Senior Mentors

Paul F. Anderson
Senior Advisor
Booz & Company

Mehrdad Baghai
Managing Director
Alchemy Growth Partners

A. George (Skip) Battle
Senior Fellow
The Aspen Institute

Laurence D. Belfer
Chief Executive Officer
Belfer Management, LLC

Keith Berwick
Inaugural Recipient,
Keith Berwick Chair of Leadership
The Aspen Institute

Beth A. Brooke
Global Vice Chair for Strategy
Ernst & Young, LLP

William D.Budinger
Founder, Former Chairman and CEO
Rodel, Inc.

James (Jim) Schine Crown
President
Henry Crown and Company

Lester Crown
Chairman
Henry Crown & Company

Susan Crown
Vice President
Henry Crown and Company

Andrea (Andy) Cunningham
Chief Executive Officer
CXO Communication

John Danner
Senior Fellow, Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

Richard Danzig
Chairman
Center for a New American Security

Benjamin Dunlap
President
Wofford College

John C. Fontaine
Counsel
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLC

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor; Director of the W.E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
Harvard University

Gerald Greenwald
Managing Partner
Greenbriar Equity Group

Patrick W. Gross
Chairman
The Lovell Group

Arjun Gupta
Founder and Managing Partner
TeleSoft Partners

Sidney Harman
Executive Chairman
Harman International Industries, Inc.

Philip L. Harris
Partner
Jenner & Block LLC—Chicago

Henrietta Holsman Fore
Chairman and CEO
Holsman International

Walter Isaacson
President and CEO
The Aspen Institute

Clay Johnson
Former Deputy Director for Management
Office of Management and

Ann McLaughlin Korologos
Chairman Emeritus
The Aspen Institute

Richard Kurin
Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
Smithsonian Institution

Carol Larson
President and CEO
David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Stace D. Lindsay
Advisor
ontheFRONTIER, Inc.

Frederic V. Malek
Founder and Chairman
Thayer Capital Partners

James Manyika
Director
McKinsey & Co.

William E. Mayer
Chairman Emeritus (2000-2008)
The Aspen Institute
Partner
Park Avenue Equity Partners

John W. McCarter, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Field Museum

Thomas D. McCloskey
Chairman
Cornerstone Holdings

David McCormick
Senior Leader
Bridgewater Associates

Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Founder & CEO
Pace Communications

Anne Welsh McNulty
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
JBK Partners

Clare Muñana
President
Ancora Associates, Inc.

Suzanne Nora Johnson
Former Senior Director & Vice Chairman
Goldman Sachs Group

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder and CEO
Acumen Fund

Elaine Pagels
Professor of Religion
Princeton University

Michael Powell
Chairman
MK Powell Group, LLC

Margot L. Pritzker
President and Founder
WomenOnCall.org

Thomas J. Pritzker
Chairman Global Hyatt

Joanna Rees
Founder
VSP Capital

Peter A. Reiling
Executive Vice President, Leadership & Seminar Programs and Executive Director, Henry Crown Fellowship Program
The Aspen Institute

Lynda Resnick
Co-Owner and Vice Chairman
Roll International Corporation

Michel de Rosen
Chairman, CEO and President
ViroPharma, Inc.

Dr. Harry J. Saal
Chairman
Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley

Robert J. Saldich
Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Raychem Corporation

Beth Seidenberg
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Sue Siegel
General Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures

Anna Deveare Smith
Actress, Playwright
Founding Director
Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue

Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.
Director
Exide Technologies

Roger M. Widmann
Chief Executive Officer
Cutwater Associates

Alice Young
Partner and Chair
Kaye Scholer LLP

Paul F. Anderson

Paul F. Anderson currently serves as a senior advisor to Booz & Company. During his career at Booz & Company (formerly Booz·Allen), which began in 1963, Paul participated in a broad range of consulting assignments, principally in the automotive and related industries. From 1975 to 1983, he was managing partner of Booz·Allen’s activities in Europe and then subsequently led the firm’s Automotive Practice for several years. He is currently playing a lead role in the development of the firm’s presence in North Asia. A trustee of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Lyric Opera of Chicago, Mr. Anderson holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Carnegie-Mellon University and served in 1968-69 as a White House Fellow. Paul and his wife Mary live in Chicago, IL, but have a home in Telluride, CO.

Mehrdad Baghai

Mehrdad Baghai founded Australia-based Alchemy Growth Partners in 2005 and works with the leaders of promising growth companies to make deep and lasting contributions to their innovation and business building initiatives. The company is founded on the principles endorsed in his international best seller The Alchemy of Growth. Prior to this Mehrdad was an Executive Director at the CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, with overarching responsibility for growth. He was previously a partner in the Sydney and Toronto offices of McKinsey and Company and co-leader of the firm’s worldwide Growth Practice. He has also been the Chairman and CEO of Natural HealthLink, a healthcare startup in Los Angeles. As an attorney, he has been called to the state bar in New York and Massachusetts and worked as an associate with Coudert Brothers in New York and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in Los Angeles. Mehrdad’s public sector experience includes an economist role with the World Bank and a consultant to the UN Secretariat. He has served a member of the Board of Directors of Unicef Australia and he has participated in various social and economic development projects. He received a B.S.E. with highest honors in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University, where he also completed a joint degree on public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School. He continued his education in public policy at Harvard where he completed an M.P.P. as a Kennedy Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. He also completed a J.D. with high honors from Harvard Law School. Mehrdad is a member of the 2004 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

A. George Battle

George (Skip) Battle is a Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute as well as a long time Institute moderator. He was previously executive chairman of the board of Ask Jeeves, Inc. which was acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp in July 2005. Prior to that he served as CEO of the company from 2000 to 2003. From 1968 until his retirement in 1995, Skip served in management roles at Arthur Andersen LLP and then Andersen Consulting LLP (now Accenture), where he became worldwide managing partner of market development and a member of the firm's executive committee. He currently serves as chairman of the board of Fair, Isaac and Company, and as a director of Advent Software, Inc., Netflix and Expedia, Inc., as well as the Masters Select family of mutual funds. He was previously a director of PeopleSoft, Inc. and of Barra, Inc. He received a BA with Highest Distinction in economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA in finance from Stanford Business School, where he held McCarthy and University Fellowships, and has lectured at Stanford Business School, University of California-Berkeley Business School and American University. Skip and his wife Hilary make their home in Berkeley, CA.

Laurence D. Belfer

Laurence D. Belfer serves as Chief Executive Officer of Belfer Management, LLC a New York-based family investment firm that focuses on energy, real estate and financial service industries. As a function of his role as President, Laurence served as Director and Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Westport Resources Corp. (the successor to Belco Oil and Gas Corp.), one of the 15 largest independent exploration and family-owned production companies in the country, until it was acquired by Kerr-McGee in a $3.5 billion stock transaction in June 2004. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Belfer Foundation and chairs the Terrorism and Response Fund of the UJA Federation of New York. He has served as co-chair of the 10th and 15th Year College Reunion of Harvard University and was a member of The Dalton School Endowment Committee. Laurence is a 1988 graduate with honors from Harvard University who earned his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1992. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association. He and his wife, Carolyn, their two sons and daughter live in New York City. Laurence is a member of the 1997 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Keith Berwick

Keith Berwick is the inaugural recipient of the Keith Berwick Chair on Leadership and the former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship Program. A native Canadian, Keith has had a long and varied career as a historian, educator, television broadcaster, newspaper publisher and editor. He was educated at Syracuse University and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in U.S. history in 1959. He has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Claremont Graduate School, Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business. He has won four Emmy awards for his public affairs television programs. He was founding president of Barry Ambrosetti & Associates, an Italian-American joint venture in global strategic planning and was associate editor of Pacific Historical Review and editor of New Management magazine. Keith is author of The American Revolutionary Experience, 1776-1976, among other historical works. He is currently at work on The Search for an American Hero, a book about the American presidency. He and his wife Sheena live in Santa Barbara, CA.

Beth A. Brooke

Beth A. Brooke is Global Vice Chair for Strategy, Public Policy, Sustainability & Stakeholder Engagement at Ernst & Young, LLP in Washington DC. She is also a member of Ernst & Young's Americas Executive Board, and was previously the National Director of Tax Consulting Services and Managing Partner of the National Tax Department. Over the course of her career with Ernst & Young, Beth has served as the Tax Services Coordinator for some of the firm's largest clients, including those in the insurance, financial services and health care industries. Beth left the firm in 1993 to join the Clinton Administration, where she was responsible for all tax policy matters related to insurance and managed care. She played key roles in the health care reform and Superfund reform efforts. Beth has a BS degree from Purdue University and is a member of the Committee of 200. She is also a member of the Board of TechnoServe, Inc., The Atlantic Council of the United States, the March of Dimes Public Policy Advisory Council, and the National Women's Hall of Fame Advisory Council. She makes her home in Washington, DC. Beth is a member of the 1997 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Bill Budinger

Bill Budinger, inventor, holder of over three dozen patents, founded and served for 33 years as CEO and Chairman of Rodel, Inc. Rodel built plants in Delaware, Arizona, North Carolina, Germany, Japan, and Malaysia to manufacture products for the electronics industry. It was privately held until it joined Rohm and Haas' Shipley Electronics Group in 1997 - 2001. Bill has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and has been a guest lecturer at several universities including MIT and Harvard. His writings have appeared in various law journals as well as trade and public policy magazines. He drafted much of the 1998 patent reform law and has testified on patent, trade, and labor law reform before various committees of the House and Senate. Most of his time is now spent helping the Rodel Foundation pursue its education reform objectives. In 2005, Bill received the Henry Crown Leadership Award for exemplifying values-based leadership throughout his career.

Jim Crown

Jim Crown is President of Henry Crown and Company, a privately owned investment company which invests in public and private securities, real estate and operating companies. He is a Director of General Dynamics Corporation, JP Morgan Chase and Sara Lee Corporation. Jim is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago. He is also a trustee of the Museum of Science and Industry and the Orchestral Association. Jim was born in Chicago in 1953, the son of Lester and Renée (Schine) Crown. Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1976 from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He received his law degree in 1980 from Stanford Law School, where he was projects editor of the Stanford Law Review and a member of the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation. Upon graduating, Jim joined Salomon Brothers Inc, in New York City, as an associate. He became a Vice President of the Capital Markets Service Group in January 1983. In April 1985 he returned to Chicago to join his family's investment firm. Jim is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. He has been married to the former Paula Hannaway since 1985. They have four children.

Lester Crown

Lester Crown is chairman of Henry Crown and Company. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Crown serves on the boards of General Dynamics (where he previously served as chairman of the Executive Committee), Maytag Corporation, Northwestern University, The Jerusalem Foundation, Inc., Children's Memorial Medical Center, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Jewish Theological Seminary, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a member of the Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program. He and his wife live in Chicago, IL.

Susan Crown

Susan Crown is Vice President at Henry Crown and Company, a family-owned and operated company, which includes diversified manufacturing operations, cellular phone, home furnishings and real estate. She also serves as President of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, a private foundation established in 1947. She also serves on the boards of Baxter International, Illinois Tool Works, and The Northern Trust Corporation, and as a trustee of The Yale Corporation, the Executive Committee of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, The Chicago Network, The Juvenile Protective Association, The Aspen Valley Community Foundation, The Covenant Foundation and the Shoah Visual History Foundation, where she co-chairs the Partners in History and the Future Development Board. She has received the Deborah Award from the American Jewish Congress, the McCormick Distinguished Service Award from the Yale Club of Chicago, and the Civic Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee. Born in Chicago, Susan received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her graduate degree from New York University. She and her family live in Chicago, IL.

Andrea Cunningham

Andrea Cunningham is chairman, president and chief executive officer of CXO Communication, a privately-held strategic communication consultancy focused entirely on matters critical to corporate officers and their teams. She was previously non-executive chairman and chief executive officer of Citigate Cunningham, the public relations agency she founded in 1985. Andy currently sits on the for-profit boards of InMomentum, Inc. and 1185 Design; and the following non-profit boards: The Aspen Institute, The Computer History Museum, ZeroOne—the Art and Technology Network. She is also a member of the advisory boards of Specialized Bicycle Components, the Foundation for Student Communication at Princeton University and the Journal of Integrated Communications at Northwestern University and is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society. As part of her Henry Crown Fellowship community leadership project, she founded ZeroOne—the Art and Technology Network, a charitable organization that is dedicated to fostering the collaboration between artists and technologists. Andy has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the YPO International Board of Directors for three years, on the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Pacific Regional Board and as the 1998/99 chapter chairman for the YPO Northern California Chapter. She received a B.A. in English from Northwestern University and currently lives in Palo Alto, CA with her husband, Rand Siegfried, and their two children. Andy is a member of the 1998 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

John Danner

John Danner has over 30 years of professional experience advising and managing both large, complex organizations and emerging start-up ventures. As a management consultant, he worked in a diverse array of industry settings, from energy and healthcare to consumer products and multimedia. He currently teaches two MBA courses in venture development at the Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley. He also conducts seminars for the school’s international Executive Education program and serves as a senior moderator of the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar. In addition to his consulting and teaching activities, his professional career includes experience as an entrepreneur, corporate lawyer and senior policy advisor at both the state and federal government levels. In the 1970’s he served as an aide to then-Governor Bill Clinton and to U.S. Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler. John holds J.D., M.P.H. and M.A.Ed. degrees from U.C. Berkeley and received his A.B. cum laude in government and economics from Harvard College. He has been married for 34 years and has three sons and makes his home in Berkeley, CA.

Richard Danzig

Richard Danzig serves as Chairman of the Center for a New American Security. His pro-bono activities include director of The RAND Corporation and The Partnership for Public Service. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Human Genome Sciences Corporation, National Semiconductor Corporation, and Saffron Hill Ventures (a European venture capital fund). Richard is a senior advisor at the Center for Naval Analyses and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. and a consultant to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security on terrorism. He has also served as an Operating Advisor for Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P. From the spring of 2007 through the Presidential election of 2008, Richard was a senior advisor to Senator Obama on national security issues. Richard served as the 71^st Secretary of the Navy from November 1998 to January 2001 and was the Under Secretary of the Navy between 1993 and 1997. Between 1981 and 1993, Richard was a partner in the law firm of Latham and Watkins. He received a B.A. degree from Reed College, a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, and Bachelor of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Upon his graduation from Yale, Richard served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Byron White. Richard and his wife, Andrea, reside in Washington, DC.

Benjamin Dunlap

Benjamin (Ben) Dunlap was appointed President of Wofford College in South Carolina in 2001. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of the South and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar and Harvard University as a graduate student in English language and literature, receiving his Ph.D. in 1967. Since that time he has held academic appointments at Harvard, the University of South Carolina and Wofford College, where he previously served as Chapman Family Professor in the Humanities. A frequent moderator for the Aspen Institute’s Executive and CEO Seminars as well as the Institute’s newly created Executive Seminar Asia, he has lectured widely in this country and abroad, including time as a Fulbright Professor in Thailand and as a Japan Society Leadership Fellow in Japan. His many publications include poems, essays, fiction, and opera libretti. As a writer-producer for public television, he has been responsible for more than 200 programs, for which he has won numerous national and international awards. Recognized also for his teaching and research, he has recently completed his first novel, Famous Dogs of the Civil War. He and his wife Anne live in Spartanburg, SC.

John C. Fontaine

John C. Fontaine is a partner in the New York law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and former president of Knight-Ridder, Inc. He is also a director of Century Aluminum Company, chairman of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and a member of the Trustees' Council of the National Gallery of Art. Mr. Fontaine is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School.

Henry Louis (Skip) Gates, Jr.

Gerald Greenwald

Gerald Greenwald is a founding principal of the Greenbriar Equity Group, which makes investments in the global transportation industry. In July 1999, he retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UAL Corporation and United Airlines (UAL), its principal subsidiary, having served in those positions since July 1994. He was Chairman Emeritus of UAL Corporation from 1999 to 2002. Gerry held various executive positions with Chrysler Corporation from 1979 to 1990, serving as Vice Chairman of the Board from 1989 to May 1990 and as Chairman of Chrysler Motors from 1985 to 1988. In 1990, he was selected to serve as Chief Executive Officer of United Employee Acquisition Corporation in connection with the proposed 1990 employee acquisition of UAL. From 1991 to 1992, he was a Managing Director of Dillon Read & Co., Inc. (investment banking) and, from 1992 to 1993, he was President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Olympia & York Developments Ltd. (Canadian real estate company). He then served as Chairman and Managing Director of Tatra Truck Company (truck manufacturer in the Czech Republic) from 1993 to 1994. He is currently a director of Calpine Corporation (power company) and Sentigen Holding Corp. (provides goods and services in the domestic biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries), and is also is a trustee of the Aspen Institute. Gerry graduated cum laude from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and received a masters in economics from Wayne State University. He and his wife live year-round in Aspen, CO.

Patrick W. Gross

Patrick Gross is chairman of The Lovell Group, a business and technology advisory and investment firm he established upon stepping down as executive committee chairman of American Management Systems, Inc. (AMS) in 2002. In addition, Pat has served as chairman of several companies owned by the private equity firms Carlyle Group, Thayer Capital, and Questor Partners. He is the presiding/lead director of two public companies: Capital One Financial Corporation, and Computer Network Technology Corporation. He is also a director of Mobius Management Systems, Inc., as well as a director of a number of private companies, including The Sarnoff Corporation and Liquidity Services, Inc. Prior to founding AMS, Pat served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the Office of Systems Analysis. Before that he worked at the General Electric Company. Among his professional activities, Pat is a trustee of the Committee for Economic Development and cochairman of its research and policy committee; is vice chairman of the Council for Excellence in Government; and cochairman of the Intergovernmental Technology Leadership Consortium. He is a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and a member of the Council on Competitiveness. He is also a director of the Aspen Institute, the Jamestown Foundation, and the All Kinds of Minds Institute. In addition, he is a cofounder and past chairman of the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. and a director of the Foreign Policy Association. He is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies. Pat has been involved with healthcare and educational affairs, having been active in the charter school movement in Washington, DC. He attended Cornell University and received a BES from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as an MSE from the University of Michigan, and an MBA in 1968 from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He and his wife, Sheila Proby Gross, live in suburban Washington, D.C. and Whidbey Island, Washington, and have a son and daughter.

Arjun Gupta

Arjun Gupta is the Managing Partner and Founder of TeleSoft Partners, an international venture capital firm focused on high-tech startups. Over the last decade, he has overseen investing in and helping build 50+ private companies, resulting in 20 acquisitions and IPOs to date. At TeleSoft, he manages capital commitments of $625+ million and has established Corporate Partnerships in the US, Europe, and Israel with Alltel, Bechtel, Deutsche Telekom and Comverse respectively. He serves on the Board of Directors of Aorohi Communications, CreekPath Systems, Knowledge Adventure, LiteScape, LogLogic, Sierra Design Automation, Validity Sensors, Xambala and the Red Herring. He is also President of his Family Foundation, which supports community projects in education, medical research and the arts. Earlier in his career, Arjun was a Strategy Consultant for hightech clients with McKinsey & Company, and a Software Engineer with Tektronix, Inc. He is a Henry Crown Fellow, holds a BA (honors) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College (India), an MS and BS, Phi Beta Kappa, in Computer Science from Washington State University, and an MBA from Stanford University. Arjun divides his time between homes in San Francisco, CA and Aspen, CO. Arjun is a member of the 2001 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Sidney Harman

Dr. Sidney Harman is executive chairman of Harman International Industries, Inc, a leading manufacturer of high-quality, high fidelity audio and video products for the consumer, professional, automotive and computer markets. He has served as president of Friends World College, a world-wide experimental Quaker college, and was founder of the Program on Technology, Public Policy and Human Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. From 1977 to 1979 he served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Dr. Harman has written extensively on productivity, quality of working life and economic policy in publications ranging from Newsweek magazine, The Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor, and along with Daniel Yankelovich, co-authored Starting With The People. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Chairman of the Program Strategy Committee of the Aspen Institute, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a member of the Board of Trustees of The Carter Center, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Public Agenda Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shakespeare Theatre. He spends most of his time in Washington, DC, but has an office in Northridge, CA as well.

Philip L. Harris

Philip L. Harris is a partner in Jenner & Block’s Chicago office, focusing on the defense of substantial and complex product liability, mass tort and commercial cases for large corporate entities. He is also a member of the Firm's Management Committee. During his tenure at Jenner & Block, Phil has received the highest peer recognition for ethical standards and legal ability. In addition to his jury trial experience, Phil has served as national, regional and generic defense counsel for companies facing repetitive exposure issues. He previously worked in the litigation department of Holland & Knight, LLP, where he concentrated his practice in product liability, complex commercial, and mass tort litigation. He was formerly a partner at the firm Winston & Strawn in Chicago and is a member of the American, Illinois, Chicago and Iowa State Bar Associations. Phil is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, an elected member of The American Law Institute, and is a member of the Defense Research Institute. In addition he currently serves on the board of the Nature Conservancy, Alaska Chapter and on the Board of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms, as well as the board of Trustees for Northwestern University and the Chicago Zoological Society. Phil is also the Chair of the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee for Northwestern University, and served as Vice-Chairman of the Leadership Council of the Chicago Public Education Fund from 2005 to 2006. . He graduated from Northwestern University in 1980 with a BA in Political Science and in 1983 earned a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Chicago Law School. Phil lives in Chicago, IL and spends his free time coaching his three daughters’ soccer games. He is a member of the 1997 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Henrietta Holsman Fore

Henrietta Holsman Fore is currently the Chairman and CEO of Holsman International. She was previously designated by former President George W. Bush as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and designated by former Secretary Condoleezza Rice as Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance. In 2007, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first female Administrator of USAID and concurrently assumed the position of Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance. She reported to Condoleezza Rice and held the rank of Deputy Secretary of State. As Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, Henrietta was responsible for providing strategic direction and guidance to all other foreign assistance programs delivered through the various agencies and entities of the U.S. government. From 2005-2007, Henrietta served as the Under Secretary of State for Management in the U.S. Department of State. From 2001-2005, she served as the 37th Director of the United States Mint in the Department of Treasury–managing the world’s largest manufacturer of coins, medals, and coin products. In 2005, for her service as Director of the United States Mint, she received the Department of Treasury’s highest honor, the Alexander Hamilton Award. In addition to her foreign policy experience in government service, Henrietta has held leadership positions in numerous international non-profit organizations, including the Center of Strategic and International Studies and the Asia Society among others. Early in her career Henrietta started running her own company and serving on the boards of public corporations, including: Stockton Wire Products, the Dexter Corporation and HSB Group Inc. In 1997 the State of the World Forum recognized Henrietta with the Women Redefining Leadership Award. Henrietta has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Wellesley College and a Master of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. She received the 2004 Alumnae Award from the University of Northern Colorado and the 2006 Alumnae Award from the Baldwin School. She has also studied International Politics at Oxford University and studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Henrietta is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute.

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, DC. He has been the chairman and CEO of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992), and coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986). Isaacson was born on May 20, 1952, in New Orleans. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He began his career at The Sunday Times of London and then the New Orleans Times-Picayune/States-Item. He joined TIME in 1978 and served as a political correspondent, national editor, and editor of new media before becoming the magazine’s 14th editor in 1996. He became chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003. He is the chairman of the board of Teach for America, which recruits recent college graduates to teach in underserved communities. He was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other international broadcasts of the United States. He is also vice-chair of Partners for a New Beginning, an independent public-private group tasked with forging ties between people and institutions in the United States and in Muslim communities around the world. He is on the board of United Airlines, Tulane University, and the Bipartisan Policy Center. He was appointed after Hurricane Katrina to be the vice-chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. He lives with his wife and daughter in Washington, DC.

Clay Johnson

Clay Johnson was the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 thru 2008. Previously, Clay was Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel and prior to this, the Executive Director for President George W. Bush’s transition into office.

Clay served Governor Bush as the head of his Appointments Office and subsequently his Chief of Staff. He was President of the Horchow and Neiman Marcus mail order companies, and held management positions at Pepsico, Citicorp, and the Dallas Museum of Art. He has a BS degree in Administrative Sciences from Yale University and an MS degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. .

Ann McLaughlin Korologos

Ann McLaughlin Korologos is Chairman Emeritus of the Aspen Institute, having served as Chairman from 1996 through August of 2000, and is also Chairman of the RAND board of trustees. From 1990-1995 she served as president of the Federal City Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization comprised of 150 top business and civic leaders dedicated to improving the nation's capital. She also served as a Trustee and former visiting fellow of The Urban Institute, and on the corporate boards of directors for Nordstrom Inc., Kellogg Co., Host Marriott Corp. and Fannie Mae. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of The Dana Foundation. McLaughlin was a top official in the Departments of Treasury and Interior and served as U. S. Secretary of Labor under President Reagan. From 1989-1990 she served as Chairman of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism. Ann received her bachelor of science degree from Marymount College and did graduate work at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Richard Kurin

Richard Kurin is the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture. From October 2007 to January 2009, he served as Acting Under Secretary for History, Art and Culture. Though Kurin joined the Smithsonian in 1985, his service to the Institution began in 1976, when he was a consultant for the Bicentennial Festival of American Folklife. He coordinated programs for the Festival of India and the Aditi exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History and has directed the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage for almost two decades. Kurin has also served as the executive producer for several major special events, including the National World War II Reunion. He currently serves on the U.S. Commission for UNESCO and was a member of the organization's founding international jury for its Masterpieces of Intangible Cultural Heritage program. He has been awarded the Smithsonian Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service and, in 1999 he received the Botkin Prize for lifetime achievement in public folklore by the American Folklore Society. Kurin is the author of Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem and Reflections of a Cultural Broker: A View from the Smithsonian, as well as several other books and dozens of scholarly articles. He taught at The Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and is a former Fulbright-Hays fellow. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Buffalo and his doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago.

Carol Larson

Carol Larson is President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, California. Carol joined the foundation in 1989 as Director of research and of grants, law and public policy at the foundation's Center for the Future of Children, and she subsequently was its Director of Programs and as Vice President. Prior to joining Packard, Carol was a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Donnell and Gordon. She serves on the board of Northern California Grantmakers and American Leadership Forum-Silicon Valley and previously was a board member of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families. Carol received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree from Yale Law School.

Jerry Levin

Jerry Levin spent most of his career with Time Inc. (later Time Warner, then AOL Time Warner). He started as a programming executive for Home Box Office (HBO) and eventually becoming CEO of the corporation. Jerry is probably most famous for having brokered the merger between AOL and Time Warner in 2000, at the height of the dot-com bubble. In addition to being a businessman, Jerry is a philanthropist. He is a trustee and supporter of the Museum of Jewish Heritage and engages in other charitable and philanthropic work as well.

Stace D. Lindsay

Stace D. Lindsay is currently an advisor to ontheFRONTIER, Inc. a firm dedicated to working with business and government leaders to improve competitiveness in emerging markets. He was previously an adjunct professor at the University of Adolpho Ibanez Business School in Santiago, Chile, and in 1999 worked with Explorador Capital Group, a Latin American-focused private equity investment firm. He also served as Vice President of Business Development for Atlantic BioPharmaceuticals, and from 1991 to 1998 was a Global Account Manager for Monitor Company, where he co-founded the Monitor Country Competitiveness Practice. Stace is regularly quoted in the international and regional press and has written articles for trade journals on strategy and competitiveness. He is co-author of Plowing the Sea: Nurturing the Hidden Sources of Growth in the Developing World. He is also author of "Culture, Strategy and Prosperity" in Culture Matters. Stace serves as a member of the Board of Directors of TechnoServe, a non-profit organization dedicated to building competitive businesses in rural Africa and Latin America, and also serves on the advisory board of the Congressional Hunger Center. He earned his degrees in International Relations from Georgetown University and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar specializing in Latin American studies. He and his family make their home in Cambridge, MA. Stace is a member of the 2002 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Frederic V. Malek

Frederic V. Malek is founder and chairman of Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C. based merchant bank that focuses on management buyouts and is also chairman of Thayer Hotel Investors, a hotel investment company. Fred has had careers in government, business and politics. He has served as Special Assistant to the President of the United States, Deputy Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and Ambassador to the Economic Summit of Major Industrialized Nations. He is a past President of Marriott Hotels and Resorts, was President and Vice Chairman of Northwest Airlines, and part owner with President Bush of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. He has periodically taken time from business to assist in political campaigns and was Director of the 1988 Republican National Convention and campaign manager for former President Bush in 1992. He and his wife live in McLean, VA.

James M. Manyika

James M. Manyika is a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he focuses on serving senior executives of the world’s leading high tech companies, primarily on strategy and operational issues. James is part of the leadership group of the firm’s high tech practice, and he leads the software practice in North America. He is also one of the strategy practice leaders. James regularly leads the firm’s research in the high tech sector, IT, and the global economy, working with the McKinsey Global Institute. This work has been published, and referenced in the McKinsey Quarterly, Wall Street Journal, the FT, the Economist, and Harvard Business Review. Prior to McKinsey, he was a Research Fellow at Oxford, and member of the Engineering Science faculty, a Visiting Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a Faculty Exchange Fellow at MIT. James was a Rhodes Scholar, and holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, a M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and an M.A. in Engineering from Oxford, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe, where he was an Anglo-American scholar. He has published a book on decentralized decision theory, and various academic and business articles. James is a trustee of the Aspen Institute, World Affairs Council of Northern California, and SFJazz. A native of Zimbabwe, James, his wife, Dr. Sarah Manyika, and their son Julian live in San Francisco.

William E. Mayer

William E. Mayer is Chairman Emeritus (2000 - 2008) of the Aspen Institute's Board of Trustees and currently on the Executive Committee. He is also the current Chairman of the Board of Overseers for the Henry Crown Fellowship Program. He is a partner with Park Avenue Equity Partners in New York City and the former President and CEO of the First Boston Corporation (CSFB). Bill is also the former dean of the College of Business and Management at the University of Maryland College Park, and former Dean of the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. Bill was Chairman of the Board of the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland and is currently on its Executive Committee. He is also a board member of the Acumen Fund, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Vice Chairman of the Middle East Investment Initiative. He also serves on the Board of Directors of numerous private and public companies.

John W. McCarter, Jr.

John W. McCarter, Jr. was a White House Fellow during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. He is a Life Trustee of the University of Chicago and Board member of the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory, a Regent at the Smithsonian Institution, a trustee of the National Recreation Foundation, an Emeritus Trustee and former Chairman of Chicago’s Public Television Station Channel 11. He is a Director and former Chairman of the Chicago Consulting Alliance and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Chicago Central Area Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Director of W.W. Grainger, Divergence, Inc. and a trustee of the Janus Funds. A native Chicagoan, John is president and chief executive officer of The Field Museum. He was previously senior vice president of Booz Allen and Hamilton, Inc., president of DeKalb Corp. and budget director of the state of Illinois under Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, John also attended the London School of Economics. He and his wife Judy have three grandchildren and live in Northfield, IL.

Thomas D. McCloskey

Thomas D. McCloskey is a director of Cornerstone Ventures in Boulder, CO. Tom received a BA in American History from the University of Notre Dame in 1968, and in 1972, received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Wharton, he was employed by McCloskey and Co., Inc. of Philadelphia, PA and Palm Beach, FL and also served as a company director. In 1974 he founded his own real estate development firm, McCloskey-Bills Development Group and, over the next 10 years, developed numerous real estate projects in Palm Beach County. He has also served as a general partner in over 50 general partnerships and has been involved in a variety of diverse business activities. His business experience includes citrus farming, ranching, the franchise oil industry, health club development and management, sports apparel, cell phone development, educational video production, aircraft charters, mobile home park and hotel development and management, organic and commercial dairy products, as well as small scale financial lending. He has been active in the broadcasting, cable television, and cellular phone business, as well as a variety of real estate development projects, since 1972. He and his wife Bonnie live in Aspen, CO.

David H. McCormick

David H. McCormick, Bridgewater Associates, Westport, CT. David McCormick is a senior leader and member of the Management Committee at Bridgewater Associates, a global leader in institutional portfolio management with over $70 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Bridgewater, he served for more than a decade at senior levels of business, government, and academia. Most recently, Dave was the Distinguished Service Professor of Information Technology, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. From 2007 to 2009, he was Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department where he oversaw policies affecting global financial markets and led the international response to the crisis. Before joining Treasury, Dave was Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Policy and the President's personal representative to the Group of Eight industrialized countries. He also served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration where he oversaw policies affecting over $200 billion in annual high technology exports. During his business career, Dave was President and CEO of FreeMarkets and President of Ariba, two publicly-traded software and services companies. He has also worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. Dave received a mechanical engineering degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a former Army officer and a veteran of the first Gulf War. He and his family live in Virginia. Dave is a member of the 2003 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Bonnie McElveen Hunter

Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is Founder and CEO of Pace Communications, the nation’s largest custom publishing company. In 2001, she was appointed by President Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Finland, and during her term led several successful initiatives, including the Women Business Leaders Summit in Helsinki in 2002 for women from the Baltic Region and Russia. In 2003, she initiated Stop Child Trafficking: End Modern-Day Slavery and Children of Karelia. The program helped Finnish and Russian charities assist children at risk from drugs, crime, HIV/AIDS and trafficking. For her outstanding services, the President of Finland awarded Bonnie one of Finland’s highest honors — the Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion. Following her work in Helsinki, Bonnie led a second Women’s Business Leaders Summit in 2004 in Riga, Latvia and most recently a third summit in 2007 in Amman, Jordan for women from Iraq, Palestine, Syria and other Middle Eastern nations. These Summits helped to advance entrepreneurship and encourage businesswomen to launch or expand business opportunities in their native countries. In 2004, Bonnie was appointed Chairman of the Board of the American Red Cross and was reappointed in 2007. In addition, she sits on numerous boards including Rand Corporation, Malaria No More, the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Washington National Opera. She has also served as a member of the International Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity, chaired the Alexis de Tocqueville Society and served on the United Way of America Board as a member of its National Leadership Council. She is a founder of the United Way Billion Dollar National Women’s Leadership Initiative, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Dr. Carl-Christian Rosenbröijer Award, "Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" Award from the National Foundation for Women Legislatures, National Athena Award for business and civic contributions from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and "Trailblazer of the Year" Award from the Women Leaders Forum. In 2007, Bonnie received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Appeal of Conscience Public Service Award. Bonnie is a 1972 graduate of Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She was also awarded the honorary doctor of humane letters from North Carolina State University.

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Clare Muñana

Clare Muñana is an international Management consultant and President and CEO of Ancora Associates, Inc. She has performed numerous domestic and international engagements for public (primarily UN agencies) and private sector clients in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Latin America. Her most recent assignments include: an economic development project for an underserved region in the State of Illinois, a strategic plan for a major museum, a feasibility study for an economic development agency for a large U.S. city, and the development of a technology plan for a major U.S. school district. In addition, Clare serves as Vice President of the Board of Education for the city of Chicago and as a member of: The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Mayor Daley’s Council of Technology Advisors, the Chicago Public Education Fund, the Mexican fine Arts Center Museum, the Committee on Museum Education for the Art Institute of Chicago, the Paris/Chicago Sister Cities Program and several other civic boards and business organizations. She holds a bachelors degree from Boston College, MA in International Economics and Politics, with honors, from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. She lives in Chicago, IL.

Suzanne Nora Johnson

Suzanne Nora Johnson was Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group until 2007 and was a senior director of the firm in both Los Angeles and New York City. In addition to her role as Vice Chairman, Suzanne was also Chairman of the Global Markets Institute, Head of the firm’s Global Investment Research Division, and a Member of the firm’s Management Committee. She joined the firm in 1985 and became a partner in 1992. While at Goldman Sachs, she has chaired the Pine Street/Goldman Sachs University Board and served as a Board Member on the Goldman Sachs Foundation. Prior to joining the firm, Suzanne was an attorney with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and worked as a law clerk on the US Court of Appeals. Suzanne currently serves on the boards of Intuit, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Children NOW, he Council for Excellence in Government, the Markle Foundation, RAND Health, TechnoServe, the United Nations Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors, the United Nations Global Compact, the University of Southern California, and Women’s World Banking. She is also on the Advisory Board of Councilors at Harvard Medical School, and an advisory board member to the Initiative on Financial Security at the Aspen Institute. In 2006, Forbes ranked her at 34 on its list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Suzanne earned her JD from Harvard Law School and her BA from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the 1998 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz is Founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund for the poor. Acumen Fund supports scalable organizations that deliver affordable goods and services health, water, housing to the four billion people on earth earning less than four dollars a day. Before developing the Acumen Fund, Jacqueline served as Manager of Special Projects for the Rockefeller Foundation where she created and directed two major foundation initiatives The Philanthropy Workshop and Next Generation Leadership program. Jacqueline previously was a Warren Weaver Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation. She founded and helped manage a micro-enterprise organization in Rwanda that continues to serve women on a national level. She has also served as a consultant to UNICEF and the World Bank, and has been a teaching Fellow at Harvard. Jacqueline began her career in international banking at Chase Manhattan Bank. She serves on The CityKids Foundation Board of Directors, is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and on the Advisory Council for EMPower and New Voices. She earned a BA in International Relations and Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford University. Jacqueline is a member of the 2004 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion, is the Harrington Pear Paine Professor at Princeton University. She received the MacArthur Prize Fellowship for creative work, and is best known for her books on the early history of Christianity, especially The Gnostic Gospels, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and The American Book Award; the critically acclaimed Adam, Eve and the Serpent, and her most recent book entitled The Origin of Satan. Dr. Pagels serves on committees at Harvard University as well as the Bioethics Committee for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NY; and recently she has been named one of twenty-five most influential working mothers in the United States. Her newest book, published in May 2003, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, has been a New York Times bestseller. In June 2005, she received the Centennial Medal from Harvard University in recognition of outstanding contributions to society.

Michael Powell

Michael Powell is currently the chairman of the MK Powell Group, LLC, a consultancy focused on investment and strategic advice in the areas of technology, media, and communications. He is also a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners—a $9 billion private equity firm investing in technology, media and information companies; and a senior advisor to Reactrix-a new media, interactive advertising system. In November 1997, Michael was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a republican member on the five-member Federal Communications Commission. He served as a commissioner until January 2001, when he was designated Chairman of the commission by President George W. Bush. He led the FCC during one of the most critical periods in its existence, helping it meet the challenges of new technology and outdated policy, before resigned the post in January 2005 at the start of President Bush’s second term in office. In addition to his regular duties as Chairman, Michael also served as the FCC's Defense Chairman and was responsible for overseeing all National Security Emergency Preparedness functions for the Commission. Prior to his tenure at the FCC, Michael served as Chief of Staff for the Antitrust Division in the Department of Justice. He also served as a policy advisor to the Secretary of Defense, and as an armored cavalry officer in the United States Army. He received a B.A. in Government from the College of William and Mary and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Michael, and his wife, Jane, live in Fairfax Station, VA, with their two sons. He is a member of the 1999 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Margot Pritzker

Margot L. Pritzker is founder and president of WomenOnCall.org., which she launched in February 2006 to provide professional women and non-profits an on-line meeting place to forge productive and efficient connections that make a difference in people’s lives. She is also Chair of the Zohar Education Project Inc., which she established 10 years ago with the goal of translating the Zohar, the canonical work of Jewish mysticism into English. Margot is involved in a number of initiatives that effect women and children in the developed and developing world. She has overseen the initiation and progress of schools in remote areas of the Himalayas and Afghanistan. Furthering cultivation of leadership amongst young people has led her to support and become involved with Ashesi University in Ghana. Through the Aspen Institute, where she is a trustee, she participates in leadership development initiatives throughout the world. These convictions are given further expression in her membership on the boards of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the Chicago committee of Human Rights Watch, the Asian Art council of the Art Institute, and her role as a trustee of the International Board of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Margot currently serves as a trustee of the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, where she was Chair of the Board from 1993-2001. She serves as a Director of the Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation and is involved with ongoing research and planning in pursuit of new models of high school education, based on the notion that the adolescent is and can become a better global citizen. Born in England, Margot became a United States citizen in 1994. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband, Thomas J. Pritzker. Margot holds a BA from Northwestern University and a MLA from the University of Chicago.

Thomas Pritzker

Thomas J. Pritzker is the Chairman Global Hyatt and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at The Pritzker Organization. He is also a co-founder, Managing Director, and Chairman of Bay City Capital LLC. He is the founder and Chairman at First Health Corporation and a founder and Director at Triton Container Holding, Ltd. Tom has been a Member of the Board of Trustees at The Center for Strategic & International Studies since December 2007, a Member of The Business Council and on the Board of Trustees at the University of Chicago. He has been the Chairman of Art Institute of Chicago since November 2006. Tom is a Director at Royal Caribbean Cruises and Triton Holdings and for the past two decades, he has been active in directing archeological expeditions in the Western Himalayas. Tom is currently an Honorary Professor at Sichuan University in China and attended Claremont McKenna College for his Bachelor of Arts & Science and he also holds a Master of Business Administration and a J.D.

Joanna Rees

Joanna Rees founded VSP Capital (VSP), a San-Francisco based venture capital firm, in late 1996 to build sustainable, high-growth technology businesses with investment capital and active partnership. Prior to founding VSP, Joanna served in finance and investment banking for both BA Securities and a boutique merchant bank, Vrolyk & Co. She also held several senior marketing management positions with Groupe Danone, a $20+ billion global consumer products firm, including serving as the head of New Product Development. Joanna began her career at DMB&B, working with clients such as General Foods, Digital Equipment Corp, Texaco and RJR Nabisco. Joanna currently serves on the Board of Directors of Posit Science, Sabrix, AccountNow, Danger, QuinStreet and The Threshold Group, as well as the Board of Directors for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). In 2000, the World Economic Forum selected Joanna as a Global Leader for Tomorrow, and the National Association of Women Business Owners named her "The 2000 Entrepreneur of the Year Rising Star". She is frequently featured in the national press (Forbes, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, CNNfn, Business Week, etc.) as a speaker at industry conferences, and serves as a spokesperson for the NVCA. She is also active in the San Francisco non-profit community, and serves on the boards of the New Schools Venture Fund and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. She earned her MBA from Columbia University (beta gamma sigma) and a BS from Duke University where she was a member of the varsity gymnastics team. Joanna is a member of the 2002 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Peter A. Reiling

Peter A. Reiling is Executive Vice President for Leadership and Seminar Programs and Executive Director of the Henry Crown Fellowship Program at the Aspen Institute. In these roles, he oversees the Institute's growing portfolio of leadership initiatives (the Aspen Global Leadership Network) and seminars (including The Aspen Seminar, offered at the Institute since 1950) as well as its flagship leadership program. Peter is a trustee, officer, and senior moderator of the Aspen Institute, a Henry Crown Fellow (Class of 1998), and the founder of the Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI), a joint venture between the Aspen Institute and five African business leaders. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, from 1996 to 2004, Peter was President and CEO of TechnoServe, an international organization helping entrepreneurs across Africa, Latin America, India and Central Europe to build businesses in their communities. He is co-founder of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and currently serves as chairman of the board of the CALI Foundation as well as on the boards of ALI/East Africa, ALI/West Africa, ALI/South Africa, Agora Partnerships and the Energy Access Foundation. Peter is a former adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and guest lecturer at the Institute for Developing Economies in Tokyo. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee, and was named "Outstanding Social Entrepreneur" by the Schwab Foundation in Geneva. A graduate of Georgetown University (BSFS) and the University of California/Berkeley (MBA), with additional studies at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Peter is married to Denise Byrne and is the father of two children, Dylan and Eva Luna. He is a member of the 1998 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Lynda Resnick

Lynda Resnick began her business career at the age of 19, when she founded a full-service advertising agency. Other successful ventures throughout her career include corporate management, marketing, product development, and most recently, writing. She and her husband Stewart are passionate about all things healthy and Resnick is behind the marketing success of brands such as POM Wonderful, Fiji Water and Teleflora. In her role as President of Teleflora, Resnick introduced "Flowers in a Gift," which earned her a gold Effie award. For six years, Resnick has been listed as one of Working Woman’s Top 50 U.S. Women Business Owners. She serves on the Executive Board of The Aspen Institute and chairs the Development Committee; the Executive Board for the UCLA Medical Sciences; CaP CURE and the Milken Family Foundation. She is a Trustee and Executive Vice President of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as the Chair of the Collections Committee, and is a Trustee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Along with her husband, she is a proud parent and grandparent and calls Beverly Hills and Aspen home.

Michel de Rosen

Michel de Rosen is chairman, president and CEO of ViroPharma Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases. Prior to joining ViroPharma, Michel was chairman and CEO of Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, a global pharmaceutical company with revenues in excess of $5.3 billion. He came to Rhône-Poulenc Rorer from Rhone-Poulenc where he had been CEO of the Fibers and Polymers Sector. Michel began his professional career serving in the French government, first as a senior Treasury official, then as a Financial Attaché at the French Embassy in Washington, DC, and later as a special assistant to the Secretary of Defense. In 1982 he joined Rhône-Poulenc as a special assistant to the President of the Health Sector. Shortly thereafter, he became General Manager of Pharmuka, a pharmaceutical company. From 1986 to 1988 Michel returned to the French Government as Chief of Staff for the Minister of Industry, Postal Services and Telecommunications. He graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (MBA) and completed his post-graduate studies at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration. He is a member of the board of directors of ABB, Ursinus College, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, chairman of the advisory board of the Paul Capital Partners Royalty Fund and board member of PA Biotechnology Association. He is also co-author of five books: Armée Nation, le Rendez-Vous Manqué, Nationalisations, Privatisations, Réduire I’Impôt, and Le Retour du Capital. He and his wife live in Wayne, PA.

Harry J. Saal

Dr. Harry J. Saal is the Chairman of Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley. He was the founder and CEO of Network General Corporation and was the founding CEO of Smart Valley, Inc. He is active in philanthropy and community affairs, and has served as the chairman of Community Foundation Silicon Valley. As well, he serves on the boards of several other private and public high technology firms. He was named the Bay Area Software Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 1991 and received Columbia University’s highest honor, the John Jay Award, in 1997. He and his wife Carol live in Palo Alto, CA.

Robert J. Saldich

Robert J. Saldich is the retired CEO and president of Raychem Corporation. Bob served as the chairman of the American Electronics Association, on the technology advisory board of NIST in Washington, DC, and is a member of the board of directors of Andromedia Corporation. He serves on the local board of the National Conference for Community Justice and on the Silicon Valley American Leadership Forum Board. Bob has a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Rice University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Bob and his wife Ginny live in Palo Alto, CA.

Beth Seidenberg

Beth Seidenberg, MD, joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in May 2005 to work in the life sciences area. Prior to joining KPCB, Beth was Senior Vice President, Global Development, and Chief Medical Officer at Amgen, Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company. During her tenure, five innovative products were approved for commercial use. Prior to joining Amgen, Beth was a senior executive in research and development at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Merck & Co., Inc. She began her career in basic and clinical research at the National Institutes of Health specializing in immunology and infectious diseases. Beth received her BS from Barnard College magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; and her medical degree from the University Of Miami School Of Medicine, alpha omega alpha. Her post-graduate training was completed at Johns Hopkins, George Washington School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Advisory Board and Barnard College Science Advisory Board. Beth has homes in both Menlo Park and Westlake Village, CA.

Sue Siegel

Sue Siegel joined Mohr Davidow Ventures as a general partner in March 2007 and specializes in investment areas focused on personalized medicine. In particular, she partners with entrepreneurs and companies that offer solutions to pressing healthcare challenges: age-onset conditions, lifestyle-induced health trends, consumer-driven wellness preservation, and those that improve healthcare economics. Prior to joining MDV, Sue was president and director of Affymetrix, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based biotechnology company that pioneered GeneChip® technology, helping propel the expansion of the genomics field by applying the principles of semiconductor technology to the life sciences. Prior to joining Affymetrix, Sue was president of the Hoefer Pharmacia Biotech business of Amersham International (now GE). She was also involved in commercializing key biomedical technologies at E. I. DuPont & Co., Eastman Kodak Co., and Bio-Rad Laboratories. Sue serves on the board of The Tech Museum of Innovation, is a member of the Presidents’ Circle of the National Academies, and is an advisor to the Institute of Medicine. She is a member of the Strategic Advisory Council of the Gladstone Institute, and is a Council member for the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection (ITI) at Stanford Medical School. She has served as a Regional Panelist for the selection of White House Fellows, on the Council on Biotechnology Research, Innovation, and Public Policy for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and on the IBM Life Sciences and Healthcare Strategic Advisory Council. Sue received her B.S. in Biology from the Univ. of Puerto Rico and holds a M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Boston University Medical School. She is a member of the 2003 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deveare Smith is an American actress, playwright, and professor. Currently, she teaches in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She formerly taught in the drama department at Stanford University. Smith is best known for her "documentary theatre" style in plays such as Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, both of which featured Smith as the sole performer of multiple and diverse characters. Fires in the Mirror dealt with the 1991 Crown Heights Riot. Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 dealt with the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Both of these plays were constructed using material solely from interviews and other pieces of the archive. In 1993, Newsweek declared her "[t]he most exciting individual in American theater." Smith is the author of Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines published in 2000. Smith has appeared in several films, including Philadelphia and The American President, and has recurring roles on The West Wing and The Practice. Smith was one of the 1996 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the “genius grant.” She also won a 2006 Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for her contribution to civil rights issues. Smith is an alumna of Beaver College (now Arcadia University), from which she graduated in 1971, and has received honorary degrees from Arcadia University, Bates College, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College, Skidmore College, Macalester College, Occidental College, Pratt Institute, Holy Cross College, Wesleyan University, School of Visual Arts, Northwestern University, Colgate University, California State University Sacramento, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wheelock College, and the Cooper Union.

Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.

Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr. is currently Director of Exide Technologies, one of the world’s largest producers of lead acid batteries. From 2004 to 2007 he was a director of Laidlaw International, owner of Greyhound and largest provider of school bus services in the country. From 2000 to 2005, Carroll served as non-executive Chairman, of Safety Components International (SAFY), a manufacturer of automotive airbags. Previously he was an investment banker with 20 years of experience at three firms: Dillon Read, 1976-1981, Smith Barney 1981-1988, and Chemical Bank (later merged with Chase) 1988-1996. He wrote "Strategic Divestitures" in The Merger and Acquisition Handbook, 1995 published by McGraw Hill, and co-authored in 2002 "Phoenix Rising: Issues Facing Board of Companies Emerging from Chapter 11" published in the magazine Directorship in October, 2002. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Washington based non-profit, non-partisan think tank, concentrating on international security issues, among them the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the export of sensitive technology, and regional security problems. Mr. Wetzel obtained his Ph.D. degree in Political Science and Chinese History from George Washington University in 1971, his MA in International Affairs from George Washington University in 1967 and his BA from Stanford University in History in 1965. He, his wife and two sons live in Mamaroneck, NY.

Roger M. Widmann

Roger Widmann is the CEO of Cutwater Associates and is a former principal with Tanner & Co., Inc., both in the investment banking industry. From 1986 to 1995, Roger was a senior managing director in charge of investment banking at Chemical Banking Corporation (now J.P Morgan Corporation). Prior to joining Chemical, Roger was a founder and managing director of First Reserve Corporation, the largest independent energy investing firm in the U.S. He was a director of First Reserve Corporation from its inception in 1980 until December 1995. He is a senior moderator at The Aspen Institute and is a Chairman of Lydall, Inc. (NYSE), a manufacturer of temperature control and filtration materials. He is president of the March of Dimes of Greater New York and is a board member of the Third Century Fund, a part of the Brown University Endowment Fund. He and his wife Judy live in Larchmont, NY.

Alice Young

Alice Young is a Partner in the New York office of Kaye Scholer LLP and Chair of the firm's Asia Pacific Practice Group. For over 30 years, she has concentrated her practice on corporate law and international business and has been based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Alice was named by Crain's in its list of "Top 100 Minority Executives," and by Avenue Asia magazine as one of the five most influential Asian-American corporate lawyers in the U.S. In 1992, she received from the New York Woman's Agenda, a Star Award for outstanding corporate and civic achievements, and in 2004 was the recipient of the "Justice In Action" award for her leadership and mentoring of Asian Americans. She serves as Vice Chairman of the Committee of 100, a Director of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. (USA), the American Assembly and Asia Foundation, the Deloitte Touche Advisory Board, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Alice is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School.