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Dr. Marshall M. Bouton
President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Phone: (312) 821-7501
Fax: (312) 726-4491
Email: mbouton@thechicagocouncil.org

Areas of Expertise: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific, US Foreign Policy, US and International Foreign Policy Opinion, Immigration.

Bio: Dr. Bouton was Executive Vice President of the Asia Society where he worked for 20 years. He had previously been Director for Policy Analysis in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East, Africa, and South Asia. He had also served as Special Assistant to the US ambassador to India. He has a BA from Harvard, and MA from Penn, and a PhD in Political Science from Chicago.

Sir Eldon Griffiths
WACA Patron
Phone: (949) 429-7896
Fax: (949) 429-7897
Email: SirEldonG@cox.net

Areas of Expertise: Britain, EU, NATO, UN, Iran, Sudan, Turkey, Cyprus, Poland, Germany, India, China, Taiwan, Latin America, Terrorism, US Foreign Policy, Media and Foreign Policy.

Bio: Sir Eldon is the former Chairman of the World Affairs Council of America and head of the Orange County council. He was a veteran foreign correspondent and editor for TIME, LIFE, and NEWSWEEK. He served as an MP in the House of Commons and was Minister of Sport and Under Secretary of State for the Environment. He chaired the Polish, German, and Iranian sub-committees of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. He served for 17 years as advisor to the British police. Knighted in 1988. A Cambridge and Yale graduate.

Amb. Mark Johnson
Executive Director and Founder, World Affairs Council of Montana
Phone: (406) 728-3328
Fax: (406) 243-2181
Email: wacmontana@mtwi.net

Areas of Expertise: Middle East, Africa, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Egypt, Senegal, State Department, US Foreign Policy.

Bio: Amb. Johnson is adjunct Professor at the Mansfield Center of the University of Montana in Missoula. He was a career foreign service officer, serving as Ambassador to Senegal, as Deputy Inspector General of the State Department, Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuwait in 1991, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo, Egypt. He also served in Kenya, Burkina Faso, and the Office of Iranian Affairs.

Amb. James R. Jones
WACA National Chairman
CEO of Manatt Jones Global Strategies
Phone: (202) 585-6560
Fax: (202) 585-6600
Email: jjones@manattjones.com

Areas of Expertise: Mexico, Cuba, Latin America, US Diplomacy, International Trade and Commerce, Congress and Foreign Policy, US Foreign Policy, NGOs.

Bio: Amb. Jones was formerly US Ambassador to Mexico. He currently serves as Chairman of the US-Mexico Business Council and Chairman of the Meridian International Center. He was Chairman of the American Stock Exchange, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Appointments Secretary (forerunner Chief of Staff) to President Johnson, and a Congressman representing Oklahoma. He holds a law degree from Georgetown and lives in Washington.

Mr. Noel V. Lateef
President, Foreign Policy Association
Phone: (212) 481-9204
Fax: (212) 481-9275
Email: nlateef@fpa.org

Areas of Expertise: Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, International Law, US Foreign Policy, UN.

Bio: Mr. Lateef has been head of the Foreign Policy Association, the New York chapter of the World Affairs Councils of America, since 1995. In that capacity, he leads the nationwide foreign policy discussion, media, and polling program called Great Decisions. Before joining the FPA, he chaired of the Bowery Division of Home Savings of America. He holds a law degree from Yale and a Master's Degree in International Affairs from Princeton.

Dr. Jerry W. Leach
WACA Patron
Phone: (202) 833-4557
Fax: (202) 833-4555
Email: jerry.leach@yahoo.com

Areas of Expertise: US Foreign Policy, International Development, Foreign Aid, Turkey, Middle East, Papua New Guinea, Peace Corps, Civil Society, Anti-corruption Policy.

Bio: Dr. Leach has been WACA President for ten years. He was previously Director of International Economic Affairs at the NSC, handling science and technology, environment and conservation, oceans and space, nuclear non-proliferation, and export control. He was also Peace Corps Regional Director for Eastern Europe, the Soviet Republics, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific. While a diplomat in State, he served as Executive Secretary of the Senior Interagency Committee on Technology Transfer. He has a BA from Emory, an MA from Berkely, an MA from Cambridge, and a PhD from Cambridge.

Amb. Marilyn McAfee
President, World Affairs Council of Jacksonville
Phone: (904) 280-1852
Fax: (904) 280-0430
Email: McAfeeMar@aol.com

Areas of Expertise: Central America, Latin America, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Democratization, Organization of American States, US Foreign Policy.

Bio: Amb. McAfee was formerly US Ambassador to Guatemala and the senior woman in the US Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister. She served in Nicaragua, Iran, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, and as Deputy Inspector General. She was also Diplomat-in-Residence at Georgetown. She was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Service Award and State's Distinguished Honor Award. She has a BA from University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Johns Hopkins.

Dr. John E. Rielly
WACA Patron
Phone: (312) 456-5801
Fax: (312) 853-7056
Email: jrielly@sidley.com

Areas of Expertise: Europe, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Britain, Ireland, EU, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, NATO, UN, US Foreign Policy.

Bio: Dr. Rielly is currently adjunct professor at UC San Diego. He is formerly President of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to that, he served in the US Department of State, as a consultant to the National Security Council, and as Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator and then Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He taught in the Department of Government at Harvard from 1958-1961. He is on the editorial board of Foreign Policy Magazine. He holds a PhD Harvard.

Mr. William M. Stewart
Writer and Board Member, Santa Fe Council on International Relations
Phone: (505) 984-3176
Email:  wstewarttesuque@aol.com

Areas of Expertise: South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, India, Japan, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Terrorism, Development, Economics.

Bio: Mr. Stewart retired from TIME in 1992 after 30 years of service. He had been Bureau Chief in New Delhi, Bureau Chief in Tokyo, and Middle East Correspondent. He was also Associate Editor, State Department Correspondent, and Diplomatic Correspondent. As a Foreign Service Officer, in India, he was as Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of Intelligence and Research, and worked as an Afghanistan Analyst. He also served in Vietnam as a District Advisor and as Aide to Amb. William E. Colby.

Ms. Jane Wales
President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
Phone: (415) 982-2541
Fax: (415) 982-5028
Email:wacpres@wacsf.org

Areas of Expertise: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Arms Control, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, International Security, Middle East, China-Taiwan, North Korea.

Bio: Ms. Wales has led the San Francisco council for seven years. She was formerly Senior Director of the National Security Council and Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Clinton Administration and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and as White House Coordinator of Public Liaison in the Carter Administration. She was National Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Director of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Project on World Security She hosts the San Francisco Council's weekly KQED radio show Its Your World which is undergoing syndication across the country in the National Public Radio system.

Mr. Peter C. White
President and Founder, Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS)
Phone: (404) 261-5763
Fax: (404) 261-0849
Email: scispw@scis.org

Areas of Expertise: Africa, Middle East, East Asia, International Education, US Foreign Policy, UN.

Bio: Mr. White has led the Southern Center for 40 years. He is responsible for its Peabody Award-Winning PBS series Annual Reports of the Secretaries of State and also of World Leaders. He also leads the Center’s curriculum series World in Transition. He is an Op-Ed writer for the Atlanta Constitution. He serves on the International Advisory Council of the University of South Carolina and the Georgia Governor’s International Education Advisory Board. He has a BA from Fordham, with further study at the Academy of International Law at The Hague and at the National War College.

Ms. Maria Zammit
WACA National Vice-Chairman
Phone: (757) 422-8445
Fax: (757) 422-4316
Email: zamgram@cox.net

Areas of Expertise: Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Malta, US Foreign Policy, UN.

Bio: Ms. Zammit was Assistant Director of Policy Analysis at Public Strategies and Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. She worked at the Asia Society, Standard and Poor's, and Dun & Bradstreet’s. She is an Op-Ed writer for the Virginian Pilot and appears frequently on NPR radio. A graduate of Hamilton College, she holds a MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. She lives in Virginia Beach.