Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend

Illustrative List of Past Participants

International Relations, Military & National Security
Some professional notes below reflect past roles.
Farid Abboud
Lebanon's Amb. to US
Ken Adelman
Former Director, US Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
Buzz Aldrin
Former Astronaut
Brady Anderson
Former Adm., US AID; Chm., OPIC; & US Amb. to Tanzania
Jay Apt
Former Astronaut
Ann Ascher
V.Ch., Business Council for Int'l Understanding
Barbara Barrett
Former US Ambassador to Finland
Douglas Bereuter
President, The Asia Foundation/Former US Congressman
Donald Beyer
US Ambassador to Switzerland
Julia Chang Bloch
Former US Ambassador to Nepal
Guion Bluford
Former Astronaut
Charles Bolden
Administrator, NASA/Former Astronaut & Marine Corps General
Amy Bondurant
Former US Ambassador to OECD
Lael Brainard
US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Paul Bremer
Former US Administrator of Iraq
Herb Bridge
Chm., Ben Bridge Jeweler/Retired Admiral, US Navy
Joyce Chang
Global Head-Foreign Exchange & Emerging Markets, J.P. MorganChase
Leroy Chiao
Astronaut
Nguyen Tam Chien
Vietnam's Amb. to US
John Chipman
CEO, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Wesley Clark
Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO & US Army General
Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State/former US Senator
John Creighton
Test Pilot, Boeing/Frmr. Astronaut
Walter Cunningham
Former Astronaut
Jan Davis
Former Astronaut & Director, Space Station Flight Projects
Edward Elson
Former US Ambassador to Denmark
Juan Enriquez
Former CEO, Mexico City Urban Development Corporation
Nabil Fahmy
Former Egyptian Ambassador to the US
Urik Federspiel
Denmark's Amb. to US
Tom Fenton
Emmy-winning Int'l Correspondent, CBS News
Evelyn "Pat" Foote
Retired General, US Army & Former Pres., Alliance for National Defense
Dermot Gallagher
Former Irish Ambassador to US
Robert Gallucci
Pres., MacArthur Foundation; former Dean, Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Asst. Secretary of State
Arun Gandhi
Peace Activist
Jacques Gansler
Former Under Secretary, US Dept. of Defense and Vice Chm, Defense Science Board
Leslie Gelb
Former President, Council on Foreign Relations
Gordon Giffin
Former US Ambassador to Canada
Nik Gowing
Anchor, BBC
Sir Jeremy Greenstock
Former UK Ambassador to the United Nations and Head, UK Mission in Iraq
Sidney Gutierrez
Former Astronaut
Tony Hall
Former US Ambassador to UN's Food & Agriculture Organization and Congressman
Rick Hauck
CEO, Axa Space/Former Astronaut
Giles Henderson
Master, Pembroke College-Oxford/Former Sr. Partner, Slaughter & Mary
Robert Herres
Former CEO, USAA & Vice Chm., US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joan Higgenbotham
Former Astronaut
Virgil Hill
Admiral, US Navy/Former Superintendent, US Naval Academy
Dean Hirsch
Former Pres., World Vision International
Jim Hoagland
Columnist, Washington Post
Jeffrey Hoffman
Aeronautics & Astronautics Prof., MIT/Former Astronaut
Warren Hoge
Former UN & London Correspondent, New York Times and Editor, New York Times Magazine
Donald Holmquest
Chm., eMedical Research/Former Astronaut & Dean of Medicine, Texas A&M University
Robert Hormats
US Under Secretary of State/Former Vice-Chm., Goldman Sachs/Former US Asst. Secretary of State & Deputy Trade Representative
Jon Huntsman
US Ambassador to China/Former Utah Governor & US Ambassador to Singapore
Fred Ikle
Former US Under Secretary of Defense
Jessica Jackley
Co-Founder, Kiva.org/Director, Opportunity International
Max Kampelman
Former Atty., Fried, Frank, Harris & Head of U.S. Delegation to Nuclear & Space Arms Negotiations
Mark Kelly
Astronaut/Space Shuttle Pilot
William Kennard
US Ambassador to the European Union
Nemir Kirdar
Founder-Chm., Investcorp
Lawrence Korb
Public Policy Education Director, Brookings Institution and Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense
Madeleine Kunin
Former Vermont Governor & US Ambassador to Switzerland
Richard Lambert
Pres., Confederation of British Industries/Former Editor, Financial Times
Jerry Linegar
Former Astronaut/Surgical Epidemiologist
Roderick von Lipsey
Former Director-Bosnia & Kosovo, National Security Council and Aide to General Colin Powell
James Lovell
Former Apollo XIII Commander & Gemini Astronaut
Ed Lu
Advanced Projects Mgr., Google/Former Astronaut & Astrophysicist
Li Lu
Founding Partner, Himalaya Capital Ventures/Former Student Leader, Tiananmen Square
Thomas Lynch
Former Superintendent, US Naval Academy & Retired Admiral
Judith Mayhew
Former Policy & Resources Ch., Corp. of London/Adv. to London Mayor
William Maynes
Editor, Foreign Policy/Former US Assistant Secretary of State
Bruce McCandless
Former Astronaut & Chief Astronautics Scientist, Lockheed Martin
Mike McConnell
Former Director, US National Intelligence & Dir., Nat'l Security Agency; Ret'd Vice Admiral, US Navy
Roy McLaren
Former Canadian High Comm'r to UK and Trade Minister
Barbara Morgan
Distinguished Educator in Residence, Boise State Univ./Former Astronaut
George Munoz
Former Chm., Overseas Private Investment Corp.
George Nelson
Former Astronaut & Astronomy Prof.
Joseph Nye, Jr.
Former Dean, Harvard's Kennedy School of Gov't & US Under Secretary of Defense
Eric O'Neill
Risk Consultant/Subject of Film "Breach"/Gen. Coun., CHF Int'l/Frmr. Counter-Intell. Agent, FBI
Neil Osborn
Publisher, Euromoney
Valerie Plame
Former CIA Operations Officer/Author, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy
Clyde Prestowitz
International Trade Analyst
Carol Li Rafferty
Sr. VP, China Investment Corp.
Douglas Rediker
US Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
Susan Rice
US Ambassador to the United Nations; former US Assistant Secretary of State
Bill Richardson
New Mexico Governor, former US Secretary of Energy, US Amb. to UN and US Congressman
Lord (George) Robertson
Former Secretary General, NATO and UK Defence Secretary
Jim Rosapepe
Former US Ambassador to Romania
Michael Rothschild
Former Dean, Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School
John Ryan
Former Superintendent, US Naval Academy and Retired Admiral
Phil Scanlan
Founder, Australian-American Leadership Dialogue
Cynthia Schneider
Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands & Rembrandt Authority
Jeffrey Shafer
Frmr. Vice Chm., Citigroup & Under Secretary, US Treasury
Derek Shearer
Former US Ambassador to Finland
Thomas Siebert
Former US Ambassador to Sweden
Steven Smith
Former Astronaut
Alan Solomont
US Ambassador to Spain/Former Heathcare Entrepreneur
Alfred Sommer
Former Dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Gillian Sorenson
Former Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations
Chritiana Falcone Sorrell
Media Director, World Economic Forum
Rocky Spane
Former CEO, Vanguard Airlines & Vice Admiral, US Navy
Paula Stern
Former Chair, International Trade Commission
Bob Stewart
Former Astronaut/Ret'd Brigadier General, US Army
William Sullivan
Former US Ambassador to Iran
Richard Swett
Former US Ambassador to Denmark
Strobe Talbott
Pres., Brookings Institution & Former US Deputy Secretary of State
Sir Cyril Taylor
Chm., City Technologies Colleges Trust/Former High Sheriff of London
Billy Thomas
Ret'd Lt. General, US Army
James Thomson
Pres., RAND Corporation
Michael Tiemann
VP-Open Source, Red Hat/Founder, Cygnus Solutions
A.T. Tshibaka
CEO, Opportunity International
Bisera Turkovic
Ambassador of Bosnia & Herzegovina to US
Malcolm Turnbull
Leader of Opposition, Australian Parliament
Charles Vyvyan
Retired Major General, British Army
Jane Wales
CEO-World Affairs Council-Northern California
Evan Wallach
Judge, US Court of International Trade
Ti Weiming
Chinese History & Philosophy Prof., Harvard University
Peter White
Founder & Pres., Southern Center for International Studies
Tim Wirth
Pres., United Nations Foundation/Former US Senator & Under Secretary of State
Ronald Yates
Retired General, US Air Force
Laurence Young
Astronaut/Professor, MIT
John Zysman
Director, Univ. of California-Berkeley's Roundtable on the Int'l Economy
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