National Council of Advisors

The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress is the only organization that systematically examines past successes and failures of the Presidency and relates its findings to present challenges and opportunities. Lessons learned from past American experiences offer insights on how to deal with these challenges.

Strengthening America's Future Initiative (SAFI) and Agenda 2008

Executive-Legislative Relations

Presidential Leadership

Organizing for Leadership

Inspiring Future Leaders

Lessons from History



TENLEY E. ALBRIGHT, M.D.
Director and Founder
Collaborative Initiatives at MIT

THE HONORABLE CRESENCIO ARCOS
Government Counselor
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLC

MR. LARRY D. BAILEY
President
LDB Consulting, Inc.

DR. JOHN BRADEMAS
President Emeritus
New York University

DR. ROGER G. BROWN
Chancellor
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

MS. S. LAUREN CHOI
Counsel
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

THE HONORABLE FRANK J. CILLUFFO
Associate Vice President and Director
Homeland Security Policy Institute

MS. SUSAN EISENHOWER
President
The Eisenhower Group, Inc.

LT. GEN LAWRENCE P. FARRELL, JR., USAF (RET)
President and CEO
National Defense Industrial Association

MR. ROBERT FERSH
President
Convergence

DR. VICTORIA F. HAYNES
President/CEO
RTI International

THE HONORABLE ALFRED HOFFMAN, JR.
Hoffman Partners

DR. CHRISTOPHER B. HOWARD
President
Hampden-Sydney College

MR. SHAMIL IDRISS
Director
UN Alliance of Civilizations

THE HONORABLE KARL F. INDERFURTH
Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs
The George Washington University

GOVERNOR FRANK KEATING
President/CEO
American Council of Life Insurers

DR. ROBERT KILMARX
International Analysis Associates, Inc.

MR. JAMES V. KIMSEY
Chairman Emeritus
AOL

THE HONORABLE MARC LELAND
President
Marc Leland & Associates

DR. AARON LOBEL
President
American Abroad Media

DR. KRISTIN M. LORD
Vice President
Center for a New American Security

ADMIRAL JAMES M. LOY
Senior Counselor
The Cohen Group

MR. DANIEL C. LUBIN
Managing Member
Radius Ventures, LLC

MR. MICHAEL C. MAIBACH
President & CEO
European-American Business Council

DR. PETER MANDAVILLE
Director
Center for Global Studies, George Mason University

DR. THOMAS E. MANN
Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution

MR. JOHN D. MARKS
President and Founder
Search for Common Ground

MR. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN
Senior Fellow
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

ADMIRAL RICHARD W. MIES, USN (RET)
President/CEO
Hicks and Associates

THE HONORABLE PATRICK A. MULLOY
Washington Representative
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

DR. NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN
Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

MR. ERIK R. PETERSON
Senior Vice President
Center for Strategic and International Studies

DR. ROBERT L. PFALTZGRAFF, JR.
President
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

DR. JAMES P. PFIFFNER
Professor
School of Public Policy, George Mason University

MR. DAVID REJESKI
Director
Woodrow Wilson Center Foresight and Governance Project

MR. TAYLOR REVELEY
Assistant Director for Policy Programs and Planning
Miller Center of Public Affairs

THE HONORABLE SELWA S. ROOSEVELT
Former Chief of Protocol
Blair House Restoration Fund

MR. JEFF ROSENBERG
Director, NPR Worldwide
National Public Radio

THE HONORABLE DAVID ROTHKOPF
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

DR. ABDUL AZIZ SAID
Professor and Director, International Peace and Conflict Resolution
American University

THE HONORABLE RICHARD H. SOLOMON
President
U.S. Institute of Peace

DR. VITA C. TAUSS
Professor Emerita and Dean (Ret.)
City University of New York

DR. RICHARD L. WAGNER, JR.
Washington Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory

ADMIRAL JAMES D. WATKINS
Co-Chair
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

DR. STEPHEN J. WAYNE
Professor of Government
Georgetown University

MS. HONG LE WEBB
Of Counsel
Dykema Gossett PLLC

MR. J. ROBINSON WEST
Chairman
PFC Energy

MS. JOCELYN WHITE
Former Executive Director
White House Fellows

MS. DEBORAH L. WINCE-SMITH
President
Council on Competitiveness

MR. VINCENT A. WOLFINGTON
Chairman
Global Alliance Advisors LLC

MR. JOHN ZOGBY
President/CEO
Zogby International, Inc.

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