BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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The Honorable B. Robert Okun
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Carolyn Ferek
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Patricia St. George
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Mrs. Bonnie AmosBorn, raised and educated in Pensacola, Florida, Bonnie Amos met her Marine Corps fighter pilot husband in 1970; they have been married for 47 years. From October 2010 until September 2014, Mrs. Amos served alongside General Amos while he was Commandant of the United States Marie Corps. Always a staunch advocate for military families, it was during this time that Mrs. Amos had many opportunities to influence policies and programs within the Marine Corps and DoD, always focusing on enhancing the well-being of military families.
She continues to be actively involved as an Advisor to Charlotte BridgeHome and a member of the Board of Directors at ThanksUSA and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund/America’s Fund. Mrs. Amos also serves as Ambassador and spokesperson for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes efforts, focused on increasing awareness of employment opportunities for transitioning service members, Veterans, and military spouses. In addition to volunteering, she has held a number of positions outside the military community, to include banking and commercial real estate development. Included in her many life experiences were multiple and unpredictable deployments. The Amos’ relocated 30 times to 20 different locations, settling permanently in Charlotte, North Carolina, upon General Amos’ retirement from the Marine Corps in December 2014. General and Mrs. Amos raised two children in the Marine Corps lifestyle and are now blessed with three grandsons and one granddaughter. Mrs. Amos and her family consider it an honor to have served the Marine Corps and the nation for so many years. She is now loving ‘retirement’ with all of its opportunities. |
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Stephen E. BaskinStephen Baskin is a partner in Mayer Brown's Intellectual Property Litigation practice and serves as the IP Practice Leader for the Washington DC Office. With over 20 years of experience, Steve is a first-chair trial lawyer with substantial experience representing technology companies in patent litigation, licensing and trade secret disputes, and other complex matters.
Steve is also very involved in the community and public affairs. He chairs the Corporate Area Board for the American Cancer Society and serves as a Board of Director for ThanksUSA and DC Appleseed. |
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Rhett ButlerAs Vice President of Sales for Intelligent Decisions, Rhett Butler leads an organization that is focused on supporting customers and partners within the Department of Defense, the United States Federal Government, and the Intelligence Community. In this role, Rhett is directly responsible for the success, growth, focus, and motivation of the Intelligent Decisions Sales Organization.
With his experience in virtually every facet of the sales process at Intelligent Decisions, Rhett’s role as Vice President of Sales represents a legacy of consistency, customer focus, and proven methodologies that the company has been built upon. It is these qualities, combined with his proven track record for delivering results and leading a high-performing sales team, that have helped to deliver the tremendous success and growth Intelligent Decisions has experienced. Since joining Intelligent Decisions in 2001, Rhett has been a very active participant in the company’s philanthropic endeavors to benefit ThanksUSA, The Tiger Woods Foundation, The George B. Thomas Saturday School and the Camaraderie Foundation. It is his belief that supporting organizations where we live and work is essential to fostering a strong sense of community. Rhett holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. As the proud son of a U.S. Army Veteran, he is honored to serve on the Board of ThanksUSA and looks forward to supporting the inspiring work of the foundation. |
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General George W. Casey, Jr.
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Major General Jack Catton
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Captain John P. "Sean" Coffey
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Felicia DellaniniSince 2014, Felicia Dellanini has worked with the CEO/Chairman of Red Cloud Food Services, Inc. in the capacity as Director, overseeing all corporate operations. Additionally, she has been at the forefront of organizing and promoting the Heartland 4 Heroes/ThanksUSA Charity Golf Tournament each year in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Felicia Dellanini, RPA, SCSM, previously supervised the retail portfolio and was responsible for the daily operations of all shopping centers in the Chicagoland area. Her responsibilities included overseeing all management staff, property operational items, maintenance, collecting accounts receivable budget preparation and approval, lease administration and tenant and client relations. Ms. Dellanini has over 25 years of experience in retail property management. She worked for Mid America Asset Management, Inc. for 11 years, as a V.P., managing a portfolio of major projects for clients such as Invesco Realty Advisors, Smithfield Properties, Ohio State Police and Fireman’s Fund, Alecta Investment Management, and Oliver McMillan, while also over-seeing a team of managers and their portfolios. Prior to that, Ms. Dellanini worked for Glenborough Corporation for five years, managing, leasing and marketing a multi-state portfolio consisting of approximately 120 tenants. Ms. Dellanini holds a Bachelors in Business Management from St. Leo College, received her ICSC SCSM designation, and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). She is designated as an R.P.A. through BOMA National, holds an Illinois Real Estate Brokers License, a Florida Real Estate Brokers License and a Tennessee Real Estate Broker’s License. |
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Andrew DonAs National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporations (CFC’s) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Don is responsible for the oversight of CFC’s Treasury and Finance groups and the Generation and Transmission portfolio management function. He was appointed CFO in 2013.
The Treasury and Finance Group has responsibility for directing all capital acquisition development activities for short-term and long-term funding, interest rate hedging strategies and execution, banking and investor relations, rating agency liaison, development of new financial products, secondary market activities, and the loan syndication function on behalf of CFC borrowers. Don also is responsible for general and loan accounting, SEC reporting, financial statements, annual operating budget and taxes. In April 2014, Don assumed management responsibility for CFC’s Generation and Transmission portfolio management function, which includes the member services, credit underwriting and lending function to Generation and Transmission cooperatives. Don joined CFC in September 1999 as Director of Loan Syndications, became Vice President of Capital Market Relations in June 2005, and was named Treasurer in 2010. Prior to joining CFC, he held the position of Vice President and Manager of the Washington, DC, Loan Production Office for The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi. Don started his banking career with the Bank of Montreal in New York in 1984 and subsequently was a Vice President for Corporate Banking for The Bank of New York from 1987 to 1990. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he received a B.A. from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Fordham University of New York. |
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Lawrence Duncan III
Larry Duncan is Vice President for Government Affairs at Lockheed Martin. In this capacity, Mr. Duncan serves as a senior liaison to Federal and State government officials on national defense programs and business issues of importance to the corporation. Mr. Duncan works with Lockheed Martin operating companies to provide counsel and advocacy on legislation and regulatory issues, including tax, economic assistance, and the environment. Mr. Duncan also manages the Lockheed Martin Employees’ Political Action Committee (LMEPAC), serving as Treasurer with responsibility for LMEPAC filings with the Federal Election Commission and compliance with all federal and state election laws and regulations. Mr. Duncan also manages the Greater Washington community affairs budget in support of charitable organizations and special events key to Lockheed Martin’s external relationships, including the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the Presidential Inauguration.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Duncan served from 2002 to 2008 as Vice President for Congressional Relations, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Lockheed Martin. In that capacity, Mr. Duncan was responsible for the development and implementation of legislative strategies before the U.S. Congress to address international trade and regulatory issues, tax, pension and liability issues, information technology and communications policy, homeland security, export controls, space transportation policy and other matters of importance to the corporation. Before joining Lockheed Martin in 2002, Mr. Duncan practiced law in Washington, DC for seven years and provided legislative and regulatory counsel to several Fortune 500 companies and business organizations. Mr. Duncan’s legal career began at Patton Boggs LLP, where he represented media and entertainment companies, telecom carriers, and trade associations before Congress and the Administration. Thereafter, at the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard McPherson & Hand, led by former Senate Majority Leaders George Mitchell and Bob Dole, Mr. Duncan provided legislative and regulatory counsel to telecom and satellite carriers, entertainment companies, professional sports leagues, and a variety of advanced technology clients, including Lockheed Martin. Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Duncan worked as a member of the Senate floor staff under the Secretary of the U.S. Senate. Mr. Duncan received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1990. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School in 1994, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Virginia Journal of Law and Politics. Mr. Duncan is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the State Bar of Pennsylvania. Mr. Duncan was named the "Business Advocate of the Year" by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce in 2016. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, an organization of senior African-American business executives at Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Duncan is active in the Greater Washington community, serving on the Board of Trustees for Ford’s Theatre; the USO Metropolitan Washington Board of Directors; the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Board of Directors; and the USA Board of Directors for the Children of God Relief Fund, which supports Nyumbani, an orphanage for HIV-positive children in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Duncan also serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the Maryland Tech Council, the Public Affairs Council, the Business Industry Political Action Committee, and Running Start, a non-profit organization that inspires women to run for political office. Born in Yokosuka, Japan and raised in Brunswick, Maine, Mr. Duncan resides in Maryland with his wife, Janell, and their two children. |
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General Ann E. Dunwoody
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Alex EhrlichAlex Ehrlich is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, and is globally responsible for the firm's Prime Brokerage business. He is also a member of the firm's Equity Operating Committee.
Alex joined Morgan Stanley in August 2009 following six years as Global Head of Prime Services at UBS. He spent the prior 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he served as global co-head of that firm's Prime Brokerage business from 1998-2003. Alex is married with three children and lives in New York. |
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Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., is president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA). In his role as the chief executive of the AGA, Fahrenkopf is the national advocate for the commercial casino industry and is responsible for positioning the association to address regulatory, political and educational issues affecting the industry.
A lawyer by profession, Frank gained national prominence during the 1980s when he served as chairman of the Republican Party for six of President Ronald Reagan's eight years in the White House (1983-1989). When Frank retired in January 1989, he had served as chairman of the Republican National Committee longer than any person in the 20th century (and second-longest in the history of the party) and led the party through two successful presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988. Frank continues to serve in a variety of political capacities. He presently is co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which conducts the general election presidential and vice presidential debates in presidential election years. He co-founded the commission in 1986 with Democratic National Committee chairman Paul Kirk. He also was a founder of the National Endowment for Democracy, where he served as vice chairman and a board member from 1983 to 1993. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the International Republican Institute (IRI), which he founded in 1984. He served for many years as chairman of the Pacific Democrat Union and vice chairman of the International Democrat Union, a worldwide association of conservative political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia, and 20 other nations. Prior to becoming the AGA's first chief executive on June 1, 1995, Frank was a partner in the Washington, DC, office of Hogan & Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group. He specialized in regulatory, legislative and corporate matters for multi-national, foreign and domestic clients. His early legal career included 17 years of practice as a trial and gaming lawyer in Nevada, his home state. In that capacity, he represented clients before Nevada gaming regulatory authorities. Frank served as the first chairman of the American Bar Association (ABA) Committee on Gaming Law and was a founding trustee and president of the International Association of Gaming Attorneys, a worldwide organization of government gaming regulators and private attorneys acting on behalf of licensed gaming enterprises. Frank has held various positions relating to his legal background. For many years he was a member of the board of trustees of the National Judicial College, the ABA-sponsored judicial education center for federal and state judges; chairman of the Coalition for Justice, a group coordinating the ABA's initiatives to improve the American justice system; and chairman of the Legal Policy Advisory Board of The Washington Legal Foundation. He was a member of the Nevada State Board of Bar Examiners, president of the Washoe County Bar Association and vice president of the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. He also sits on the board of directors of five New York Stock Exchange public companies: First Republic Bank, Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc., Gabelli Utility Trust, Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust, and Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust. His civic involvement includes service as chairman of the board of governors of the City Club of Washington, a member of the board of trustees of the E.L. Wiegand Foundation, and a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, The Economic Club of Washington and the Federal City Council. Frank also served as a co-chairman of the Rivlin Commission, which investigated and reported on the government of the District of Columbia. He has been honored for his contributions, receiving the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1973, the Nevada Lung Association "Man of the Year" Award in 1983 and the National Humanitarian of the Year Award from the National Conference on Christians and Jews in 1985. He is a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and serves as a trustee of the Culinary Institute of America. Frank is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. He and his wife, the former Mary Bandoni, have three daughters: Allison, a Washington, DC, attorney; Leslie, associate counsel to President George W. Bush; and Amy, a medical resident at Boston Children's Hospital. He is an avid golfer, tennis player, and sports enthusiast. Fahrenkopf is a member of the Burning Tree Club, the Washington Golf and Country Club, the George Town Club, the City Club of Washington and the Prospectors' Club in Reno, Nevada. |
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Elizabeth FrazeeElizabeth Frazee is co-founder of TwinLogic Strategies and serves as the firm’s CEO. Elizabeth is an attorney and political strategist with over 25 years of experience in Washington. Her career highlights include senior roles on Capitol Hill, executive experience at two leading tech and entertainment companies and experience as an entrepreneur, building TwinLogic.
Named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill newspaper, Elizabeth delivers results for her clients by interweaving deep policy understanding with communications, politics and an impressive network of contacts. She is an expert at managing issue campaigns and running coalitions. Elizabeth began her career in DC working for her home state Senator from North Carolina. Later she served as press secretary for the House Energy and Commerce Committee and completed her congressional service running the legislative office of then-freshman Representative Bob Goodlatte, who, 20 years later, serves as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. As director of government relations at the Walt Disney Company she served as the motion picture industry’s representative in Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) negotiations and worked with Congress and the FTC to enact the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). She joined AOL in the late 90’s as vice president of public policy and ran its Congressional team, serving on the front lines of Internet policy debates and navigating the company’s merger with Time Warner. In 2004, she left AOL TimeWarner, taking the company as her first client, to build a government relations practice which morphed into TwinLogic Strategies when she and co-founder Sharon Ringley launched the firm in 2009. TwinLogic represents some of the most recognized brands in the technology and telecommunications sectors as well as innovative start-ups and non-profits. Elizabeth earned her law degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, while working full-time for Congress. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves as a member of the board of the R Street Institute and the NRCC’s 218 program. She is also the proud mother of twins who provided the inspiration for the firm’s name. She and her husband, Curtis, live in Virginia. |
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Timothy H. GillisTimothy H. Gillis has 30 years of professional experience as a business, legal, and tax professional, serving Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in diverse industries. He joined KPMG as a partner in 1998 and has progressively worked as a client service partner, team leader, national service line leader, regional managing partner, and a global business leader. He served on the KPMG LLP Board of Directors from 2008-2013 and served as the Lead Director from 2012-2013. Tim is a 2006 graduate of the KPMG Chairman’s 25 leadership development program.
He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center since 2008, where he teaches a global comparative tax law class. Tim began his career as an auditor with Arthur Young & Company; and he practiced law for seven years with the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland). He is currently active in community organizations in the following ways:
Tim graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting from Pensacola Christian College in 1985 and magna cum laude with a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. At Georgetown, Tim was a member of the Order of the Coif, served on the Georgetown Law Journal, and received the Tamm Memorial Award for best student writing on the Georgetown Law Journal. He now has four adult children. On a personal level, he enjoys global travel, golf, the Atlanta Braves and Falcons, the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team, and writing poetry. |
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Lieutenant General Normand G. Lezy
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Jessica MarventanoJessica Marventano currently serves as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at iHeartMedia. Prior to joining the company in 2004, she worked as Senior Director/Policy Counsel at Comcast Corporation.
She has extensive legislative experience having served as Republican Majority Counsel for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where she was chief advisor on all broadcast, cable and satellite policy issues for the Chairman. Before joining the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, she worked as an associate at the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand. She split her time between the communications and legislative practice groups and worked for a variety of clients including the Walt Disney Company, Qwest, Lockheed Martin, SBC, Ameritech New Media and NBC. She began her work in Washington in the Office of the Honorable Clifford B. Stearns (R-FL) where she served as his Legislative Counsel and covered finance, telecommunications, and judiciary issues. Ms. Marventano received a J.D. from Western New England College School of Law in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stonehill College in 1991. She is the co-chair of the Corporate Roundtable for The Phillips Collection, a member of Board of Directors of Running Start and sits on the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute. In addition to her philanthropic work, she is licensed and trained in both business and social etiquette and is active in those areas. She resides in Virginia with her family. |
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Rear Admiral Terence E. McKnight
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Mrs. Deborah MullenDeborah Mullen was born in Van Nuys, California, and earned a bachelor’s degree in family studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. A Navy spouse for 44 years, Deborah and her husband, Admiral Mike Mullen, have lived on both U.S. coasts and overseas in the Philippines and in Italy. Admiral Mullen is now retired from the U.S. Navy after 43 years of distinguished service. Prior to his retirement, Admiral Mullen served as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2011.
Mrs. Mullen is a staunch advocate of service members, veterans, and their families and surviving families of the fallen. She met with spouses at military installations at home and abroad to get at the heart of the issues affecting their quality of life. Since her husband’s retirement, Mrs. Mullen has continued to actively work in the areas of surviving family members, veteran homelessness, veteran and spouse employment, and family wellness issues, advocating for integrated complementary therapies. Mrs. Mullen also serves on the boards the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, the American Red Cross Services to the Armed Forces Advisory Board, and the 1887 Fund (West LA VA). |
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Laura A. OdellLaura Odell is the KPMG US Global Department of Defense (DoD) leader. She is a "hands-on," operationally focused leader specializing in integrating the financial and acquisition domains while leveraging new and/or existing interfaces across the enterprise. In this role, she develops and translates complex requirements (people, process, technology, risk) into a set of feasible solutions that are ultimately rendered in an electronic environment.
Laura's primary focus and responsibilities are client facing. However, she is responsible for internally driven initiatives that match world-wide industry trends as a member of the Executive Steering group for the Business Performance Services. She is highly involved in the Department of Defense and the communities of organizations that support military families. She has recently received the Ascendency award for which Industry leaders nominate peers to recognize excellence in mentorship. Laura identifies the right balance between risk and performance by linking operational process controls to an organization's strategic objectives. She has managed and developed progressively complex projects where business and technology requirements intersect. Her experience working for the Federal government in Civilian Service positions ranges from major Department of Defense weapons systems acquisitions for the F/A-18 aircraft program to MILCON projects in the Pacific Rim. Her first job as a civilian servant was as a flight test engineer at the Strike aircraft directorate for the Navy in Patuxent River, Maryland. More recently she has led and directly participated in designing enterprise architecture artifacts to C4ISR methodology standards (including procure-to-pay, hire-to retire value streams and the Standard Financial Information Structure) for business transformation projects. Ms. Odell is Lean Six Sigma certified. Laura's combined knowledge of business intelligence, performance metrics and logistics applications, has enabled her to assist public sector agencies to develop independent cost estimates and streamline financial management, procurement, valuation, accounting, and data reporting systems. Laura's broad background includes direct operational support for the Warfighter aboard aircraft carriers, as an engineer on advanced research and development (R&D) programs, internationally (Japan, Korea, Guam), supporting Aerospace and Defense commercial companies, and as a Partner at a Big Four accounting firm. Laura resides in Virginia with her husband Captain David Graff. They have one daughter, Dr. Danielle Graff, and three very spoiled canines. |
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Deanna Tanner OkunDeanna Tanner Okun, a Republican of Idaho, was nominated to the ITC by President William J. Clinton on November 10, 1999, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 19, 1999. She was sworn in as a member of the Commission on January 3, 2000, for a term expiring on June 16, 2008. She served as Chairman of the ITC from June 17, 2002, to June 16, 2004. She served two separate terms as Vice Chairman of the ITC, from June 17, 2004, to June 16, 2006, and from June 17, 2000, to June 16, 2002.
Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Okun served as counsel for international affairs to Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK) from 1993-1999, where she was responsible for the international trade issues with which the Senator was involved as a member of the Senate Finance Committee. She also handled international energy and foreign relations issues for the Senator in his position as Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Earlier, Commissioner Okun served as a legislative assistant to Senator Murkowski, where she was responsible for his Foreign Relations Committee work, with an emphasis on East Asian affairs. Prior to her work with the Senator, Commissioner Okun was an associate attorney and member of the International Trade Group at the Washington, DC, law firm of Hogan & Hartson. Earlier in her career, she was a research associate specializing in trade at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. Commissioner Okun holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with honors from Utah State University and received her J.D. with honors from the Duke University School of Law. She is originally from Paul, Idaho. Currently, Commissioner Okun resides in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, Bob Okun, and two daughters, Rachel and Kelsi. |
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Kelsi Okun
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Rachel Okun
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Russ Owen
Russ Owen is President, Americas Commercial Group, a division of Computer Sciences Corp (CSC). Owen's responsibilities include the development and launch of strategic business solutions and the sales and marketing of all commercial consulting and outsourcing services in the Americas.
Previously, he was a group president and managing director of the BAE Systems global account, another division of CSC. Before that, Russ Owen was president of CSC's Global Infrastructure Services group. He has also held positions as president of the Chemical Group and account executive for the DuPont account; vice president, account executive for CNA Insurance; vice president, account executive for Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; vice president of operations for the United Kingdom division and vice president and director of the British Aerospace account; and director of computer services at Technology Management Group's Western center. Before joining CSC in 1992, he was an engineering director with General Dynamics. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University. |
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Major General Hawthorne L. Proctor
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Peter L. ThorenPeter L. Thoren is Executive Vice President of Access Industries, a privately held, U.S.-based industrial group with long-term investments worldwide and offices in New York, London and Moscow. Access’s industrial focus spans three key sectors: natural resources and chemicals; media and telecommunications; and real estate.
Representative companies in the Access portfolio of investments include LyondellBasell Industries (the world’s third largest independent chemical company), TNK-BP (a vertically integrated oil major), UC RUSAL (the world’s largest vertically integrated aluminum producer), and Warner Music Group. Peter serves on various corporate boards within Access’s investment portfolio. Before joining Access in 2001, Peter was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Walker Digital Corporation, the founder of Priceline.com. Previously, he served in management positions with Salomon Inc and Citigroup and was a litigation attorney with Rogers & Wells law firm in New York. Peter also serves on the boards of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, the Center for National Policy, the US-Russia Business Council, CIBAM (at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge), and The Connecticut Appleseed Foundation. He is a member of The Economic Club of New York and a corporate member of both the Council of Foreign Relations and Business Executives for National Security (BENS). Peter graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Phi Beta Kappa) and has degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the New York State Bar. He is married and has three children. |
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Colonel John "Lanier" Ward
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EMERITUS DIRECTOR
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The Honorable Rod Paige, Ed.D.Former United States Secretary of Education (2001-2005) Dr. Paige has assembled a team of independent, strategic advisors -- individuals with deep rooted academic and business experience and a shared passion for improving the future for children by improving the way they learn -- to co-found the Chartwell Education Group. Together they offer solutions for the 21st Century challenges faced by the public and private sector enterprises, with competency in primary, secondary and higher education, both in the United States and globally. As Secretary of Education, Dr. Paige was an unstinting advocate of student achievement, employing "best of breed" solutions to achieve results towards the Department's goal of raising national standards of educational excellence.
He earned his reputation for seeking out and implementing innovative approaches to systemic academic improvement when he served as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. While there, he established the university's Center for Excellence in Urban Education. Dr. Paige has also shown a knack for inclusive leadership, first as a trustee and then as Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the nation's seventh largest district. In 2001, he was named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. Dr. Paige, who served as a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, brings a global perspective to the Chartwell Education Group. It is his desire to export the best practices and products for education that the United States has to offer and to import those that have been successful in other countries. Dr. Paige believes that the Chartwell Education Group can have a significant impact on the future of nations with education systems undergoing transition. "No nation, whatever the size of its armed forces or economy can sustain greatness unless it educates all, not just some, of its citizens. Students must be challenged by high standards, teachers must be armed with proper resources, parents must be empowered with information and choices." |
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CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
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