Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke

Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke was an influenctial US diplomat with stints at the United Nations, and dealing with the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. From his Foreign Policy Association profile:
 * ... professional diplomat, was Permanent United States Representative to the United Nations from 1999 to 2001. He began his career as a Foreign Service officer in 1962 but left in 1972 to become managing editor of the quarterly magazine Foreign Policy, a position he held until 1976. In 1977, he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Ambassador Holbrooke has had a very active career in the nonprofit sector, serving as chairman of Refugees International from 1996 to 1999, two-time board member of the International Rescue Committee, founding chairman of the American Academy in Berlin, director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Married to Kati Marton.

Countrywide mortgage scandal
Holbrooke was among the prominent politicians who may have received favorable mortgage deals from Countrywide, a mortgage lender at the heart of the current mortgage crises. According to an investigation conducted by Conde Nast's Portfolio, Countrywide's V.I.P program may have bent rules to offer Holbrooke and his family members a multitude of better mortgage deals which saved them thousands of dollars on interest payments.

Affiliations

 * Africa-America Institute – Board member; NB: this institute is a project of the AJC
 * AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative, Advisory Committee
 * AIPAC – Member


 * American Academy in Berlin, Chairman
 * America Bosnia Foundation, Advisory Board (chair)
 * American Himalayan Foundation, Director
 * Council for America's First Freedom, Advisory Council
 * Council on Foreign Relations – Board Member
 * Dayton International Peace Museum, Honorary Trustee
 * Dayton Peace Accords Project, Former Board member,
 * Foreign Policy, Managing Editor
 * Humpty Dumpty Institute, Director
 * Malaria no More, Director
 * Advisory Board, Partnership for a Secure America
 * National Coalition on Asia and International Education in the Schools Member
 * National Endowment for Democracy
 * Perseus LLC – Vice Chairman
 * Public Strategies, Inc., Advisory Boarda
 * Refugees International, Board member
 * Telluride Foundation, Board Member
 * United Against Nuclear Iran, Co-Founder & Former Co-Chairman

Corporate Board Memberships

 * AIG
 * AOL Time Warner
 * Coca-Cola
 * Credit Suisse First Boston
 * Human Genome Sciences
 * Lehman Brothers

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 * Benjamin Skinner
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