Affirming American Leadership
Publications
Events
Co-Chairs
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky
Partner at WilmerHale; former USTR from 1997-2001
Senator William E. Brock
Former USTR from 1981-1985; Former Secretary of Labor from 1985-1987; U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1971-1977; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Mr. Frederick W. Smith
Chairman and CEO of FedEx Corporation; CSIS Trustee
Commissioners
Dr. Byron G. Auguste
CEO & CO-Founder, Opportunity@Work
Mr. Ajay Banga
CEO & President of Mastercard
Dr. Craig Barrett
Former Chairman & CEO of Intel Corporation from 1998-2009
Mr. Gary J. Baumgartner
President & CEO of GJB Inc.
Mr. Joshua Bolten
President & CEO of the Business Roundtable; Former White House Chief of Staff from 2006-2009
Ms. Joyce Chang
Chair of Global Research, J.P. Morgan
Mr. David Cohen
Partner at WilmerHale; Former Deputy Director of the CIA from 2015-2017
Mr. Zippy Duvall
President of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Evan Greenberg
CEO of Chubb Limited; CSIS Trustee
Ambassador Carla A. Hills
CEO of Hills & Co. Former USTR from 1989-1993; Former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development from 1975-1977; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Dr. Richard Levin
Former President of Yale University from 1993-2013
Mr. W. James McNerney
Chairman of the President’s Export Council from 2010-2015; Senior Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; Former Chairman, President & CEO of The Boeing Company from 2005-2015; CSIS Trustee
Mr. Henry H. McVey
Member & Head of Global Macro & Asset Allocation, CIO of KKR Balance Sheet, KKR
Mr. Michael J. Rogers
Former U.S. Representative (MI-08)
Ms. Kavita Shukla
Founder & CEO of FreshPaper
Mr. Jay Timmons
President & CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers
Dr. Laura D. Tyson
Distinguished Professor at the Hass School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley; former U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Chairwomen
Experts and Staff