W. Patrick Murphy
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State
Michael Goldman
Charge d’Affaires U.S. Embassy Suva
Gretchen Alther
Senior Leadership Development Specialist, Leadership Program, Professional Development Program, East West Center
Daniel Bob
Fellow, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Tess Newton Cain, Principal
TNC Pacific Consulting
Sean E. Callahan
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program Operations, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID
Bredina Drollet
Director’s Advisor Asian Development Bank
Rajesh Chandra
Former Vice-Chancellor and President The University of the South Pacific
Joji Dumukoro Washington
Senior Defense Advisor Ministry of Defense, Fiji
Lori Forman
Development Advisor and Professor Asia-Pacific, Center for Security Studies
Iati Iati
Senior Lecturer Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Kenilorea
Former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Solomon Islands
Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Makalai Koloamatangi
Associate Professor, Massey University
Esther Lavu
Deputy Director, Papua New Guinea National Research Institute
Jim Loi
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, The Asia Group
Alan Marbou
Speaker of the House, Koror State Legislature, Palau
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship Hudson Institute
Timoci Natuva
Director General National Security and Defence Council Secretariat, Fiji
Alfred Oehlers
Professor Asia-Pacific, Center for Security Studies
Cristelle Pratt
Deputy Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Patricia Sachs-Cornish
Chief Advisor to the Director General Pacific Community
Navneel Sharma
Director for Africa, Americas, Middle East, Europe, and Russia Burea Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fiji
Pula Toafa
Coordinator National Council of Women, Tuvalu
Viliame Wilikilagi
Regional Security Adviser, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat