Dean's 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 their respective fields. The members of the Dean’s Council serve as advocates for SIS to promote a greater awareness of SIS nationally and internationally.
Members
James Goldgeier
Dean, School of International Service
American University
Alan H. Fleischmann, SIS/BA/BS '87, Chair
Managing Director, ImagineNations Group
Janice M. Abraham, SIS/BA '79
President & CEO, United Educators Insurance
Esther Benjamin, SIS/MA '92, CAS/MA '95
Associate Director for Global Operations, United States Peace Corps
Akram Elias
President, Capital Communications Group, Inc.
Stephen C. Embry, SIS/BA '71
Senior Partner, Embry & Neusner
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
Harsanyi Consulting LLC,Senior Advisor
Public Affairs Council
Richard H. Helms, SIS/BA '72, MA '73
CEO, NTREPID
Mehdi Heravi, SIS/PhD '67
Retired Professor
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
Robert McNally, SPA/BA '97
President, The Rapidan Group
David Merkel
Senior Fellow, The Center for Transatlantic Relations
Dorothy A. Moore, CAS/MA '59, EDD '70
Professor Emeritus, The George Washington University
Sherry L. Mueller, SIS/BA '65
President Emeritus, National Council for International Visitors
Robert Oxnam
President Emeritus, The Asia Society
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
Ambassador Dennis Ross
The Washington Institute for Near East Affairs
Christopher Schroeder
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
Ho-I Wu, SIS/PhD '82
Vice President, Peace Technology, Inc.
Scott Wylie, SIS/MA '82
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, First Western Trust Bank
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 their respective fields. The members of the Dean’s Council serve as advocates for SIS to promote a greater awareness of SIS nationally and internationally.
Members
James Goldgeier
Dean, School of International Service
American University
Alan H. Fleischmann, SIS/BA/BS '87, Chair
Managing Director, ImagineNations Group
Janice M. Abraham, SIS/BA '79
President & CEO, United Educators Insurance
Esther Benjamin, SIS/MA '92, CAS/MA '95
Associate Director for Global Operations, United States Peace Corps
Akram Elias
President, Capital Communications Group, Inc.
Stephen C. Embry, SIS/BA '71
Senior Partner, Embry & Neusner
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
Harsanyi Consulting LLC,Senior Advisor
Public Affairs Council
Richard H. Helms, SIS/BA '72, MA '73
CEO, NTREPID
Mehdi Heravi, SIS/PhD '67
Retired Professor
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
Robert McNally, SPA/BA '97
President, The Rapidan Group
David Merkel
Senior Fellow, The Center for Transatlantic Relations
Dorothy A. Moore, CAS/MA '59, EDD '70
Professor Emeritus, The George Washington University
Sherry L. Mueller, SIS/BA '65
President Emeritus, National Council for International Visitors
Robert Oxnam
President Emeritus, The Asia Society
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
Ambassador Dennis Ross
The Washington Institute for Near East Affairs
Christopher Schroeder
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
Ho-I Wu, SIS/PhD '82
Vice President, Peace Technology, Inc.
Scott Wylie, SIS/MA '82
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, First Western Trust Bank
