Advisory Council
Non-resident, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment
Dr. Shahram Chubin is a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program. Based in Geneva, Chubin’s research focuses on nonproliferation, terrorism, and Middle East security issues. Chubin was director of studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland, from 1996 to 2009. A specialist in the security problems of the Middle East region, he has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, the RAND Corporation, and the United Nations. He has been director of regional security studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a resident fellow at the Wilson Center, and a fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Mr. Farshchian is a master of Persian painting and miniatures. He was born in the city of Isfahan in Iran, a place famed for its art and artists, and it was here where he started to learn art, painting and sculpting. His masterpieces have been hosted by several museums and exhibitions worldwide. He's the most modernizer of the field of miniatures, an art form that was first established in Ancient Persia and later spread to China and Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries.
Ambassador Nathaniel W. Howell
Professor, University of Virginia
Former U.S. Ambassador
Amb. Howell is the John Minor Maury Jr. Professor of Public Affairs at University of Virginia where he is the director of Institute for Global Policy Research and the Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Studies Program. He joined the General Faculty of the University upon retirement from the Foreign Service of the United States in December 1992. During 1991-92, Dr. Howell was assigned to the University as Diplomat-in-Residence in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs. He served as Ambassador to Kuwait from August l987 until December l990, four months after the Iraqi invasion of that country.
Ambassador Bruce L. Laingen
Former U.S. Ambassador
Ambassador Laingen is currently President of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He served as the US Ambassador to Malta from 1977 to 1979. In mid 1979 he returned to Iran for a second tour as chargé d'affaires of the American Embassy before being held hostage in the Iran hostage crisis from November 4,1979 to January 20,1981.
Following his release, Ambassador Laingen served as Vice President of the National Defense University in Washington, DC until his retirement from the Foreign Service in 1987. Ambassador Laingen serves on the boards of A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans, the Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, No Greater Love and the National Defense University Foundation.
President, Chevron Africa and Latin America
Mr. Moshiri is the President of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, a newly formed organization based in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for upstream operations in Africa and Latin America. Moshiri was the chairman of the Venezuelan Association of Hydrocarbons. He is a board member of the Council of the Americas, the Institute of the Americas, the Pan-American Development Foundation and the Trust of the Americas and Organization of American States.
Professor William B. Quandt
Professor, University of Virginia
Prof. Quandt is an American scholar, author, professor and member of the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He previously served as senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and as a member on the National Security Council. He was actively involved in the negotiations that led to the Camp David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.
Chairman, Roth Endowment
Dr. Arndt taught 18th century French literature at Columbia University, where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. until 1961. He then served for 24 years with US Information Agency (USIA) and the Department of State as Cultural Attaché in Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Iran, Italy, and France, and then in various offices in State and USIA. Since retiring in 1985, he has taught at the University of Virginia, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins. Dr. Arndt has been President of the US Fulbright Association, chaired the National Peace Foundation board and its Advisory Council, and served as President and Vice-Chair of the Advisory Council of Americans for UNESCO.
Managing Director, Arya Insurance
Mr. Bolurfrushan is a businessman of Iranian origin settled in Dubai.
Chairman, InterMarine Inc.
Mr. Cloyd is Chairman of the Board of InterMarine Incorporated, an international oil services company operating in the marine sector for twenty-nine years in forty countries. Prior to founding InterMarine in 1982, Cloyd was Senior Vice President of Brown & Root, a large diversified engineering and construction company, where he was responsible for strategic planning and new market development.
Marshall P. Cloyd earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1964 and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. He also attended Harvard Business School.