Our Leadership

The Pacific Council is governed by a Board of Directors. Directors bring to the Council their experience as leaders in business, law, non-profit organizations, international NGOs, academia, and government.

Marc B. Nathanson, former Chair of the U.S. International Broadcasting Board of Governors (1998-2002), and Rockwell A. Schnabel, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (2001-2005) and to Finland (1986-1989), serve as current chairs of the Board. Jerrold D. Green serves as President and CEO.

Board of Directors

The Honorable
Marc B. Nathanson
Co-Chair
Chair, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (1995-2002); Vice Chair, National Democratic Institute; Advisory Council, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Ambassador
Rockwell A. Schnabel
Co-Chair
Co-Chair, Pacific Council on International Policy; Chairman, The Sage Group, LLC; Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland and the European Union
Dr.
Jerrold D. Green
President & CEO
President & CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy
Ambassador
Frank Baxter
Chairman Emeritus, Jefferies & Company
Ms.
Willow Bay
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
Ambassador
Colleen Bell
Executive Director, California Film Commission, Former United States Ambassador to Hungary (2015-2017)
Mr.
Howard L. Berman
Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP
Mrs.
Lynn A. Booth
President, The Otis Booth Foundation & The Evening Star Foundation
Ms.
Elise Buik
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Mrs.
Maria Camacho
Director of Government Affairs, Los Angeles Rams
The Honorable
Michael C. Camuñez
Chair, Audit Committee
President & CEO, Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Mr.
Charles Chen
Chairman, Eyon Holding Group; President, Chen Yung Foundation; Vice Chairman, Taian Insurance
Ms.
Carla Christofferson
Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, DXC Technology
Dr.
Bradford W. Edgerton
President, Edgerton Foundation
Ambassador
John B. Emerson
Chair, American Council on Germany & Vice Chairman, Capital Group International, Inc.
Mr.
Richard B. Goetz
Chair, Governance Committee
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Mr.
Brian Goldsmith
Principal, Kona Media LLC
Ambassador
Nina L. Hachigian
Deputy Mayor for International Affairs, City of Los Angeles
Ms.
Antonia Hernández
President and CEO, California Community Foundation
Ambassador
David Huebner
Chair, Membership Advisory Committee
Independent Arbitrator, Huebner Arbitration & Former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand & Samoa
The Honorable
Mickey Kantor
Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1996-1997); U.S. Trade Representative (1993-1996)
Ms.
Sherry Lansing
Founder & Chair, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Dr.
Peter Laugharn
President, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Ambassador
Michael A. Lawson
President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
The Honorable
Mel Levine
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mr.
Robert W. Liu
Founder and Chairman, Tireco, Inc.
Mr.
Robert W. Lovelace
Vice Chairman, Capital Group Companies
Mr.
Willem Mesdag
Managing Partner, Red Mountain Capital Partners, LLC
Mr.
Arthur J. Ochoa
Senior Vice President, Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai
Mr.
Barry Porter
Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners, Inc.
Mr.
Nelson C. Rising
CEO, Rising Realty Partners
Ambassador
Charles H. Rivkin
CEO, Motion Picture Association of America
The Honorable
Nancy Rubin
Board Member, National Democratic Institute & Board Member, Women for Women International
Mrs.
Maria S. Salinas
President & CEO, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
The Honorable
Gabriel P. Sanchez
State of California Appellate Court Associate Justice
Mr.
Teddy Schwarzman
President & CEO, Black Bear Pictures
Mr.
Harry Sloan
Chairman and CEO, Global Eagle Acquisition Corporation
Mr.
Gene T. Sykes
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Dr.
Cynthia A. Telles
Chair, Finance Committee
Director, UCLA Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine
Ambassador
Robert H. Tuttle
Co-Managing Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2009)

Former Directors Include:

Mr.
Nicolas Berggruen
The Honorable
John Bryson
Mr.
Ronnie C. Chan
The Honorable
Warren Christopher
The Right Honorable
Joe Clark
Mr.
Robert Eckert
Mr.
Robert F. Erburu
Mr.
Russell Goldsmith
Ms.
Linda Griego
The Honorable
Robert Hormats
Ms.
Karen Elliot House
Ambassador
Jon Huntsman
Dr.
Irwin Mark Jacobs
Ambassador
Susan McCaw
Mr.
William H. Neukom
Mr.
Dominic Ng
Ms.
Jane T. Olson
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
The Honorable
Pamela Ann Rymer
Dr.
Susan L. Shirk
Mr.
James Steinberg
Dr.
Chang-Lin Tien
Dr.
Laura Tyson
Mr.
Ernest Wooden Jr.
Dr.
Janet Yellen

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