U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy

U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy

"Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the United States Center for Citizen Diplomacy serves many purposes, including recognition of the outstanding achievements of the many organizations active in citizen diplomacy, development of resources which will enable the establishment of best-practices in citizen diplomacy and the recruitment of persons to serve as U.S. citizen ambassadors to the world."


 * Ann Olsen Schodde | Executive Director

Directors
Accessed August 2008:


 * David H. Roe, Ph.D. | President, Board of Directors of U. S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy | President, Central College
 * Ambassador Mark Johnson | Vice President, Board of Directors of U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy
 * Laurie Heintz | Secretary, Board of Directors of U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy
 * Charles R. Montgomery | Treasurer, Board of Directors of U. S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy | Senior Managing Attorney, MidAmerican Energy Company
 * John K. Menzies | Honorary Chair, Board of Directors of U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy | Dean, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
 * Honorable Daryl Beall | Senator, Iowa State Senate
 * Honorable Nancy Boettger | Senator, Iowa State Senate
 * Malcolm Butler | Former President & CEO, Partners of the Americas
 * Honorable Swati Dandekar | Representative, Iowa House of Representatives
 * George T. DeBakey | Consultant
 * Harriet Mayor Fulbright | President, J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center
 * Ann Geiger | Member, Board of Directors and Iowa State Coordinator, Sister Cities International
 * Karen Hasara
 * Tahira K. Hira, Ph.D. | Professor and Executive Assistant to the President, Iowa State University
 * George Jones | Attorney at Law, Greenwood & Jones
 * Kenton Keith | Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center
 * Charles T. Manatt | Founder, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP |
 * Nadia McConnell | President, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
 * Sherry Mueller, Ph.D. | President, The National Council for International Visitors
 * Honorable Scott Raecker | Iowa State Representative/Executive Director, Institute for Character Development (ICD)
 * Robin Read | President & CEO, National Foundation for Women Legislators, Inc.
 * Ted Townsend | President, Townsend Vision, Inc.
 * Connie Wimer | Publisher, Business Publications Corporation

Advisory Council
Accessed August 2008:


 * T.M. Franklin Cownie | Mayor, The City of Des Moines
 * Edie Fraser | Chair of Diversity Practice & Managing Director, Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson
 * Thomas Fox | Consultant
 * David Hamod | President & CEO, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC)
 * John Hishmeh | Executive Director, Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET)
 * James A. Leach | Director, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
 * David Maxwell, Ph.D. | President, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
 * Robert D. Ray | Governor of Iowa (1969–1982)
 * Keith Reinhard | President of Business for Diplomatic Action (BDA)
 * Harold H. Saunders, Ph. D. | Chairman and President International Institute for Sustained Dialogue Assistant Secretary of State (1978-81)
 * Tom J. Vilsack | Of Counsel, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Dorsey Trial Group | Governor of Iowa (ret.)
 * Aaron S. Williams | Vice President, International Business Development, RTI International, Washington D.C.

International Advisory Council
Accessed August 2008:


 * Amr Badr | Managing Director, Egypt and Middle East, Abercrombie and Kent |
 * President Anicet George Dologuele | President, Central African States Development Bank

Contact

 * Web: http://www.uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org

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