Anheuser-Busch Briefing Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H St NW, Washington, D.C.
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors’ is comprised of nationally recognized leaders with a unique appreciation of the challenges facing business. The board’s participation is important to the success of each of NCF’s initiatives and programs. NCF relies on board members for new ideas on issues where their knowledge and expertise will help to advance business solutions.
Officers
Chairman, National Chamber Foundation
President and CEO, Quam-Nichols Company, Inc.
William G. Little is president and chief executive officer of Quam-Nichols Company and is chairman of the National Chamber Foundation. Little was chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1998-1999 and has been a Chamber director since 1994.
Vice Chairman, National Chamber Foundation
President and CEO, U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets, Competitiveness (CCMC); President and CEO, Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC); Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
As president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) Hirschmann leads the Chamber’s initiative dedicated to making U.S. capital markets the most fair, efficient, transparent, and attractive in the world. This effort addresses domestic and international securities regulation and enforcement and financial reporting issues, including auditor viability, and proxy rules.
President, National Chamber Foundation
President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political powerhouse with expanded influence across the globe.
President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Margaret Spellings is a senior adviser to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. She is one of the nation’s leading experts on public policy. She serves as president and CEO of Margaret Spellings and Company and provides strategic guidance to some of the most recognized philanthropic and private sector organizations in the world.
Executive Vice President and COO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chavern serves as chair of the Chamber’s Management Committee and is responsible for day-to-day operations as well as long-term planning. This includes responsibility for a range of policy, financial, administrative, and legal operations. Chavern also oversees several revenue operations, including corporate partnerships and small business outreach and membership.
General Cousel, National Chamber Foundation
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Lily Fu Claffee is senior vice president, chief legal officer, and general counsel of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She leads all of the Chamber’s legal operations, including representing the organization in legal disputes, and she oversees the National Chamber Litigation Center, an incorporated public policy law firm associated with the U.S. Chamber.
Immediately prior to joining the Chamber, Claffee was a partner in the international law firm of Jones Day, where she represented corporations in federal litigation, regulatory, and national security matters.
Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer, National Chamber Foundation
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Information Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Stan Harrell is senior vice president, chief financial officer, and chief information officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Alfonso “Al” Martinez-Fonts Jr. is a vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Martinez-Fonts previously was a consultant to the U.S. Chamber as president of Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in homeland security and international issues. He was also affiliated with Adelphi Capital, LLC, and Command Consulting Group.
Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel, National Chamber Foundation
Assistant Secretary, National Chamber Foundation
Executive Director for the U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation
Kathryn Traver is executive director of the U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She oversees the operations functions of the U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation and the Chamber’s 501(c)(3) affiliate organizations – the National Chamber Foundation (NCF), the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW) and the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC).
Previously, Traver was senior director of the Chamber’s corporate social responsibility affiliate, the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), where she led program management and operations.
Board Members
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Partner in Charge of Government Affairs, KPMG LLP
As National Principal in Charge of Government Affairs, Mr. Allis heads the department responsible for representing KPMG’s interests in all matters of public policy before the Federal and state governments and for assisting non-U.S. practices in achieving their government affairs goals.
Government Affairs serves the Firm’s foremost priority of strengthening public confidence in the accounting profession.
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Managing Partner of Appleton & Associates, Editor-In-Chief of the Investor State Reports and Appleton’s International Investment Law and Arbitration News
Barry Appleton, the Managing Partner of Appleton & Associates, is an international lawyer specializing in international trade and investment law. He is the author of several publications on international law and is the Editor-In-Chief of the Investor State Reports and Appleton’s International Investment Law and Arbitration News.
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Soluciones Estratégicas Consultoría, Mexico City
Herminio A. Blanco is the founder and since 2002 has served as Chief Executive Officer of Soluciones Estratégicas Consultoría, Mexico City. Blanco is a founding partner and has served as Chairman of IQOM since 2005. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of SSA Mexico since 2008. Blanco has served on a number of boards including the Banco Mercantil del Norte-Banorte and CYDSA since 2006, the National Chamber Foundation since 2005, and Arcelor Mittal Steel U.S. since 2004.
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Retired, Executive Vice President, Affiliated Computer Services
John M. Brophy, age 62, has served as Executive Vice President since May 2005. From August 2001 until May 2005 Mr. Brophy served as Executive Vice President and Group President - State and Local Solutions. From 1988 until August 2001, Mr. Brophy served both as President of Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation (an entity we acquired in August 2001) and as an elected corporate officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
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President and CEO, American Apparel & Footwear Association
Kevin M. Burke is the President & Chief Executive Officer of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since Mr. Burke joined the AAFA in June 2001, AAFA has grown its membership base, its member programs, its financial position and its standing on Capitol Hill.
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Partner, Alternative Investment Management, LLC
Diana F. Cantor is a partner with Alternative Investment Management, LLC, an independent, privately-held investment management firm. Prior to joining the firm, she was a managing director of New York Private Bank & Trust, the wealth management division of Emigrant Bank.
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Senior Counselor, Brunswick Group; and Managing Partner, Stanwich Group, LLC
Harry Clark is a managing partner at Stanwich Group LLC, and serves as senior counselor to the Brunswick Group, an independent public affairs and financial communications consultancy.
Clark also currently serves as management and public policy consultant to Travelers Insurance, Barclays Capital, Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) and The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF).
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Senior Vice President, Communications and Strategy and Counselor to the President U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Collamore is senior vice president of Communications and Strategy and counselor to the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Collamore is responsible for all Chamber communications, including media outreach, Web strategy, paid media, publications, member interface, and branding. In addition, he advises senior management on long-term strategy and political engagement.
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President, Institute for Defense & Business
Mr. Cramer is President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Defense and Business (IDB). He also serves as the Executive Director of the Center of Excellence in Logistics and Technology (LOGTECH) and was previously the acting Executive Director of the Center for Stabilization and Economic Reconstruction (CSER). Prior to assuming the duties of President in 2007, he served as Senior Vice President, legal counsel and Executive Secretary of the IDB, and he established the IDB’s CSER activities and programs.
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Vice President, Corporate Affairs, MedImmune
Lisa R. Davis is the vice president of Corporate Affairs for MedImmune, the biologics division of AstraZeneca. She directs all internal and external communications, including executive communications and media relations, along with the corporate social responsibility and government affairs organizations within MedImmune.
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Professor and Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center
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President, Adelphi Capital, LLC
Mr. Donohue is the President and Founder of Adelphi Capital, LLC a Washington, DC based investment bank. In this role, Donohue has been actively involved with a number of financial and strategic consulting initiatives in the transportation, telecommunications and energy industries. Over the last several years, Donohue has identified, structured and completed investments, acquisitions, strategic initiatives and joint ventures in each of these industries.
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Retired, Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Systems
Mr. Dorf has over 40 years of professional experience in executive and engineering leadership. Dorf retired from Cisco in September of 2009. He was appointed to that role in December of 2007 when Cisco Systems acquired Navini Networks where he had been President and CEO. Previously, he held the position of CEO of Austin, Texas-based Celite Systems. Prior to that position Dorf was vice president and general manager of Nortel Network’s Broadband Access Business Unit (formerly Promatory, prior to the company’s acquisition by Nortel in March of 2000). Prior to that he served as CEO of Synch Research, President of AT&T Network Systems Caribbean and Latin America, COO AT&T Paradyne, vice president of customer support for Cullinet Software and at IBM where he held several senior management positions including site general manager (Austin, Texas) and vice president of operations ROLM.
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Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Massif Partners
Patrick Dowling is partner and chief investment officer at Massif Partners Private Debt. Prior to joining Massif Partners, Dowling was a managing partner atWhite Oak Global Advisors as well as senior managing director and Group Head at Tygris Commercial Finance Group where he also was a corporate officer and founder.
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President, Heritage Foundation
Ed Feulner's leadership as President of The Heritage Foundation has transformed the think tank from a small policy shop into a powerhouse of conservative ideas. Under Feulner, Heritage's presence in Washington grew from a nine-member staff working out of a rented office on Capitol Hill in 1977 to a 200-person organization occupying two office buildings near the U.S. Capitol today.
Feulner's work in the conservative movement throughout his life earned him praise from a range of individuals including Heritage donors and U.S. Presidents.
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Principal, The From Company, LLC
Al From is one of America's premier strategists and policy entrepreneurs with a track record of injecting innovative ideas into the national debate, turning major national institutions around, and changing the course of American life.
His new venture, The From Company, LLC, offers strategic advice to private clients.
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President and CEO, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Craig Fuller became the President and CEO of AOPA on Jan. 1, 2009. He is only the fourth person to hold this position since AOPA was founded in 1939. He brings to this position a career that includes senior public affairs positions in business, association leadership, and executive positions in the federal government, including eight years of service in the White House from 1981 to 1989.
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Vice Chairman, Albright Stonebridge Group
H.P. Goldfield provides strategic advice to clients regarding international affairs, international trade matters, and legislative issues.
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, H.P. served as a senior partner at another Washington, D.C. law firm where he was responsible for international trade and transactional problem-solving activities on behalf of major U.S. and non-U.S. clients. He was also responsible for developing and implementing complex legislative and regulatory strategies.
H.P. formerly served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development.
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Executive Vice President, National Roofing Contractors Association
NRCA Executive Vice President William Good is a member of the Chamber's Association Committee of 100, a group composed of top association executives from throughout the United States. The committee routinely meets with Chamber President Thomas Donohue to discuss issues affecting associations. Good also is a member of the Chamber's Public Affairs Committee, which endorses candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
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Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Carol Hallett serves as counselor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing 3 million businesses, 2,000 chambers of commerce, 830 associations, and 105 American Chambers of Commerce abroad. Hallett assists the Chamber’s public policy think tank, the National Chamber Foundation, with implementation of its three strategic initiatives: strengthening the travel and tourism industry, including civil aviation; curtailing counterfeiting and piracy; and enhancing corporate governance without discouraging business risk-taking and innovation.
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President, HPA Strategies
As President of HPA Strategies, Kevin Herglotz offers clients more than 20 years of strategic communications, media relations and public affairs experience. Having served as a senior advisor to Fortune 100 company executives, elected officials, government agencies and non-profits, his broad background and relationships helps clients effectively manage their public relations priorities.
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President, The Fairfax Group
Mr. Hershman is an internationally recognized expert on matters relating to transparency, accountability and governance. The Fairfax Group founded in 1983 has been retained by Governments, Corporations and International Financial Institutions to assist on matters relating to misconduct of senior level officials or entities which they do business with.
Fairfax has assisted Governments from India to Chile on corruption investigations of senior level officials and has served as the appointed Monitor of Companies which have violated laws, rules or regulations.
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Office Managing Director, Spencer Stuart
Leslie Hortum manages Spencer Stuart’s Washington, D.C. office and is a member of the firm’s Education, Nonprofit & Public Policy Practice focusing on associations, public policy and government affairs.
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Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLC
Ambassador Jones’ practice focuses on international trade, investment and commerce, business-government relations and financial services. He also has worked extensively with global distribution and marketing organizations targeting Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
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President and CEO, Arlington Chamber of Commerce
While at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Jurey has successfully established the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development in collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington, the City of Arlington, and the Tarrant County Workforce Board. He was also appointed by Assistant Secretary Emily DeRocco, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, to develop the Department's five-year strategic research plan.
Mr.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Imagine Radiology
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President, Kirby Financial, LLC
Dan Kirby is the president of Kirby Financial, LLC. Kirby previously served as executive vice president and general counsel of Western Surety Company and retired as chairman.
Kirby is chairman of the board for the National Association of Independent Sureties; the Judicial and Guaranty Bond Committee of the Surety Association of America; and the Fidelity and Surety Committee of the American Insurance Association. Kirby is a member of the South Dakota State Bar and the California State Bar.
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Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Sunrise Senior Living
Mr. Klaassen founded Sunrise Senior Living with his wife, Terry, in 1981. He has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Sunrise since the company's inception. He is the founding chairman and a director of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA). Mr. Klaassen serves as a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in addition toThe National Chamber Foundation.
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Senior Advisor, The Robertson Foundation
Mr. Lebedev currently holds a portfolio of assignments which span the business, government and philanthropic sectors. He serves as Chairman of the publicly-funded Center for International Private Enterprise, one of the four core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy, whose mission is to promote free market institutions in emerging economies throughout the world. He is a Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, the largest business federation in the world.
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President and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors
Mr. Mack is President and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors (AED), the interntional trade association representing suppliers of heavy machinery and related services to the construction, mining and forestry industries in North America. AED provides public policy advocacy, technology services, market and financial information and educational services.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, MacNair Travel Management, Inc.
Mike began his travel career in the early 1980’s, working for Hilton Hotels, a European tour operator, an international airline, and a major Washington area travel company. In 1989, he and his wife opened MacNair Travel, which now employs over 50 people.
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Senior Vice President & Chief Public Affairs Officer, Liberty Mutual Group
Paul is a 1972 graduate of the University of Rochester, where he received his BA in History. In 1978, he received his JD with honors from Suffolk University Law School.
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Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP
Bill McDermott was appointed co-CEO of SAP alongside Jim Hagemann Snabe in February 2010. In this capacity, and as a member of the SAP Executive Board and Global Managing Board, Bill McDermott focuses on developing and executing SAP's strategy, together with Jim Hagemann Snabe. The co-CEOs strengthen relationships with customers and partners, drive SAP's innovation portfolio across all markets, and ensure operational excellence across the company.
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President and CEO of Public Strategies Washington, Inc.
Joseph P. O’Neill is President and CEO of Public Strategies Washington, Inc. (PSW).
O’Neill brings to PSW years of experience from Capitol Hill, the political campaign trail, and trade association leadership. He has a well-earned reputation for providing PSW clients with strategic counsel that not only considers the public policy aspects of an issue but also anticipates the likely political dynamics.
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Vice President of National Affairs, Anheuser-Busch Companies
Michael F. Roche has been Vice President of National Affairs for Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. since January 2004. In this capacity, he heads the Anheuser-Busch office in Washington, D.C., and manages the company's relations with all branches of the federal government. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Beer Institute, the national trade association for brewers in the United States.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
John Ruan III presently serves as Chairman and CEO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, Des Moines, Iowa. John received his BS in Business Administration from Northwestern University in 1965, and is a 1978 graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. In addition to the transportation business, John is also Chairman of Bankers Trust Company, NA Ruan Center Corporation, City Center Corporation, Iowa Export-Import Trading Company and Ruan Securities Company.
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Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
Mr. Samuels heads the firm's Corporate Services practice in the Chicago office and is a member of the firm’s Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance and International Practice Groups, focusing on the following:
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Food Marketing Institute
Leslie G. Sarasin, CAE, president and chief executive officer of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Chamber Foundation, an independent, non-profit, public policy think tank affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Chairman of the Board and CEO, Telecom Ventures, LLC
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President and CEO, Tecta America Corp.
As president and CEO of Tecta America Corp., Brynne E. Smith oversees the strategic direction and overall growth of Tecta America and its member companies, totaling 40 locations and more than 3,000 employees.
Previously, Smith was senior vice president and COO of Tecta America Corp. and led all of the company’s operational aspects, aligning the strengths and synergies of the local and regional business unit locations.
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Retired, President & CEO of Cardinal Health System, Chairman, BMH Foundation, Inc.
Kelly N. Stanley is the retired President and CEO of Cardinal Health System, Inc (Muncie, Indiana) and the former Chairman of the BMH Foundation, Inc., a healthcare foundation affiliated with Ball Memorial Hospital.
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Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield
Joan Verplanck is president of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, a 95-year-old Trenton-based business advocacy organization. Since her election in 1995 as the chamber's first female president, Joan has represented the business community on a wide range of critical issues, most notably those involving the port and education. She was a founding member of Nation'sPort in 1996, and continues to serve as its co-chair..
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Retired, Executive Vice President, Fidelity Investments
David C. Weinstein is executive vice president of Fidelity Investments, the largest mutual fund company in the United States and the number one provider of workplace retirement savings plans.