International Advisory Council

This diverse group of prominent individuals lends perspective to the activities of CNS.

Ambassador Urban Ahlin
Swedish Ambassador to the United States and
Former Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
Washington, DC

Dr. Alexei Arbatov
Head, Center for International Security
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Moscow, Russian Federation

Congressman Howard Berman
(Ret., D-California)
Former Senior Advisor
Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, DC

The Honorable Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown, Jr.
Former Governor of the State of California
Sacramento, CA

Mr. Kevin Cuddy
Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive
Export Regulation Office
IBM
Washington, DC

Ms. Emily Ewell Daughtry
Program Officer
Dalio Philanthropies
New York, NY

Dr. Jeffrey Dayton-Johnson (ex-officio)
Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the Institute Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, CA

Ambassador Rolf Ekéus
Former Chairman of the Board
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm, Sweden

Ms. Rosemarie Forsythe
Former Director, International Political Strategy
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Washington, DC

The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller
Steven C. Házy Lecturer
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

The Honorable John Holum
Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Annapolis, MD

Ms. Gretchen Hund
Chair, Ploughshares
San Francisco, CA

Mr. George Lee
Co-Head, Goldman Sachs Global Institute
New York, NY

Mrs. Doreen McElvany
Philanthropist and Sponsor
Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge
Monterey, CA

Mr. Cary Neiman
Real Estate Developer
Carmel Valley, CA

Senator Sam Nunn (Ret., D-Georgia)
Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Senior Partner, King & Spalding
Washington, DC

Congressman Jimmy Panetta
U.S. House of Representatives (D-California)
Washington, DC

Mr. Daniel B. Poneman
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy and
CEO Centrus Energy
Washington, DC

Professor William Potter
Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, CA

Dr. Louis Salkind
President, Bright Horizon Foundation
Santa Cruz, CA

Dr. Edward J. Shanahan
Former Headmaster, Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford, CT

The Honorable Andrew C. Weber
Senior Fellow, Council on Strategic Risks and
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Washington, DC

Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez
Professor of Practice, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and
Former Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva
Washington, DC