The Dean's Advisory Council
The primary purpose of the Dean’s Council is to provide advice and support to the Dean of the School of International Service (SIS) in accomplishing strategic goals for the school. All members of the Dean’s Council are leaders in international business, diplomacy, law, education, or human services. The members of the Dean’s Council serve as advocates for SIS to promote a greater awareness of SIS nationally and internationally.
James Goldgeier
Dean, School of International Service
American University
Janice M. Abraham, SIS/BA '79
President & CEO, United Educators Insurance
Diego E. Arria
Assistant Secretary General, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, United Nations Secretariat
Esther Benjamin, SIS/MA '92
Associate Director for Global Operations, United States Peace Corps
Fuad El-Hibri
CEO, Chairman of the Board, Emergent BioSolutions
Stephen C. Embry, SIS/BA '71
Senior Partner, Embry & Neusner
Alan H. Fleischmann, SIS/BA/BS '87
Managing Director, ImagineNations Group
Thomas Gottschalk
Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis
David Gregory, SIS/BA '92
Moderator, Meet the Press, NBC News
Lawrence S.C. Griffith, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Clayton Heart Center
Fruzsina Harsanyi, SIS/BA '64, MA '67, SPA/PhD '72
Richard H. Helms, SIS/BA '72, MA '73
Joanne Hill, SIS/BA '70
Head of Investment Strategy, Profunds Group
C. Nicholas Keating, Jr., SIS/BA '63, MA '64
President & CEO, Network Equipment Technologies
William M. Lane, KSB/BA '72
The Torray Companies
Francisco de Paula Leon Olea, SIS/MA '87
President, De Paula Leon Olea y Associados, SC
Dorothy A. Moore, CAS/EDD '59, MA '70
Professor Emeritus, The George Washington University
Sherry L. Mueller, SIS/BA '65
President, National Council for International Visitors
Robert Oxnam
President Emeritus, The Asia Society
Albert A. Pierce, Jr., SIS/BA '64
Retired
Ambassador Joan M. Plaisted, SIS/BA '67, MA '69
Senior Advisor for Asia, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Keith Rosenberg, SIS/BA '69, MA '70, WCL/JD '73
Managing Partner, FRS & Associates
Jeffrey A. Sine, SIS/BA '76
Partner, The Raine Group LLC
Kantathi Suphamongkhon, SIS/MA '78
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Ambassador Clyde Taylor, SIS/MA '61
Retired
Scott Wylie, SIS/MA '82
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, First Western Trust Bank
Ho-I Wu, SIS/PhD '82
Vice President, Peace Technology, Inc.
