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Robert Maguire has previously been asked to share his ideas with Haitian leaders, the US Congress and the Haiti Donor Group. He is fluent in Creole and has visited Haiti over 100 times since he first visited in 1974. He has gone in the capacity of a U.S. government official with the Inter-American foundation and the Department of State, as a scholar and researcher, and always as a friend to Haiti and its people. From 1994–2001, Maguire served as the Coordinator of the Georgetown University Haiti Program, supported by the Ford Foundation, and in December 2001, was awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to continue his policy-related work on Haiti. He became the Director of Programs in International Affairs at Trinity in September 2000.

A one-of-a-kind commander with remarkable record of achievement, General Stanley McChrystal (USA, Ret) is widely praised for creating a revolution in warfare that fused intelligence and operations. A four-star general, he is the former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan and the former commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military’s most sensitive counter-terrorism units. McChrystal’s leadership of JSOC is credited with the December 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the June 2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. McChrystal, a former Green Beret, is known for his candor, innovative leadership, and going the distance. Called “one of America’s greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, few people can speak about leadership, teamwork, and international affairs with as much insight as General Stanley McChrystal.

Academic and politician, Anne McLellan served four terms as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to 2006. She held several cabinet positions, including Health Minister 2002 - 2003 and Deputy Prime Minister thereafter. Having lost her re-election bid for a fifth term, McLellan returned to the University of Alberta where she had taught law and served as dean prior to her career in government. In 2006 she was appointed Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the newly established Institute of United States Policy Studies. McLellan continues her involvement in health care issues as evidenced by her board position with the royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.

John Micklethwait is the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist. Mr Micklethwait has appeared on radio and television around the world. He has co-authored with Adrian Wooldridge, also an Economist journalist, five books: "The Witch Doctors"; "A Future Perfect: the Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation"; "The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea"; "The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America" and "God is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World".

Edith Mirante is the director of Project Maje, www.projectmaje.org an information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues that she founded in 1986, and author of two books on Burma, "Burmese Looking Glass" and "Down the Rat Hole."

Azadeh Moaveni, long time Middle East correspondent for Time magazine, who returned to Iran in 2005 to cover the rise of President Mohmoud Ahmadinejad. Mingling with underground artists, scholars and young radicals, she explores the frustrations of Iran's next generation and frustrations with the Islamic system. She discovers a nation far more complex than that portrayed in the US media—a people yearning for more freedom and contact with the west yet filled with nationalist spirit and genuine economic grievances. And then, she falls in love with a young Iranian man, gets married and has a child.

Andrew Moravcsik is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Director of the European Union Program at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. From 1992–2004, he held similar positions at Harvard University. He has written extensively on European integration, transatlantic relations, international organization, the democratic legitimacy of multilateral institutions, and global human rights. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution and Contributing Editor of Newsweek Magazine. He writes regularly for Financial Times, Prospect, and Foreign Affairs among others.

Dan Morrison graduated with a degree in photojournalism from the University of Texas in 1984. He received his Masters degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs in 1994. After working as a stringer for the Associated Press for four years, Morrison began working for magazines as a writer-photographer and worked in over 31 foreign countries, including five war zones. He has filed online stories from several countries including Australia, Morocco, Mongolia, and Patagonia. In 2000 Morrison accompanied an expedition to Mt. Everest and filed online stories for over two months from base camp as the expedition put two climbers on the summit.
 

As Consul General of France in San Francisco, Pierre-François Mourrier is responsible for a large consular district that includes Oregon, Washington, Utah, Northern California, Northern Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, as well as the Pacific Islands under U.S. jurisdiction such as Guam and Samoa.

In 1991 Mr. Mourier became cultural attaché in New York where he was in charge of the promotion of French books in the United States. Appointed in 2002 as a member of the Conseil d'État, Mr. Mourier was in charge of secondary and higher education and research. From 2004 to 2005 he worked with François Fillon, then Minister of Education, on reforming the French national research system.

In 2005, Mr. Mourier joined the staff of the French President of the Republic where he was senior adviser for studies and speeches, then senior adviser for education and culture. He was appointed Consul General to San Francisco in 2007.

Mr. Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer of Unitas Communications, a leading Public Affairs company in the U.K. He has worked as a freelance TV producer for the BBC and Channel 4. For the Islam Channel he presented the “Politics and Beyond” show from 2006-2008. He is a Director of the Newham Public Affairs Committee, the Adab Trust, and a member of the steering group for Mosaic: The Muslim Network founded by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. He is also a graduate of the Oxford Leadership Program.

As a nuclear power bordered by Afghanistan, China, Iran, and India, Pakistan’s global strategic importance cannot be overstated. Pervez Musharraf was President of Pakistan at the time of the September 11 attacks and growing Muslim militancy; Time magazine described him as having “the most dangerous job in the world.” Although President Musharraf became the United States’ chief ally in the region in the struggle against Al Qaeda and global terror, he was the victim of two assassination attempts and his internal policies alienated Islamic fundamentalists.