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Prof. John L. Esposito

Professor, Georgetown University
Director, Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding                   
 
Prof. John L. Esposito is Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is also a Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at GeorgetownUniversity. Prof. Esposito has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of State and other agencies, European and Asian governments and corporations, universities, and the media worldwide. A former President of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Vice Chair of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and member of the World Economic Forum’s Council of 100 Leaders, he is a member of the E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalization and an ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations.  

 


Amb. Thomas R. Pickering

Vice Chairman Hill & Company

Ambassador Pickering is vice chairman of Hills & Company, an international consulting firm specializing in risk assessment, particularly in emerging market economies. He retired in 2006 as senior vice president international relations for Boeing. His career spans five decades as a U.S. diplomat, serving as under secretary of state for political affairs, ambassador to the United Nations, Russia, India, Israel, Nigeria, Jordan and El Salvador. He has held numerous other positions at the State Department, including executive secretary and special assistant to Secretaries Rogers and Kissinger and assistant secretary for the bureau of oceans, environmental and scientific affairs.   

 


Hon. Robert H. Pelletreau

Former Assistant Secretary of State

The Hon. Robert H. Pelletreau served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, February 1994-January 1997. Prior to that time, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (1991-1993), to Tunisia (1987-1991) and to Bahrain (1979-1980). His other assignments in the Foreign Service included Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco and Syria as well as senior positions in the Departments of State and Defense. While in Tunisia, Ambassador Pelletreau conducted the U.S. dialogue with the P.L.O. (1988-1990). As Ambassador to Egypt, he joined the U.S. delegation to the 1991 Madrid Middle East Peace Conference, and as Assistant Secretary he traveled frequently to the region as a member of Secretary Christopher's Middle East negotiating team. During this period, he also played a key role in the development and implementation of U.S. policies toward North Africa, the Levant, Egypt and the Gulf, including Iraq and Iran. 

 


Rouhallah K. Ramazani 

Professor at Center for Executive Development
University of Virginia
 
Prof. Ramazani is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor Emeritus of Government and Foreign Affairs at University of Virginia (UVA). He is the co-editor of The Future of Liberal Democracy: Thomas Jefferson and the Contemporary World and Religion, State, and Society: Jefferson's Wall of Separation in Comparative Perspective. He has a JD from School of Law, University of Virginia. He has advised President Jimmy Carter, the US department of State, Defense, Treasury and the Secretariat General of United Nations.   

 


Hon. Donna Shalala

President Univeristy of Miami

Honorable Donna E. Shalala is the president of University of Miami since June 1, 2001. She was the Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services during both terms of President Clinton. She was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Bush in 2008. She also serves on the boards of Gannett Inc., Lennar Corporation and Mednax Inc. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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