The Hon. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham has earned a reputation as a conservative problem-solver and one of the strongest proponents of a robust national defense. A frequent visitor to American troops stationed overseas for on-the-ground assessments, Graham has consistently pushed for outcomes in the War on Terror which protect our long-term national security interests. One leading conservative recently wrote […]
Jon Bowermaster
Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. Jon has written a dozen books and produced/directed more than fifteen documentary films. His Oceans 8 project […]
Dr. Richard Besser
Dr. Richard Besser is ABC News’ Chief Health and Medical Editor. In this role he provides medical analysis and reports for all ABC News programs and platforms, including “World News Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” ABC News Radio and “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” His weekly health twitter chat #abcDrBchat and frequent Facebook chats […]
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jeffrey Talley
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Talley has over 34 years of global experiences in the public, private, and academic sectors, coupled with periods of active/reserve military service as a Citizen-Soldier. He is a nationally recognized expert in Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering. His work emphasizes integrating engineering with business. In 2016, he retired from military service and […]
Sen. David Perdue
David Perdue is a successful business leader with 40 years of real world business experience who helped grow some of America’s most recognizable companies including Sara Lee, Haggar, and Reebok. As a Fortune 500 CEO, David led the impressive expansion of Dollar General, creating thousands of quality jobs and adding billions to the value of […]
Philip Reitinger
Philip Reitinger has served as the President and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance since December, 2015. GCA is a non-profit organization focused on eradicating systemic cybersecurity risks – risk by risk. He also serves on the advisory boards of several companies, mentors other start-ups, and is a Senior Associate (Non-resident) at the Center for […]
Leslie Campbell
Leslie Campbell has 25 years of experience in international development, parliamentary governance and political affairs. He joined NDI in 1994 and has directed the Institute’s programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 1996. As NDI’s senior associate and regional director, Mr. Campbell has overseen a vast expansion of NDI’s programs in […]
Heather Jassy
Heather Jassy is Etsy’s SVP of Values-Aligned Business. She is responsible for operationalizing and elevating mission and values-alignment across our culture, our business and our community. She was previously SVP of Members and Community, leading teams providing support, business education and business services to Etsy’s international community of creative entrepreneurs. Heather also oversees Etsy’s office […]
Dr. David Schenkein
Dr. Schenkein joined Agios in August 2009 as the chief executive officer and a member of our board of directors and has been a hematologist and medical oncologist for more than 20 years. He currently serves as an adjunct attending physician in hematology at Tufts Medical Center and is a member of the board of […]
Dr. James R. Downing
James R. Downing, M.D., is president and chief executive officer of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. As the architect of a new six-year strategic plan, he is leading the expansion of St. Jude clinical care and research programs in Memphis and around the globe. A renowned leader in pediatric cancer research, Dr. Downing focuses his […]
Kathy Giusti
Kathy Giusti, a multiple myeloma patient, is the Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) and currently serves on the MMRF Board of Directors. She also has more than two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, previously holding senior positions at G.D. Searle and Merck. Since […]