Public Diplomacy Council

The Public Diplomacy Council "is a non-profit organization committed to the academic study, professional practice, and responsible advocacy of public diplomacy. Its members believe that understanding and influencing foreign publics, and dialogue between Americans and the citizens of other countries, are vital to the national interest and the conduct of 21st century diplomacy."


 * "The Public Diplomacy Council was founded in 1988 as the Public Diplomacy Foundation. Dedicated to fostering greater public recognition of public diplomacy in the conduct of foreign affairs, the Foundation evolved to serve also as a resource and advocate for the teaching, training, and development of public diplomacy as an academic discipline.


 * "In 2001, the Foundation joined with The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs and Elliott School of International Affairs to establish the Public Diplomacy Institute. The Foundation changed its name to the Public Diplomacy Council and became a membership organization with an elected board of directors. The Council maintains close ties with the USIA Alumni Association whose president is an ex-officio member of the Council's board of directors."

The Council is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Directors September 2006
Officers
 * McKinney H. Russell, President
 * Anthony C. E. Quainton. Vice President
 * Dell Pendergrast, Treasurer
 * Alan Heil, Secretary

Ex Officio
 * Charles Ablard, Counsel
 * William P. Kiehl, Executive Director
 * Steven Livingston, Chair, PDI
 * Eugene A. Nojek, President, USIAAA

Members
 * Leonard Baldyga
 * Michael Canning
 * Sherry Mueller
 * Adam Clayton Powell III
 * William Rugh
 * Michael Schneider
 * Jill Schuker

Emeritus
 * Scott Cohen
 * Wilson Dizard
 * Walter Roberts
 * Dorothy Robins-Mowry
 * Hans N. Tuch
 * Barry Zorthian

Members
 * Charles Ablard, Counsel
 * Juliet Antunes Sablosky
 * Richard T. Arndt
 * Leonard Baldyga, Board Member
 * Robert Bemis
 * Harry Blaney
 * Paul Blackburn
 * Barry Ballow
 * Jeffrey Biggs
 * Mary G. F. Bitterman
 * John H. Brown
 * Michael Canning, Board Member
 * Scott Cohen, Board Member Emeritus
 * Geoffrey Cowan
 * Robert Coonrod
 * Fred A. Coffey, Jr.
 * Stephen M. Chaplin
 * James Collins
 * Sally Grooms Cowal
 * Wilson Dizard, Board Member Emeritus
 * Charles Dolan, Jr.
 * Joshua Fouts
 * Ellen Frost
 * Barry Fulton
 * Mary Gawronski
 * Bruce Gregory
 * Robert Gosende
 * John Hughes
 * Alan Heil, Secretary
 * Frank Hodsoll
 * Myron Hoffmann
 * Joe B. Johnson
 * Stephen Johnson
 * Jeff Jones
 * Jerrold Keilson
 * Marvin Kalb
 * Kenton Keith
 * William P. Kiehl, Executive Director
 * Eugene Kopp
 * Daniel Kuehl
 * Robert Lieber
 * Steven Livingston, Board Member
 * Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
 * Edward McBride
 * Michael McCarry
 * Mike McCurry
 * David Morey
 * Sherry Mueller, Board Member
 * Eugene A. Nojek, Board Member
 * Joseph S. Nye
 * David G. Newton
 * Victor Olason
 * Donna Oglesby
 * Dell Pendergrast, Treasurer
 * Patti McGill Peterson
 * Michael Pistor
 * Adam Clayton Powell III, Board Member
 * Anthony C. E. Quainton. Vice President
 * Dorothy Robins-Mowry, Board Member Emeritus
 * Walter Roberts, Board Member Emeritus
 * William Rugh. Board Member
 * McKinney H. Russell, President
 * Jill Schuker, Board Member
 * Pamela Smith
 * Michael Schneider, Board Member
 * Marylou Sheils
 * Maria Elena Torano
 * John Trattner
 * Hans N. Tuch. Board Member Emeritus
 * Richard Virden
 * Margaret Wyszomirski
 * Myrna R. Whitworth
 * Barry Zorthian, Board Member Emeritus

Honorary Members Former U.S. Information Agency Directors
 * The Honorable Henry Catto
 * The Honorable Joseph Duffey
 * The Honorable Bruce Gelb
 * The Honorable John Reinhardt
 * The Honorable Charles Z. Wick

Former Chairs, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Source
 * The Honorable Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.
 * The Honorable Harold Pachios
 * The Honorable Olin Robison
 * The Honorable Leonard L. Silverstein

Contact

 * Web: http://publicdiplomacycouncil.org