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Advisory Council

Chair

Jane Pauley, NBC

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Former Chair (1996-2000)

Colin L. Powell, U.S. Secretary of State

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

Donna Estes Antebi

Marc Anthony, Singer / Songwriter

Michael J. BalaoingEsq.,  Senior Vice President, Entertainment Industry Foundation

Doug Bauer, Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Ron Berger, Executive Chairman, Euro RSCG Worldwide

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

Sean F. Cassidy*, President, Dan Klores Communications

Jill DeSimone*, Sr. Vice President, U.S. Virology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Josh Dines, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery

Honorable Christopher J. Dodd, United States Senate (D-CT)

Ann Druyan, CEO, Cosmos Studios

Herbert B. Fixler, Esq., Partner, Private Client Services Group, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP

Steven M. Fortunato, Fortch Unlimited

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

Charles Grodin

Charles D. Hammerman, The Burton Blatt Institute, Centers of Innovation on Disability

Mark Hanna, Hanna & Associates

Gloria M. Janata, JD

Alex Karnal, Chairman, Deerfield Foundation

Jeff Kramer, OK Management

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

Don Mattingly

Paul Metselaar, President, The World Travel Specialist Group

Honorable George J. Mitchell, Special Counsel, Verner Liipfert Bernhard McPherson & Hand

Jack O'Dea, Strategic Worldwide, LLC

Chazz & Gianna Palminteri

Rock Positano, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery

Steven Ricchetti

Herve Sedky*, Vice President and General Manager, American Express

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

Garry Trudeau

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