The Internationalization Advisory Board provides guidance on the development of global programs, assists in evaluating international initiatives, and also contributes by making distinguished visitor appearances and helping to shape partnerships.
James Bacchus
Chairman, Global Trade Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Washington, D.C. Key Publications: Trade and Freedom (2004, Cameron). Previously Held Positions: Chief Judge, Dispute Settlements Body, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; the United States Congress, serving two terms of office in the House of Representatives; Special Assistant to the United States Trade Representative Reubin Askew; Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. Education: B.A., History, Vanderbilt University; M.A., History, Yale University, and Woodrow Wilson Fellow; J.D., Florida State University College of Law.
Lawrence J Chastang
Principal, LarsonAllen, a professional services firm that provides assurance, accounting, tax, consulting and advisory services to organizations and individuals managing business ventures and finance in the United States and internationally. Key Publications: Publisher of World Watch, a quarterly newsletter about international business trends. Previously Held Positions: Co-founder of Chastang, Ferrell, Sims & Eiseman, LLC; Manager in Charge, Tax Department, PricewaterhouseCoopers; various positions in the hotel industry. Education: B.A., University of Central Florida.
Amy Chua
John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut. Key Publications: World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability (2002).Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance ? and Why They Fall (2007) Previously Held Positions: Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review; Law Clerk for the Honorable Patricia M. Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit; Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; and Associate Professor, Duke University. Education: Education: A.B., Harvard University; J.D., Harvard University.
Ambassador Harriet Elam-Thomas
Diplomacy Program Director, University of Central Florida. Previously Held Positions: U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, Chief of Mission to Guinea-Bissau; Acting Director of USIA; Cultural Attache, American Embassy in Athens; Country Affairs Officer for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus; Director of the American Press and Cultural Center, American Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey; and in other positions at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the President's Appointments Office at the White House and the Foreign Service Personnel Office. Education: B.S., International Business, Simmons College; M.A., Public Diplomacy, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Phoebe Eng
Founder/Director, Creative Counsel, and Global Strategist Key Publications: Warrior Lessons: An Asian Woman's Journey into Power (1999) Previously Held Positions: Attorney, Coudert Brothers (New York and Hong Kong); Publisher, A Magazine; Co-Founder and Creative Director, Opportunity Agenda; Director, Social Change Communications Project. Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., New York University School of Law.
Bernard Finel
Senior Fellow, American Security Project, Washington D.C. Key Publications: Ultimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (2003); Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency (2000). Previously Held Positions: Professor, U.S. National War College; Executive Director, Security Studies Program and Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University; Education: B.A., International Relations, Tufts University; M.A., Government, Georgetown University; Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University.
Ambassador Myles Frechette
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., and Trade and Business Consultant, Washington, D.C. Key Publications: Globalization, Free Trade and the Americas (2005). Previously Held Positions: President and CEO of the Americans Society and Council of the Americas, New York City; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia; Special Coordinator for the Santiago Summit of the Americas; Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa; U.S. Consul General, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Executive Exchange, International and Banking Sector, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York City; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon. Education: B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., University of California at Los Angeles.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner Previously Held Positions: President, SYColeman; Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq, 2003; U.S. Army careerist, with positions ranging from Commanding General of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command to Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Force Development. Education: B.A., History, Florida State University; M.P.A., Shippensburg University (Pa.).
Gerrit Gong
Special Assistant to the President, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Senior Associate Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Key Publications: Memory and History in East and Southeast Asia (CSIS, 2001), Taiwan Strait Dilemmas (CSIS, 2000). Previously Held Positions: Freeman Chair, China Studies at CSIS; Director, Asia Program at CSIS. Education: M.A., International Relations, Oxford University; Ph.D., International Relations, Oxford University. Gong is a Rhodes scholar.
Vice Admiral (Ret.) Lee F. Gunn
President, Institute for Public Research, The CNA Corporation, Alexandria, VA Previously Held Positions: Inspector General of the Department of the Navy; Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel; Commander, Navy Personnel Command; Commander, Amphibious Group Three; and Deputy Commander, Combined Task Force UNITED SHIELD, protecting the withdrawal of U.N. forces from Somalia Education: B.S., Experimental and Physiological Psychology, UCLA; M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School
Fiona Hill
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., and National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia, The National Intelligence Council Key Publications: The Siberian Curse: How Central Planners Left Russia Out in the Cold (The Brookings Institution Press, 2003), Putin and Bush in Common Cause? Russia's View of the Terrorist Threat (Brookings Review, 2002), Fueling the Future: The Prospects for Russian Oil and Gas, (Demokratizatsiya, Summer 2002). Previously Held Positions: Director of Strategic Planning, The Eurasia Foundation in Washington, D.C.; Associate Director, Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project (SDI) at Harvard University. Education: M.A., Russian and Modern History, St. Andrews University (Scotland); A.M., Soviet Studies, Harvard University; Ph.D., History, Harvard University.
Brian Michael Jenkins
Senior Adviser to the President, RAND Corporation, and Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School Key Publications: Unconquerable Nation: Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves (2006); Aviation Terrorism and Security (ed., with Paul Wilkinson, 2005); Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror (ed., with David Aaron, 2005); Countering al Qaeda: An Appreciation of the Situation and Suggestions for Strategy (2002); Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism (with Paul K. Davis, 2002). Previously Held Positions: Former Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces; Deputy Chairman, Kroll Associates; Member, White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; Adviser, National Commission on Terrorism; Special Advisor to the International Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, ICC Commercial Crime Services; Member, U.S. Comptroller General's Advisory Board. Education: B.A., Fine Arts, UCLA, M.A.; History, UCLA; additional studies at University of Guanajuato (Mexico) and University of San Carlos (Guatemala).
Mira Kamdar
Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Asia Society, New York, New York, and Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New York, New York Key Publications: Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the Largest Democracy and the Future of Our World (2008); Motiba's Tattoos: A Granddaughter's Journey into her Indian Family's Past (2000) Previously Held Positions: Thomas J. Watson Fellow (1980); Danforth Graduate Fellow (1981-85). Education: B.A., Reed College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Najmaldin Karim
Neurosurgeon, Falik & Karim, Greenbelt, Maryland, and President, Washington Kurdish Institute, Washington, D.C. Previously Held Positions: a founding member and former President of the Kurdish National Congress of North America; an advisor to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Department of State on establishing the Voice of America's Kurdish service. Education: M.D., Neurosurgery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Jack Mendelsohn
Professor, George Washington University and American University, Washington, D.C. Key Publications: "America, stop waving the nuclear threat at potential adversaries," The Christian Science Monitor, August 10, 2007. Contributed book chapters to: Science and Security (AAAS, 1986), The Race for Security (Lexington, 1987). Previously Held Positions: Olin Distinguished Professor, U.S. Naval Academy; Deputy Director, Arms Control Association; a senior U.S. Department of State official; and a member of the U.S. SALT and START delegations. Education: B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., the University of Chicago and the Institute on East Central Europe at Columbia University.
Dr. Peter C. H. Pritchard
Director, Chelonian Research Institute, Oviedo, Florida Key Publications: Tales From the Thebaide: Reflections of a Turtleman (2007). The Pinta Tortoise: Globalization and the Extinction of Island Species (2005). Galapagos Tortoises: Nomenclature and Survival Status (1996). Previously Held Positions: President, Florida Audubon Society Education: B.A., Chemistry, Oxford University; M.A., Biochemistry, Oxford University; Ph.D., Zoology, University of Florida
Shubhro Sen
Founder & Executive Director, Global Outsourcing Leadership Institute, Wrentham, MA. Key Publications: Financial Services Outsourcing Previously Held Positions: Founder, former President and CEO, SRR Solutions, Inc. (currently eCredit.com); Co-foundeer, Digiflex Ltd., Meteor Management Services, and Powershare, Inc. Education: B.A., Economics, Delhi University (India); M.A., International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); M.S., Finance and International Business, University of Illinois; Ph.D., Marketing and Strategic Management, University of California.
Samuel M. Sheperd
President of the National Association of Japan-America Societies, Washington, D.C. Previously Held Positions: Executive Director of the Japan-United States Educational Commission, Tokyo, Japan; Executive Vice President of the American Cultural Exchange, Seattle, Washington; Specialist Member of the Central Council on Primary & Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Tokyo, Japan. Education:
Stephen Sloan
Lawrence J. Chastang Distinguished Professor of Terrorism Studies, University of Central Florida Key Publications: Co-Author, Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (The Scarecrow Press, 1995), Co-Author, Corporate Aviation Security: The Next Frontier in Aerospace Operation (University of Oklahoma Press, 1993). Terrorism: The Present Threat in Context (2006) Previously Held Positions: Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Presidential Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma; Senor Associate, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.; Senior Research Fellow, Center for Aerospace Doctrine Research. Education: M.A., Comparative Politics, New York University; Ph.D., Comparative Politics, New York University.
Kenneth Stein
Professor, Emory University, Athens, GA
Key Publications: Heroic Diplomacy (Routledge, 1999), Making Peace Among Arabs and Israelis (Washington, 1991). Previously Held Positions: Advisor to former President Jimmy Carter on Middle Eastern Matters; Middle East Fellow, The Carter Center. Education: B.A., History, Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Near Eastern History, University of Michigan; M.A., Near Eastern Literatures and Languages, University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Anne Thurston
Associate Professor, China Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. Key Publications: Muddling Towards Democracy: Political Change in Grass Roots China (1998), The Private Life of Chairman Mao (1994). Previously Held Positions: Consultant, National Endowment for Democracy; Host, Views and Perspectives on Voice of America; Professional Lecturer at SAIS. Education: Ph.D., Political Science, University of California at Berkley
Sanam Vakil
Visiting Scholar, Middle East Studies Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Professor, SAIS, Bologna, Italy Key Publications: Confrontations, Concessions & Contradictions: Women’s Activism in the Islamic Republic of Iran (forthcoming) Previously Held Positions: Research Fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations' Iran Project; Consultant to the World Bank Group's Middle East/North Africa Division; former public relations Account Executive at the Abernathy MacGregor Group, New York City. Education: B.A., Political Science and History, Barnard College, Colombia University; M.A., International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS; Ph.D., International Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Fareed Zakaria
Editor, Newsweek International, New York, N.Y. Key Publications: The Post-American World (W.W. Norton Company, 2008); The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (W.W. Norton Company, 2003) From Wealth to Power (Princeton University Press, 1998) Co-Editor, The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World (Basic Books, 1997). Previously Held Positions: Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs (foreign policy publication); Professor, Harvard University. Education: B.A., History, Yale University; Ph.D., International Relations, Harvard University.
