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Executive Board Members. |
| Elie Wiesel, Honorary Chairman of the Board: Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Laureate, and master teacher, he is known for his passion for peace and his concern for memory as a humanizing force. In his many artistic and philosophical works, he has pointed to the tragic syndromes whereby the memory of pain legitimates future bloodshed. Thomas L. McNaugher, Chairman of the Board: Graduate of West Point, Harvard PhD, Vice President for Army Studies at the RAND Corporation, and former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, he writes about military strategy, civil-military relations, and regional security issues. Hillel Levine, President: Professor
of sociology and religion at Harvard, Yale, and now Boston University,
and visiting professor at many foreign universities, he helped facilitate
the first workshops between Israelis and Palestinians organized
at Harvard in the early 1970s. He has since conducted research and
written books and articles on ethnic and religious conflict. In
1989, he was first sent by the US Department of State as a consultant
to China and Japan. He continues that work in those countries as
well as South Korea, Cambodia, and India. Wayne Koonce: Koonce and Company, LLC Edwin Matthews: Lawyer at Baker and McKenzie LLP. Among his publications are "What Justice Takes," a piece written for the University of Toledo Law Review. Mr. Matthews is also an active member of the Bar of the City of New York. In addition to being a board member of ICfC, he is also chair of the Center's development committee. Ulrich Michel: Professional mediator and lawyer, Mr. Michel is a partner of the law firm Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz with wide experience in advising national and international clients from the media sector in all sector specific issues. He also lectures at the University for Film and Television in Potsdam and the European University Viadrina on media law and film copyright. Dinah PoKempner: A specialist in international humanitarian and human rights law, and an area specialist on Cambodia, she is the General Counsel for Human Rights Watch. Jean-Louis Sarbib: Managing Director at Wolfensohn and Company, L.L.C. He currently chairs the board of the Development Gateway Foundation; and serves on the boards of the GAVI Fund, the Micronutrient Initiative, and World Links. Emmanuel Tchividjian, Treasurer: Senior
Vice President of Ruder Finn, the leading public service oriented
public relations firm in the world. He specializes in ethical problems
in advertisement and public relations. |
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Advisory Board Members. |
Henry Rosovsky, Co-chair: Often spoken of as the most distinguished educational planner and administrator of the second part of the 20th century, he is Professor and Dean Emeritus at Harvard University and an economist who specializes on Japan and East Asia. Don Shriver, Co-chair: One of the outstanding Christian theologians with propensities to apply his thinking to social conflict and international affairs, he has produced important studies of forgiveness and assessments of the South African Truth and Reconciliation. He is a former President of and Professor Emeritus at Union Theological Seminary. Yosef Abramowitz, President & CEO, Jewish Family & Life Akbar Ahmed, Ambassador & Professor, American University David Arnow, Psychologist & Writer Jerry Benjamin, President, AB Data & Survey Research Maya Cohen, Founding Chairman, WIZO - USA Reuven Gal, Administration for National Civic Service, Israel Patricia Gercik, Managing Director, MIT Japan Program Ralph Goldman, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Lela Goren, Lawyer & Public Administrator David Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation Moushumi Khan, Lawyer & Owner, Jisir Consulting Henry Kaminer, Psychiatrist, Kaminer Family Foundation Katherine Marshall, World Bank, Georgetown University Mary Moorman, Southern Methodist University Thomas E. Peckham, Senior Partner, Bingham McCutchen Walter Reich, Professor, George Washington University Daniel Rose, President, Rose Associates Terry Rosenberg, Executive Coach, Consultant, & Leadership Developer David Saperstein, Rabbi, Lawyer, Religious Action Center Diane Steinman, Director, New York Chapter, American Jewish Committee Peggy Shriver, Poet, National Council of Churches Dick Simon, Co-Founder, YPO Peace Action Network Kevork Toroyan, Real Estate Developer
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