- Dr. Olga KlimovaBorn in Uzbekistan and raised in Belarus, Dr. Olga Klimova currently works as an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the Russian Program at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pitt). She also holds a position as the program director of The STARTALK Russian Program for high school students at Pitt (since 2017). Since 2021, she has been a member of the ACTR Board of Directors, holding the position of Vice President from 2023 to 2024. Dr. Klimova has earned… Read More
- Dan Sundell Dan Sundell is an experienced global executive who recently retired from Caterpillar Inc. where he was Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung / President of Caterpillar Energy Solutions, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, with operations in the U.S., Germany, and China. He had global responsibility for the business with teams throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Prior to this position, Mr. Sundell was a Product Manager responsible for… Read More
- Nathan Ruiz Nathan Ruiz, Senior Vice President of National Security, joined Govini in January 2021. In his current role, Nathan leads Govini’s engagement with the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Fourth Estate, and Interagency Civilian agencies. He is responsible for both sales and client delivery. Nathan joined Govini after working as the Managing Director of Partnerships at Dcode, a D.C. based tech accelerator helping emerging technology enter the federal market. Previously he… Read More
- Susan O. Rheney Susan O. Rheney serves as a Managing Director at Kerr Rheney Group, LLC a consulting firm that assists nonprofits and other entities in designing and executing events involving fundraising, sports, and entertainment. Ms. Rheney is an experienced corporate board member for both public and private companies who has been a company director in several industries, including chemicals, energy, and general manufacturing. As a Director, she has been involved in multiple public… Read More
- Ambassador John Ordway Ambassador John Ordway is a retired Foreign Service Officer. He served as Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2004-2008) and Armenia (2001-2004). After retiring in 2008, he served as chargé d’affaires in Vienna, Sofia, Kathmandu, Prague, and twice in Astana, Kazakhstan. From 2015-2016, he was a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, working on resolving the Donbas conflict. He continued to work on the Donbas conflict as a consultant to the HD Centre in Geneva, Switzerland… Read More
- Dr. Alan Platt Dr. Alan Platt is a retired Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), and was previously a Principal in the Washington office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. His career spans almost 50 years, focused on foreign economic and international security matters, particularly the executive and legislative branch processes. At SAIS, Dr. Platt lectured on U.S. foreign and national security policy. For the preceding… Read More
- Margaret C. MarshMargaret C. Marsh currently serves as Vice President, Commercial and Legal, at Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) LLC, a next-generation uranium enrichment company based in Wilmington, NC. In this role, Ms. Marsh supports GLE’s efforts to commercialize its unique laser enrichment technology in the United States. She advises GLE and provides strategic guidance on a wide array of complex regulatory, legal and commercial matters.Ms. Marsh previously served as Senior Counsel… Read More
- Dr. Abol JalilvandDr. Abol Jalilvand is a seasoned academic leader with over 35 years of global administrative experience, having served as dean of schools of business and senior scholar at major public and private universities with strong tradition of liberal arts and values-based education in both the U.S. (Loyola University Chicago) and Canada (Concordia and Dalhousie Universities). He is presently chair of the finance department and holds directorship positions for the Master of Science in… Read More
- Michael E. Hora Michael E. Hora was a Senior Vice President and major shareholder of A.T. Kearney, a 5,000-person international management consulting firm, where he specialized in basic metals, consumer products manufacturing, and maintenance and engineering management. Mr. Hora is active with nonprofit boards (having served on approximately 20) and is an expert on board operations, trustee management, board governance, and strategic planning. He currently serves as a trustee for five… Read More
- Robert C. Heath Robert C. Heath is the Executive Director of the Foreign Affairs Museum Council, a nonprofit dedicated to raising private money to design and build a museum and a center of American diplomacy to be located in the U.S. Department of State. In 1997, he completed 27 years with the United States Information Agency (USIA) serving in seven countries on four continents. Mr. Heath’s last assignment was as Director of the United States Information Service in Kiev, Ukraine from 1994-… Read More
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