Dr. John J. DeGioia
For over three decades, John J. DeGioia has helped to define and strengthen Georgetown University as a premier institution for education and research. A Georgetown alumnus, Dr. DeGioia served as a senior administrator and as a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy before becoming Georgetown’s 48th president in 2001. As President, Dr. DeGioia is […]
Willy Foote
Willy Foote is founder and CEO of Root Capital, a nonprofit impact investor that offers farmers around the world a path to prosperity by investing in the agricultural businesses that serve as engines of impact in their communities. Root Capital provides these businesses with the capital, training, and access to markets they need in order […]
Tom Kartsotis
In 1984, Tom Kartsotis, then a 24-year-old college dropout who scalped tickets outside Texas Stadium for a living, started making cheap fashion watches in Hong Kong under the name Fossil. His older brother Kosta, a former Sanger Harris executive, helped get the line into department stores. Less than ten years later, the brand went public […]
Scott C. Beardsley
Scott C. Beardsley is the ninth dean of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He joined the Darden School as dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration 1 August 2015 after 26 years at McKinsey & Company, during which he held numerous senior roles, most recently as senior partner and, from […]
Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Ambassador Jeffrey De Laurentis, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, is the Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Prior to taking up this position in August 2014, Ambassador De Laurentis served for three years as the Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. […]
Dr. Michael M. Crow
Michael M. Crow is an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar and higher education leader. He became the sixteenth president of Arizona State University in July 2002 and has spearheaded ASU’s rapid and groundbreaking transformative evolution into one of the world’s best public metropolitan research universities. As a model “New American University,” […]
H.E. Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna
Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna (born 26 December 1953) is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and was President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012. Fernández became the first elected president of the Dominican Republic under his political party, the Dominican Liberation Party (“Partido de la Liberación Dominicana” in Spanish, PLD), […]
Radhika Fox
Radhika Fox is the Chief Executive Officer of the US Water Alliance, a national nonprofit organization advancing policies and programs that build a sustainable water future for all. The US Water Alliance educates the nation on the value of water, accelerates the adoption of one water policies and programs, and celebrates innovation in water management. […]
Hon. Kirsten Gillibrand
Born and raised in upstate New York, Senator Gillibrand’s home is in Brunswick, New York, with her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, and their two young sons, twelve-year-old Theodore and seven-year-old Henry. Throughout her time in Congress, Senator Gillibrand has been committed to open and honest government. When she was first elected, she pledged to bring unprecedented […]
George Hawkins
George Hawkins serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), was named to the post in a unanimous vote September 3, 2009 by the board of directors. With an operating and capital budget of nearly $1 billion, DC Water provides drinking water […]
Dr. Frederick W. Kagan
Frederick W. Kagan, author of the 2007 report Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq, is one of the intellectual architects of the successful “surge” strategy in Iraq. He is the director of AEI’s Critical Threats Project and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Research Areas: Defense […]