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Jake Sullivan

  • U.S. National Security Advisor (2021-2024), Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State (2011-2013), Deputy Chief of Staff,  US Department of State (2009-2011)
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Sanna Marin

  • Former Prime Minister & Head of Government of Finland (2019-2023)
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Olivier Blanchard

  • Former Chief Economist for IMF; Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Mohamed El-Erian

  • Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz; President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge; Board Member (Under Armor); Author of Permacrisis
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R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Chairman of U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, Co-Chair of Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, and Dean of Columbia Business School
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Amna Nawaz

  • PBS NewsHour Co-Anchor; NBC News & MSNBC Political Contributor; 4x Peabody & Emmy Award-Winner
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Al Gore

  • Fmr. U.S. Vice President, Founder & Chairman of The Climate Reality Project, and Nobel Laureate
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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

  • White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025); Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (2014-2017); Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Jack Lew

  • Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2016), White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013), Director Office Management & Budget (2010-2012), Citigroup Senior Executive, COO, New York University & United States Ambassador to Israel (2023-2025)   
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William J. Burns

  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2021-2025), Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014), US Ambassador to Russia during the Bush Administration (2005-2008)
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John Lipsky

  • Former Director of the IMF (2006-2011), Co-Chair of Aspen Institute's Program on the World Economy, and Executive Director of NBER
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Ambassador Terry Branstad

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Longest-Serving Governor in U.S. History, and President of The World Food Prize Foundation
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Kay Bailey Hutchison

  • Former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to NATO, Advisor on Foreign and Security Policy, Voice for Bipartisan Policy Solutions
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Lawrence Summers

  • Fmr. Treasury Secretary; Fmr. White House National Economic Council; OpenAI Board Member
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Eric Garcetti

  • 26th U.S. Ambassador to India (2023-2025, Biden Administration), 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles (2013 2022), Rhodes Scholar
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Rahm Emanuel

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2021-2025), 55th Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019), White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama (2008-2010), U.S. Congressman (D-IL) (2002-2008)
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Dick Cheney

  • Former U.S. Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and White House Chief of Staff; Renowned Statesman and Bestselling Author
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Steve Forbes

  • Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, Expert on Global Economy and Monetary Policy, and Bestselling Author
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Julia Gillard

  • Former Prime Minister of Australia, Author, and Inaugural Chair of Global Institute for Women's Leadership
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General Mark Milley

  • 20th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; Fmr. Military Advisor to President, SecDef, & NSC
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Ehud Barak

  • Fmr. Israeli PM, 2x Minister of Defense; Board Member, CIFC Asset Management
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Ban Ki-moon

  • Secretary-General of the UN; President & Chair of Global Green Growth Institute; & Founder of Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens
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Max Baucus

  • U.S. Ambassador to China; Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Board of Ingram Micro
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Dambisa Moyo

  • Member of the United Kingdom House of Lords; Executive: Versaca Investments; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Edge of Chaos'

Nouriel Roubini

  • Professor of Economics & International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

Joseph McMonigle

  • Former Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, Global Energy Expert, International Affairs & Geopolitics Analyst, Saudi Arabia Expert

Jessica Chen Weiss

  • Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, Center for China Analysis, Author of 'Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations

Muhammad Yunus

  • Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Economist and Author

Todd Buchholz

  • Former White House Director of Economic Policy, Best-selling Author, Economist & Trend Forecaster

Anja Manuel

  • Co-Founder and Principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC

Ian Bremmer

  • President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media

Daniel Hoffman

  • CIA Russian Operations Expert, Former CIA Senior Executive, Expert in Cyber Security and Counterterrorism

Anil Gupta

  • Leading Expert on Strategy, Globalization and Emerging Markets

John E. McLaughlin

  • Former Deputy Director and Acting Director of Central Intelligence

David Daokui Li

  • Director, Center for China in the World Economy

Agnia Grigas

  • Energy and Political Risk Expert

Jamie Metzl

  • Expert on Asian Economics and Politics, Genetics Revolution

Mark Brzezinski

  • Former United States Ambassador to Sweden (2011-2015)

George Friedman

  • Internationally Recognized Geopolitical Forecaster

Raghuram Rajan

  • 23rd Governor of The Reserve Bank of India

Laura Tyson

  • First Female Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (1993-1995); Director of the National Economic Council (1995-1996)

Nancy Soderberg

  • U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-2001

Daniel Yergin

  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Minxin Pei

  • Expert in China, Taiwan, East Asia and Democracy; Author of 'From Reform to Revolution'

Jason Ma

  • Founder, CEO and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ; Leading Member of The B20 for The G20

Navi Radjou

  • Innovation and Leadership Expert, Thinkers50 Award Winner

Dr. Mark T. Esper

  • Former U.S. SecDef, Bestselling Author of 'A Sacred Oath', and Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review

Pippa Malmgren

  • Former Presidential Economic Advisor and Bestselling Author

Fred Hochberg

  • Longest-serving Chairman in Export-Import Bank history; High-ranking business leader in the Obama Administration

Edward Fishman

  • Leading Authority on Economic Statecraft, Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare', Former Top Sanctions Official at the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

Souad Mekhennet

  • Renowned Reporter on Radical Islamic Movements

George Papandreou

  • Prime Minister of Greece (2009-2011)

Bill Gertz

  • Award-Winning, Internationally Recognized National Security Journalist

Betty Liu

  • Former Executive Vice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange & Award-Winning Journalist

Joseph Stiglitz

  • Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

Jack Perkowski

  • Founder and Managing Partner, JFP Holdings, Ltd.

Harry G. Broadman

  • Emergin Markets Guru; Strategic Advisor to Investment Houses; Renowned Business Columnist; White House Trade Negotiator