Biographies

Brandon H. Grove
Task Force Executive Director

Ambassador Grove’s diplomatic career spans 35 years in the United States Foreign Service under 9 presidents and 12 secretaries of state... read more

Madeleine K. Albright
Co-Chair

Madeleine K. Albright is a Principal of The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm, and Chair and Principal of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets... read more

William S. Cohen
Co-Chair

William S. Cohen is Chairman and CEO of The Cohen Group, a business consulting firm based in Washington, DC which provides business consulting and advice on tactical and strategic opportunities to clients in quickly changing markets around the world... read more.

John C. Danforth
Task Force Member

Former United States Senator John C. Danforth is a partner with the law firm of Bryan Cave LLP... read more

Thomas A. Daschle
Task Force Member

Born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Tom Daschle graduated from South Dakota State University in 1969... read more

Stuart Eizenstat
Task Force Member

Stuart Eizenstat is a Partner at Covington and Burling LLP, where he heads the firm’s international practice...
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Michael J. Gerson
Task Force Member

Michael Gerson is the Roger Hertog senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations... read more

Daniel R. Glickman
Task Force Member

Dan Glickman is Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)... read more

Jack F. Kemp
Task Force Member

Jack Kemp is Founder and Chairman of Kemp Partners... read more

Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Task Force Member

Gabrielle Kirk McDonald currently serves as a judge with the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands... read more

Thomas R. Pickering
Task Force Member

Thomas R. Pickering is a former U.S. undersecretary of state and ambassador and is currently vice chairman at Hills & Company... read more

Julia V. Taft (dec.)
Task Force Member

Julia Taft, a leading authority on humanitarian and international development issues, held senior positions in both government and the private sector throughout her career... read more

Vin Weber
Task Force Member

Vin Weber is managing partner of Clark & Weinstock's Washington office, and is also Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts... read more

Anthony C. Zinni
Task Force Member

General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret) is Executive Vice President of DynCorp International Inc... read more

Lawrence Woocher
U.S. Institute of Peace
Expert Group 1 (Early Warning)

J AlexanderThier
U.S. Institute of Peace
Group 2 (Pre-Crisis Engagement)

Paul Stares
Council on Foreign Relations
Expert Group 3 (Preventive Diplomacy)

Victoria Holt
Henry L. Stimson Center
Expert Group 4 (Military Intervention)

Tod Lindberg
Hoover Institution
Expert Group 5 (International Institutions)

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