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.
Co-Chair
Senior Vice President, Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
Development Advisory Group Member
President, The Otis Booth Foundation & The Evening Star Foundation
Dean’s Professor, McDonough School of Business, Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Economics, Georgetown University
Board Secretary, Finance Committee & Governance Committee Member
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Governance Committee Member & Former Chair, Mexico Initiative Advisory Committee
President & CEO, Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Chairman, Eyon Holding Group; President, Chen Yung Foundation; Vice Chairman, Taian Insurance
Finance Committee & Development Advisory Group Member
Chair, American Council on Germany & Vice Chairman, Capital Group International, Inc.
Development Advisory Group Member
Writer, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate; Human Rights Watch
Governance Committee Member
President and CEO, California Community Foundation (Ret)
Membership Advisory Committee Member
Founder & Chair, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Special Advisor on Board Recruitment and Diversity & Membership Advisory Committee Member
President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
Chair, Audit Committee & Membership Advisory Committee Member
Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners, Inc.
Membership Advisory Committee Member
Board Member, National Democratic Institute & Board Member, Women for Women International
Board Treasurer & Chair, Finance Committee
President & CEO, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Audit Committee Member
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Development Advisory Group Member
Chairman and CEO, Global Eagle Acquisition Corporation
Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2009)
Former Directors Include:
Mr.
Sonny H. Astani
Ambassador
Frank Baxter
Ambassador
Colleen Bell
Mr.
Nicolas Berggruen
The Honorable
Howard L. Berman
Mr.
Austin M. Beutner
The Honorable
John Bryson
Mrs.
Maria Camacho
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
Ambassador
Nina L. Hachigian
The Honorable
Robert Hormats
Ms.
Karen Elliot House
Ambassador
David Huebner
Ambassador
Jon Huntsman
Dr.
Irwin Mark Jacobs
The Honorable
Mickey Kantor
Dr.
Sanjeev Khagram
Mr.
Robert W. Liu
Ambassador
Susan McCaw
Mr.
Willem Mesdag
Ambassador
Marc B. Nathanson
Dr.
Sharon Nazarian
Vice Admiral
Peter V. Neffenger
Mr.
William H. Neukom
Mr.
Dominic Ng
Ms.
Jane T. Olson
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
Mr.
Nelson C. Rising
Ambassador
Charles H. Rivkin
The Honorable
Pamela Ann Rymer
Ambassador
Rockwell A. Schnabel
Dr.
Susan L. Shirk
Mr.
James Steinberg
Ambassador
Cynthia A. Telles
Dr.
Chang-Lin Tien
Dr.
Laura Tyson
Mr.
Ernest Wooden Jr.
Dr.
Janet Yellen
