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Advisory Council

Chair

Jane Pauley, NBC

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Former Chair (1996-2000)

General Colin L. Powell, U.S.A. (Ret.)

Vincent Ahonkhai, MD, Senior Regulatory Officer, Global Health Delivery; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Ron J. Anderson, MD, President and CEO, Parkland Health and Hospital System

Marc Anthony, Singer / Songwriter

Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation

Ron Berger*

Lori J. Bertman*, President & CEO, Pennington Family Foundation

Jodi S. Cohen, Esq., Partner, Keesal, Young & Logan

Jill DeSimone*, Sr. Vice President, Commercialization Excellence, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Joshua Dines, MD*, Hospital for Special Surgery

Honorable Christopher J. Dodd, Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America

Ann Druyan, CEO, Cosmos Studios

Fred Francis, Communications Consultant, Former NBC News Correspondent

H. Jack Geiger, MD, Arthur C. Logan , Professor of Community Medicine Emeritus, CUNY Medical School

Gail Grimmett, Senior Vice President - New York, Delta Air Lines

Anne Grissinger*

Charles Grodin

Gloria Janata, EVP, Managing Director, Client Strategy and Services, Cohn & Wolfe

Dan Klores, Founder and Chairman, DKC

Jeff Kramer, OK Management

Joel H. Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc.

Don Mattingly

Craig Maurer, Director of U.S. Equity Research, Specialty Finance and Payment Processing, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.

Paul Metselaar*, Chairman and CEO, Ovation Travel Group

Honorable George J. Mitchell

Julianne Moore

Chazz & Gianna Palminteri

Steven Ricchetti

Alivin Sarter*, Managing Member, Treuhold Capital Group, LLC

H. Andrew Schwartz, Vice President for External Relations, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Herve Sedky*, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Business Travel, American Express Co.

William Shore, Director, U.S. Community Partnerships GlaxoSmithKline

Joan Steinberg*, President, Morgan Stanley Foundation

Garry Trudeau

Dale C. Van Demark, Partner, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.

Joseph W. Werthammer, MD, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Pediatrics, Marshall Univ. School of Medicine

Richard Zahn

In Memoriam

Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

*Leadership Committee Member