications, and of four awarded patents. Co-Founder of FELSEF [www.felsef.org], a Washington, D.C.-based inter-professional forum on environmental law, science, engineering, and finance. Series 65 SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Chem. Eng. (Professional Degree), Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas, Venezuela); MBA, Finance, Columbia University; M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D., Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Yale University.
JOSEPH A. MARK
Principal, Mark Investment Company. Founding partner, RCM Capital Management (retired); formerly with Wells Fargo and Greenshields Ltd. (Canada). Past Member, Board of Security Analysts Society of San Francisco, Community Foundation for Monterey County, Flagg Memorial Youth Fund. Former member of the Monterey Institute of International Studies' (MIIS) Board of Trustees and Chairman of the MIIS Board Finance Committee. BA, Yale University.
SHERRIE McCULLOUGH
Retired President, and General Manager of J&M Broadcasting, Inc., dba Classical KBach 95.5FM Radio. Former Vice President and Manager of Great Western Savings Bank. Former Assistant Vice President, Monterey Savings and Loan. Past President and Trustee, Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce; Past President, Monterey County Symphony; Vice President, Community Foundation for Monterey County; and campaign chair, United Way of the Monterey Peninsula. Recipient, Robert C. Littlefield Award from the MP Chamber of Commerce. Educated in Monterey Peninsula schools.
SIDDHARTH N. (BOBBY) MEHTA
Group Executive, Credit Services and Canada, Household International, overseeing MasterCard and Visa business in US and Canada. Formerly Senior VP, The Boston Consulting Group. BS, Economics, London School of Economics; MBA, University of Chicago.
BRUCE J. OLIVER
CEO, Aquest, Inc. Former President, Culligan Overseas and Culligan International. Former President, Everpure, Inc. Officer, United States Navy. BA, United States Naval Academy.
MICHAEL R. ROBBINS
Retired Managing Director, Bell Helicopter's Turkey Office. Former Managing Director of Bell Helicopter's India Office and Marketing Director, Bell Helicopter Asia; former Site Manager, Guatemala, US Department of State's Anti-Narcotics Program; former Staff Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense; former Commander, US Military Group, Honduras; former Associate Professor of German, US Air Force Academy. BS, United States Air Force Academy; Fulbright Scholar, Technische Hochschule Aachen; MA, University of Colorado; Defense Language Institute.
MICHAEL A. ROSSI
Former Chairman and CEO, Aozora Bank, Tokyo, Japan. Former Vice Chairman, Bankamerica Corporation, Bank of America NT&SA (retired). Former Board Member, Del Webb Corporation, San Francisco Opera, Special Olympics of Northern California and Union Pacific Resources, Bankers Association, Claremont University Center and Graduate School, American Graduate School of International Management and Museum at University of California, Berkeley. BS, UC Berkeley.
PAULIEN RUIJSSENAARS
Principal of Crown Communications LLC, a public relations and corporate communications consulting firm. Former Director of Corporate Communications at Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Before that, PR Manager at ELSA Inc., and Public Relations Specialist at Fractal Design Corp. as well as former Marketing Specialist at FAST Electronic US, Inc. BA from Miami University; MBA from Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1996. Certified US ski instructor.
ROBERT E. SAGEMAN
President and Chief Executive Officer of AT&T International (retired); Past Chairman of Natividad Medical Center Board of Trustees; Board member, Natividad Medical Foundation; American Heart Association - Monterey Branch. Former board member, AT&T International, Horizon Bancorp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US Council for International Business, Medical Center at Princeton, NJ. BEE and MEE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
ISAO SAKAGUCHI
Vice President, Sakaguchi E.H VOC Corp., (Tokyo). President, Alpha E.C., (Research and production company of high tech electric heater units). Recipient, yellow ribbon medal from Prime Minister of Japan, Order of Merit for Promoting Invention, Order of Merit for Science and Technology Promotion, Citation from Minister of Health and Welfare. Educated at Hitachi Daiichi Koutou Gakkou School.
EDWARD J. SALAZAR
Diplomatic Strategy Officer, Office of the Coordinator for Stabilization and Reconstruction, U.S. Department of State. Previous assignments include Director of Programs, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Press Attache, Cultural Attache, Deputy Political Counselor, U.S. Embassy, Moscow; Special Advisor, US Mission to NATO, Brussels; Director of Ukraine Affairs, Office of Independent States and Commonwealth Affairs; Rusk Fellow and Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; Pearson Fellow and Foreign Relations Aide to Senator Paul Simon. BA 1978, MIIS; MIS and PhD, Claremont Graduate School.
CAROLYN SAMSON
Honorary Life-time Member, MIIS Board of International Advisors. Member, Board of Directors, Carmel Public Library Foundation. With her late husband, Joseph Samson, benefactor of MIIS's Samson Student Center. Actively involved in the planning and dedication of the Center.
WILLIAM F. SHARPE
Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990. Past President, American Finance Association. Board member, Financial Engines, Incorporated. Ph.D., MA, and BA in Economics, UCLA. Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, DePaul University. Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Alicante (Spain). Doctor Honoris Causa, The University of Vienna (Austria). UCLA Medal, UCLA.
ALAN SILVERMAN
He has been a managing, founding, or early stage investor in companies involved in internet service providers, internet and chip technology, movie theatres, TV broadcasting, HDTV direct broadcast satellite broadcasting to venues, rapidly deployable communication services, and biotechnology. His investments also include companies that service the rapidly growing Hispanic marketplace in the United State. He is, or has been, a director of numerous corporations: public, private, and charitable. Present Director, LRN< Bodega Latina, and Caza Financial, Inc. Board of Trustees, Naval Postgraduate School. President, Santa Lucia Community Service District. Past Director, The American Cancer Society and The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Past Executive Director, National Association of Theatre Owners and the Board of The Lymphoma Research Foundation. B.S. in Business Management, USC.
CHARLES SKORINA
Principal, Charles A. Skorina Executive Search Consulting, specializing in health care services, information technology, financial services, general corporate work. BA, Monterey Institute of International Studies, MBA, University of Chicago.
PAUL S. SLAWSON
Former CEO of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Former Chairman of The American University of Paris. Former Chairman and CEO of General Atlantic Group. Former CEO of the Getz Corporation. Former Senior Executive, ITT and Bendix Corporations. Former Management Consultant, Stanford Research International. Former Director of Peace Corps program in French-speaking Africa and leader of the Bangladesh program of the Peace Corps. Trustee, The Asia Foundation. Member, Board of The American University of Paris, Council on Foreign Relations, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Board of Overseers of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Board of the American Center for Food, Wine, and the Arts. Manages the Terre Verte Vineyard in the Napa Valley. BS, U.S. Naval Academy; Master's in International Relations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; MPA in Economic Development, Harvard University.
GORDON PAUL SMITH
Former partner, Booz, Allen and Hamilton; former Director of Finance, State of California; former President and CEO, Golconda Corporation. Former advisor to Hoover Commission, California Select Committee on Master Plan for Education. Former Chairman of the Board, Stanford University Medical Center, West Cost Cancer Foundation, Mid-Peninsula Health Council, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Former President of the Board, Monterey History & Art Association. Former Board of Directors, Sunset Center for the Arts, Former Board of Trustees, Monterey County Symphony, Northfield (Mass.) Mount Hermon School, Robert Louis Stevenson School. BS, University of Massachusetts; MS, University of Denver; Honorary Doctorate, MIIS, 1992.
WALTER P. STERN
Chairman, Capital International, Inc., Vice Chairman Capital Group International., Inc. Former Sr. Ex. Vice President, Drexel Burnam Lambert, Inc. Chairman, Emerging Markets Growth Fund and New Perspective Fund, Inc. Director, America-Israel Friendship League. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. BA, Williams College, MBA, Harvard University.
EUGENE THEROUX
Partner, Baker & McKenzie, attorneys at law. Member, International Business Advisory Council of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Vice Chair, US-China Business Council, Inc. Former Special Counsel to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress; Co-Chair, Committee on Soviet and East European Law of the Am. Bar Association; member of the Legal Committee, US-USSR Trade and Economic Council. Extensive legal and trade experience in the former USSR, current Russian Federation, India and China. BID, Pratt Institute; LLB, Georgetown University.
JANE WALES
President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California. Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum. Dual appointment as Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and as Senior Director of the National Security Council in the Clinton Administration. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and White House Coordinator of Public Liaison in the Carter Administration. Directed international programs at the Carnegie Corporation of New and the W. Alton Jones Foundation. Director, Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Project on World Security. Former National Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Graduate, Sarah Lawrence College.
BLANCA ZARAZUA
Of Counsel, Noland Hamerly Etienne Hoss. Honorary Consul to Mexico for Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. Former legal counsel, President and CEO, Monterey County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Former board member, Girl Scouts of Monterey Bay, Meals on Wheels, and Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley. BA, Pitzer College; MBA, UC Berkeley; JD, Santa Clara University; LLM, Golden Gate University.
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