American Iranian Council

The American Iranian Council (AIC) "is a nonprofit and nonpartisan tax-exempt [501(c)3] educational organization dedicated to improving US-Iran relations through dialogue, better understanding, and constructive engagement." 

Honorary Board
Accessed November 2007:
 * David A. Hamburg - President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of NY
 * R.K. Ramazani - Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia
 * Donna E. Shalala - Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, President, University of Miami
 * Sargent Shriver - First Director of The Peace Corps

Directors
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 * Hooshang Amirahmadi Professor, Rutgers University, Founder and President, AIC
 * Olga M. Davidson, Professor Brandeis University
 * Fereidun Fesharaki, Director, Program on Resources, East-West Center
 * Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., President, Middle East Policy Council
 * John J. Ghaznavi, Chairman and CEO, Ghaznavi Investments, Inc.
 * Shireen Hunter, Director, Islam Program, CSIS
 * Honorable J Bennett Johnston, CEO, Johnston & Associates, Co-Chairman, AIC
 * Judith Kipper, Director, Middle East Forum, Council on Foreign Relations
 * David J. Lesar, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Halliburton Company
 * Ambassador John J. Maresca, President, Business Humanitarian Forum
 * Richard H. Matzke, Former Vice Chairman, ChevronTexaco Corporation, Co-Chairman, AIC
 * Ambassador William G. Miller, Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center
 * Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, Chairman, Mondoil Corporation
 * Roy P. Mottahedeh, Professor Harvard University
 * Mohsen Movaghar, President and CEO, West Point Capital
 * Ambassador Richard W. Murphy, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
 * Mohammad S. Namazikhah, Professor USC School of Dentistry,
 * Giandomenico Picco, Chairman and CEO, GDP Associates
 * Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, Senior Vice President, The Boeing Company
 * J. Michael Stinson, Retired, ConocoPhillips Company
 * Ambassador Roscoe S. Suddarth, President Emeritus, Middle East Institute
 * Japeh Youssefi, CEO ISmart, LLC
 * Marvin Zonis Ph.D. Professor University of Chicago

Advisory Council
Accessed November 2007:
 * Richard T. Arndt - Chairman, Lois Roth Endowment
 * Abbas Bolufrushan - Director, Iranian Business Council, Dubai
 * Shahram Chubin - Executive Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy
 * Marshall P. Cloyd - Chairman, InterMarine Inc.
 * John L. Esposito - Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
 * Mahmoud Farshchian - Master Miniaturist, President, Homai Publisher
 * Richard Frye - Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
 * Faranak Ghaffari-Van Patten - Senior Advisor, Southern California Office of Asia Society
 * W. Nathaniel Howell - Professor, University of Virginia
 * Lowell Bruce Laingen - President, American Academy of Diplomacy
 * Gary C. Marfin - Manager of Government Affairs, Conoco, Inc.
 * Alireza Moshiri - Advisor to the Vice Chairman of the Board, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc.
 * Robert H. Pelletreau - Former Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
 * William B. Quandt - Professor, University of Virginia
 * Brian Salmanpour - Chairman, Londongate, PLC
 * Majid Tehranian - Professor, University of Hawaii

Contact
20 Nassau Street, Suite 111 Princeton, NJ 08542 Email: aic AT american-iranian.org Ph: +1-609-252-9099 Fax: +1-609-252-9698 Web: http://www.american-iranian.org