Welcome to the World Affairs Council’s 62nd Conference at Asilomar.

Over the next three days, we hope you will learn from one another, engage with an exciting topic, and get to know your fellow participants in the beautiful setting here on the Monterey Peninsula.

This year’s conference brings together a group of distinguished experts and Council members to explore the implications of changing leadership in Europe, the continued expansion of the EU, and the evolving dynamics of Europe’s transatlan-tic relationships. We will delve into specifi cs on Russia, Turkey, NATO, and energy, as well as explore the broader issues of foreign policy, governance, and future EU expansion.

We hope our discussions on these issues will continue outside the meeting rooms, during strolls on the beach and in our mealtime and hallway conversations. But we will not spend all of our time on such hefty topics – we have several social events scheduled that will give us a chance to enjoy our weekend together in different ways, including a Saturday night concert, several receptions, and ample time for a nature walk.

Thanks to the extremely generous support of our donors, we are fortunate this year to have with us many students and teachers from the Bay Area. You will recognize these special guests by the red apples on their nametags. Students and teachers, we encourage you to introduce yourselves to our donors and thank them for this great opportunity, and to our conference participants, we encourage you to get to know the students and teachers and benefi t from their valuable perspectives.

This conference would not be possible without the volunteer efforts of so many of you who are serving as moderators for the plenaries and breakout sessions and as hosts for our numerous social events. We thank our speakers for taking time off from their busy schedules to spend the weekend with us. We are indebted to each of them, and to you, the members of the Council.

We hope that this weekend, the unique setting and ambiance of Asilomar, the blend of social activities and thought-provoking presentations, and the diversity of participants, will combine to make this year’s conference engaging and memorable. This weekend represents a long tradition for the World Affairs Council, and we thank you for joining us and contributing to this legacy. Whether you are an expert leading a discussion of your life’s work or a student learning about European foreign policy for the fi rst time, we are delighted to have you with us and look forward to meeting you over the course of the weekend!

Sincerely yours,

George B. James, II Jane WalesChair of the Board President & CEO

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AgendaFrom London to Moscow: New Faces, Old AlliancesMay 2 – 4, 2008

Friday, May 2

3:00 – 10:00 PM Registration ADMINISTRATION BLDG, LO B BY

4:00 – 5:00 PM Student Orientation ADMINISTRATION BLDG, PATIO

5:00 – 6:00 PM Opening Reception FRED FARR FO RU M/KILN

6:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

7:15 PM Chairman’s Welcome M ERRILL HALL

Fighting Allies: American Foreign Policy in a Changed World

Jim Hoagland, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post

7:30 PM Keynote Address M ERRILL HALL

Transatlantic Relations for the 21st Century

General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), former SupremeAllied Commander, Europe (SACEUR)

8:30 – 9:45 PM PLENARY 1 : US-European Relations: A New M ERRILL HALL

Generation of Leaders Moderator: David Lyon, Founding President Emeritus, Public Policy Institute of California

Transatlantic Partnership Looking Ahead: New Faces, Old Problems, Familiar Answers?

Kurt Volker, Acting Assistant Secretary, European and Eurasian Affairs, US State Department; nominated to serve as the next US

Ambassador to NATO

A Recast Partnership? The United States and Europe After Bush and Beyond Iraq

Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy; Senior Adviser, Europe Program, Center for

Strategic and International Studies

10:00 – 11:00 PM Late Night Reception SU RF & SAN D

Saturday, May 37:30 – 8:15 AM Breakfast CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

Speakers’ Breakfast WOO D L AN DS N O RTH

8:00 – 10:00 AM Registration ADMINISTRATION BLDG, LO B BY

8:30 – 10:00 AM PLENARY 2: US & Russia; Europe & M ERRILL HALL

Russia—Post Putin Moderator: Gail Lapidus, Senior Fellow Emerita, Freeman Spogli

Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

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Putin’s Russia: Postmodern, Post-communist Populism or Age-old Dictatorship in Democratic Clothing?

Nina Khrushcheva, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New School for Social Research

Russia’s Coercive Diplomacy

Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director, Carnegie Moscow Centre

A New Cold War: Who’s to Blame—Russia or the West?

Edward Lucas, Central European and Russian Correspondent, The Economist

10:00 AM Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:45 AM MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Russia and the Near Abroad CHAPEL

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, 15 newly independent states emerged on Russia’s border. The countries of Central Europe reappeared and newly independent states from among the Soviet republics were created. Russian policymakers have tried both to restore old bilateral connections and to create new relationships, reasserting interests even in countries that have joined the EU and NATO. Where do these efforts stand now and where are they headed?

Moderator: Ralph Kuiper, Chair, Peninsula Chapter, World Affairs Council of Northern California

Gail Lapidus, Senior Fellow Emerita, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Associate Director for Research, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University

Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director, Carnegie Moscow Centre

Forecast for the European Political and Economic FRED FARR FO RU M

Institutions In December 2007, two years after French and Dutch voters

rejected the European Union constitution, European leaders signed the Lisbon Treaty, seen by many as the EU constitution reborn. Projected to be ratifi ed in 2008, how will the Treaty change the face of Europe? How will the EU economy be affected? In light of the current turmoil in the world’s fi nancial markets and the downturn in the US, what impacts may there be on US-EU economic relations?

Moderator: Caroline Brownstone, President and CEO, International Management and Marketing Associates

Simon Serfaty, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy; Senior Advisor, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

John Hulsman, Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar in Residence, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin

The Future of NATO M ERRILL HALL

Moderator: Charles Frankel, Managing Director, Interim Museum

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Services LLC

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University

Kurt Volker, Acting Assistant Secretary, European and Eurasian Affairs, US State Department; nominated to serve as the next US Ambassador to NATO

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

Scholarship Luncheon SE ASCAPE

12:30 – 1:30 PM Registration ADMINISTRATION BLDG, LO B BY

1:15 – 2:45 PM PLENARY 3: Evolution, Expansion: Where is M ERRILL HALL

Europe Heading? Moderator: Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Research

Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University

The Slovenian EU Presidency: Leading the Western Balkans Toward the European Union

Miriam Možgan, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Rupublic of Slovenia

Beyond “Old” and “New” Europe: The EU in the 21st Century

Ömer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Project, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

Kosovo’s Status and Implications for EU Expansion in Southeastern Europe

David L. Phillips, Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Rights, Columbia University; Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council

3:00 – 4:15 PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS European Energy Resources FRED FARR FO RU M

Russia is one of the world’s leading producers of natural gas; Europe is one of the world’s largest energy consumers. Is this a framework for cooperation or confl ict? As gas and oil prices hit new highs, import dependency increases, and with memories of Russia’s 2006 gas cut-off in mind, Europe looks to diversify its supply sources. Pipelines, especially from the Caspian Basin, are seen as crucial. How will Europe navigate through this new energy landscape, and how will Russia weigh in?

Moderator: Jackson Stromberg, Executive Vice President, Bechtel Enterprises (Ret.)

Jan Kalicki, Counselor for International Strategy, Chevron Corporation

Edward Lucas, Central European and Russian Correspondent, The Economist

Turkey and the EU M ERRILL HALL

Turkey remains a key country for Europe, seen as an anchor of stability in an unstable and dangerous region. Yet, public opinion in EU countries generally opposes Turkish membership, and a lengthy list of political and economic criteria are yet to be fulfi lled

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by Turkey. Nevertheless, Turkey says it won’t be deterred from its EU ambitions. What lies ahead in its quest?

Moderator: David Kenny, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

The Honorable Hakan Tekin, Consul General of Turkey, Los Angeles, CA

Ömer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Project, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution

David L. Phillips, Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Rights, Columbia University; Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council

3:00 – 5:00 PM STUDENT SIMULATION Should Turkey Join the EU? CHAPEL 4:00 – 5:00 PM Registration ADMINISTRATION BLDG, LO B BY

5:00 – 6:00 PM Sunset Reception FRED FARR/KILN

6:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

7:15 – 8:15 PM Keynote Address M ERRILL HALL

Transatlantic Challenges for the Next Administration

Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary for Political Affairs, US State Department

in conversation with

Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California

8:30 – 10:30 PM Reception and Concert M ERRILL HALL

The Slavonian Traveling Band

10:30 – 11:30 PM Bonfi re MAIN BARB EQU E ARE A

Sunday, May 48:00 – 8:45 AM Breakfast CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

8:00 – 8:45 AM Meeting of the Board of Trustees WOO D L AN DS N O RTH

9:00 – 10:30 AM PLENARY 4: Transatlantic Dimensions of the M ERRILL HALL

Global Agenda Moderator: Jim Hoagland, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign

Correspondent, The Washington Post

The Atlantic Alliance and Hotspots—From Iraq to Pakistan

Frederick Barton, Co-Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies Post-Confl ict Reconstruction Project (CSIS); member of the CSIS Commission on Smart Power

Expectations of the Next US President: A View From Berlin

John Hulsman, Alfred von Oppenheim Scholar in Residence, German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin

10:30 – 11:00 AM Final Thoughts by Conference Chair M ERRILL HALL

Jim Hoagland, Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pick up Boxed Lunch CROCKER D IN IN G HALL

12:00 PM Conference Concludes: Checkout AD MIN ISTRATION BLDG

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2008 Annual Conference Speaker Biographies

FREDERICK BARTONFredrick Barton is Senior Adviser for the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Study (CSIS) and Co-Director of the Post-

Confl ict Reconstruction Project. A member of the CSIS Commission on Smart Power and a supporting expert to the Iraq Study Group and the Task Force on the United Nations, Mr. Barton is a regular writer, commentator, and contributor to global public discussions. For the past fi ve years he was also Visiting Lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where he was the Freder-ick H. Schultz Professor of Economic Policy and lectured on public and international affairs. Mr. Barton’s work is informed by 12 years of experience in nearly 30 global hot spots, including serving as UN Deputy High Commis-sioner for Refugees in Geneva and as the fi rst Director of the Offi ce of Transition Initiatives at the US Agency for International Development. A graduate of Harvard Col-lege, he earned his MBA from Boston University, with an emphasis on public management, and received an honor-ary doctorate of humane letters from Wheaton College of Massachusetts.

CAROLINE K. BROWNSTONEModeratorCaroline Brownstone is President and CEO of International Management and Marketing Associates Ltd. With over thirty

years of international economic and business development experience, Ms. Brownstone has facilitated international management, marketing, training, and technical exper-tise to US and international corporations, as well as government organizations in the United States, European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, Balkan and Baltic States and Eurasia. In 1999, Ms. Brownstone was among fi fty top international women executives selected to attend the Harvard Business School Executive Education Pro-gram, “Women Leading Business: An Executive Forum.” She holds a BA from Simmons College in Boston and an MA from the University of San Francisco.

R. NICHOLAS BURNSAmbassador R. Nicholas Burns has recently stepped down as the Under Secre-tary of State for Political Affairs, where he served in the US Foreign Service. Prior to

this assignment, Ambassador Burns was the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. From 1997 to 2001, he was the US Ambas-sador to Greece and from 1995 to 1997, he was Spokesman of the Department of State and Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for Secretary of State Warren Christo-pher and Secretary Madeleine Albright. He served for fi ve years on the National Security Council staff at the White House and was Special Assistant to President Clinton and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Affairs. Under President George H.W. Bush, he was Director for Soviet (and then Russian) Affairs. Ambassador Burns was a member of the Department’s Transition Team, and served as Staff Offi cer in the Department’s Operations Center and Secretariat. He earned his BA from Boston College and MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and has received honorary doctor-ates from eight American universities.

CHARLES L. FRANKELModeratorCharles L. Frankel is Managing Director of Interim Museum Services LLC which provides interim directors to museums.

Mr. Frankel has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, a manager in, and a consultant to, private, public and nonprofi t enterprises. He has signifi cant involvement in community development and civil society building in the US and abroad. Mr. Frankel is Honorary Consul for the Republic of Botswana. He also serves on the boards of the National Peace Corps Association, the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

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JIM HOAGLAND Conference ChairJim Hoagland is the Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Correspondent at the Washington Post, for which he also

writes a weekly Sunday column on foreign affairs. Mr. Hoagland joined the Washington Post in 1966 as a met-ropolitan reporter, was assigned in 1969 to Nairobi as an Africa Correspondent, and in 1972 to Beirut as a Middle East Correspondent. A tour in Paris as West Europe Cor-respondent preceded his becoming the Washington Post’s Foreign Editor in 1979. He began writing his column in 1986 in Europe, chronicling the gradual fall of commu-nism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. In 2002, the editors of The Times of London, Le Figaro, Die Welt, and four other leading European newspapers headed a jury that awarded Mr. Hoagland the Cernobbio-Europa Prize. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1971 and for Commentary in 1991.

JOHN HULSMANJohn Hulsman is the Alfred von Oppen-heim Scholar in Residence at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. Dr. Hulsman’s expertise is particularly

centered on forging common transatlantic polices regard-ing Iran, Iraq, the War on Terror, and the Middle East peace process. Additionally, he is a frequent commentator on foreign policy issues making regular appearances with major media outlets and has written over 150 published articles. Dr. Hulsman also serves as the Contributing Edi-tor for the foreign policy journal, The National Interest. Prior to this, he was Senior Research Fellow in Interna-tional Relations at The Heritage Foundation. Earlier, he was Fellow in European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. and has taught at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Inter-national Studies and at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

JAMES L. JONESGeneral James L. Jones, US Marine Corps (Ret.), is President and Chief Executive Offi cer of the US Chamber Institute for 21st Century Energy. From 1999 to 2003,

General Jones was the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps. He then assumed the positions of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), and Commander of the United States European Command (COMUSEUCOM). He retired from active duty in the US Marine Corps in 2007 after more than 40 years of service. He is a deco-rated combat veteran who commanded at all operational levels during his career and received several national and international military awards. At the request of the US Congress, General Jones recently chaired the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq. He received his BS and an honorary doctorate of letters from George-town University and graduated from the National War College in Washington, D.C.

JAN KALICKIJan Kalicki joined Chevron Corporation as Counselor for International Strategy in 2001. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Kalicki served in the Clinton Administra-

tion as Counselor to the US Department of Commerce and as the White House’s Ombudsman for Energy and Commercial Relations with the New Independent States. He has an extensive background in the government, fi nan-cial, and academic sectors. In government, he previously served as a US Foreign Service Offi cer from 1972 to 1974, a member of the State Department Policy Planning Staff under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Secretary Cyrus Vance, and Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In academia, he was appointed Pub-lic Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., and has taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard, Georgetown, Princeton, as well as at Brown Uni-versity, where he also served as Executive Director of the Center for Foreign Policy Development and as Assistant to the President. Dr. Kalicki has authored and co-edited books and numerous other publications. He earned his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS

DAVID C. KENNYModeratorDavid C. Kenny is Partner at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP. Mr. Kenny has more than 30 years of experience advising

domestic and foreign fi nancial institutions on regulatory, examination, credit, corporate and operational matters. He serves as international counsel to Stanford University and represents other universities in foreign and international law matters. Prior to joining the fi rm, he served with the US government in Panama and Ecuador and acted as a law clerk in the Legal Adviser’s Offi ce of the US Department of State. Mr. Kenny has served as Chair of the San Fran-cisco Bank Attorneys Association and is a member of the Financial Institutions Committee of the State Bar of Cali-fornia and of the California Bankers Association’s State Governmental Relations Committee. He is a member of the International Diplomacy Council and is past Presi-dent of the California Council for International Trade, the Stanford Alumni of San Francisco, and the Forest Hill Association, and also serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVANina L. Khrushcheva is Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute (WPI) at the New School for Social Research. In the last year, Dr. Khrushcheva has given a number

of presentations on Russian and American politics and the media at various international organizations in the United States and abroad, such as the University of Strasbourg, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Ukrainian Rada (parliament). She has written and published a number of articles in various international publications, including the International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Jour-nal. In the last year, Dr. Khrushcheva has commented on Russian and Ukrainian political developments for several major media outlets and is currently doing research for a book on the culture of Stalinism. She is directing a WPI project entitled New Post-Transition Russian Identity, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

RALPH KUIPERModeratorRalph Kuiper is the Chair for the Penin-sula Chapter of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. Dr. Kuiper is

retired from 35 years in the Aerospace Industry. He was the Director of Research at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center and served in a variety of management positions as a Program Manager, System Engineering Manager, and Engineering Design Director. After retiring, Dr. Kuiper worked in the microelectronic manufacturing sector and consulted for several satellite communications companies. He holds a BS, an MS, and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.

GAIL LAPIDUSGail Lapidus is Senior Fellow Emerita at the Institute for International Stud-ies at Stanford University. Dr. Lapidus is also Professor Emerita of Political Sci-

ence at the University of California, Berkeley, and served as Chair of the Berkeley-Stanford Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies. A specialist on Soviet society, politics and foreign policy, she has authored and edited a num-ber of books on Soviet and post-Soviet affairs. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she received her MA and PhD from Harvard University.

EDWARD LUCASEdward Lucas is the Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent for The Economist. Mr. Lucas has been covering the region for more than 20 years, witnessing the fi nal

years of the Cold War, the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin’s downfall and Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Lucas was the Managing Editor of The Baltic Independent, a weekly English-language newspaper published in Tal-linn, Estonia. He holds a BS from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and studied Polish at the Jagiellonian University, Cracow.

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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS

DAVID LYONDavid Lyon is the Founding President Emeritus of the Public Policy Institute of California. Mr. Lyon is currently a mem-ber of the Council on Foreign Relations,

The Commonwealth Club of California, and the Asia Society of Northern California. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the World Council of Northern Cal-ifornia. He received a BS from Michigan State University and a PhD and MCP from the University of California, Berkeley.

MIRIAM MOŽGANMiriam Možgan is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Washington, D.C. She was appointed to this position in 2005. Prior

to this, Ms. Možgan was the Head of the Public Relations Offi ce in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Relations Adviser to the President of Slovenia, as well as Head of Public Relations Offi ce at the Ministry of Defense of Slovenia. She has also worked as a journalist and an edi-tor at the National Radio of Slovenia. Ms. Možgan earned her BA from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

DAVID L. PHILLIPSDavid L. Phillips is currently Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of

the United States, and Project Director of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. Mr. Phillips has worked as a senior adviser to the United Nations Secre-tariat and as a foreign affairs expert and senior adviser to the US Department of State. He has held positions as Vis-iting Scholar at Harvard University’s Center for Middle East Studies, Executive Director of Columbia University’s International Confl ict Resolution Program, Director of the Program on Confl ict Prevention and Peacebuilding at the American University, and as Professor at the Dip-lomatic Academy of Vienna. Mr. Phillips has also been Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action, Direc-tor of the European Centre for Common Ground, Project Director at the International Peace Research Institute of Oslo, President of the Congressional Human Rights

Foundation, and Executive Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation. Additionally, he has authored several books, many policy reports, as well as more than 100 articles in leading publications.

SIMON SERFATYSimon Serfaty is the fi rst holder of the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy at Center for

Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Dr. Serfaty was the Director of the CSIS Europe Program for more than 10 years and remains Senior Adviser to the pro-gram. He is also Senior Professor for Graduate Programs in International Studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. From 1972 to 1993, he was Research Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced Inter-national Studies in Washington, D.C., serving as Director of the Johns Hopkins Center of European Studies in Bolo-gna, Italy; Director of the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research; and Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute. Dr. Serfaty is the author and editor of many books and has been a guest lecturer in over 40 different countries and has been a frequent expert witness for the US Congress and occasionally for European national legislatures. He holds a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University and was designated as Eminent Scholar of Old Dominion University.

ELIZABETH SHERWOOD-RANDALLElizabeth Sherwood-Randall is Senior Advisor to the Preventive Defense Project,

Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and also a 2004 Carnegie Scholar. Dr. Sherwood-Randall served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, and was awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal for her work at the Pentagon. She has also served as a consultant to the Offi ce of the Secretary of Defense and as a member of the Penta-gon’s Regional Centers’ Board of Visitors, and as an adviser to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to her government service, she served as Co-Founder and Associate Director of Harvard University’s Strengthening Democratic Institutions Project. Dr. Sherwood-Randall previously served as Chief Foreign Affairs and Defense

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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS

Policy Adviser to Senator Joseph Biden, and as a guest scholar in foreign policy studies at The Brookings Institu-tion. She received her BA from Harvard College, and PhD from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

KATHRYN STONER-WEISSKathryn Stoner-Weiss is Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Develop-ment and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Prior to coming to Stanford,

Dr. Stoner-Weiss was on the faculty at Princeton Univer-sity for nine years, jointly appointed to the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School for International and Public Affairs. At Princeton, she received the Ralph O. Glendinning Preceptorship awarded to outstanding junior faculty. She also served as Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University. She has held fellowships at Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to many articles and book chapters on contemporary Russia, Dr. Stoner-Weiss is the author of two single authored books. She received her BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Government from Harvard University.

JACKSON STROMBERGModeratorJackson Stromberg is a retired Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Bechtel Enterprises, Inc., which is the

fi nance and development arm of the Bechtel Group of Companies. Mr. Stromberg has been a member of the Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan Securities Asia and the British American Chamber of Commerce, and was on the Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Previously, he served on the Ameri-can Bar Association Forum Committee on International Law. Currently, Mr. Stromberg is a member of the San Francisco Committee on Foreign Relations and serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council. He received a BA from Dartmouth College, and an MA from the University of Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, and an LLB from Stanford University, where he was a member of the Law Review.

ÖMER TASPINARÖmer Taspinar is Professor of National Security Strategy at the US National War College and the Director of the Turkey Program at The Brookings Institution.

Dr. Taspinar writes weekly columns for two newspapers in Turkey. He was previously Assistant Professor, and now Adjunct Professor, in the European Studies Department of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He has held consulting positions at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights in Washington, D.C., and at the Strategic Planning Department of TOFAS-FIAT in Istanbul. He is the author of two books and his writings have appeared in numerous journals and news-papers. Dr. Taspinar’s research focuses on Turkey-EU and Turkish-American relations, European politics, transat-lantic relations, Muslims in Europe, Islamic radicalism, human development in the Islamic world, and American foreign policy in the Middle East. He has a BA in Politi-cal Science from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and an MA and PhD in European Stud-ies and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

HAKAN TEKINHakan Tekin is the Consul General of Turkey in Los Angeles. Prior to this, Mr. Tekin held offi ce as Chief of Section and then as Head of Department at the Per-

sonnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also served as First Secretary and then as Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations in New York. Mr. Tekin has worked as Second Secretary in the Human Rights Department and as First Secretary in the Balkans Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He attended the NATO Defense College Senior Course in Rome. He also served as Third Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and as Second Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Sofi a, Bulgaria. Mr. Tekin worked in the T.C. Ziraat Bankasi (Agricultural Bank of Turkey) from 1989 to 1990, and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, where he worked fi rst in the Cultural and then in the Central Asian Department. He graduated from Ankara University, Turkey.

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SPEAKERS & MODERATORS

DMITRI TRENINDmitri Trenin is Deputy Director of the Carnegie Moscow Centre, Senior Asso-ciate of the Carnegie Endowment and Co-Chair of the Moscow Centre’s Foreign

and Security Policy Program. Mr. Trenin has been with the Centre since its inception. From 1993 to 1997, he held posts as Senior Research Fellow at the NATO Defense Col-lege in Rome and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Europe in Moscow. He served in the Soviet and Russian armed forces from 1972 to 1993, with experience working as a liaison offi cer in the External Relations Branch of the Group of Soviet Forces (stationed in Potsdam) and as a staff member of the delegation to the US-Soviet nuclear arms talks in Geneva. Mr. Trenin also taught in the War Studies Department of the Military Institute. He has pub-lished numerous articles and several books.

KURT VOLKERKurt Volker is Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs and nominated to serve as the next US Ambas-sador to NATO. Mr. Volker assumed his

duties as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Euro-pean and Eurasian Affairs in 2005. As a career member of the US Foreign Service, he previously served as Acting Senior Director for European and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council, where he served for four years as Director for NATO and West Europe. He was Deputy Director of the Private Offi ce of then-NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson. Prior to this, he was First Secre-tary at the US Mission to NATO. He worked on foreign policy matters for US Senator John McCain and was the Deputy Political Counselor and Political-Military Offi cer at the US Embassy in Budapest, Hungary. He has also served in London and at the State Department in various positions, including Special Assistant to the Counselor and Special Assistant to the US Special Envoy for Bos-nia negotiations. Before joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Volker served for two years as an analyst at the CIA He has a BA from Temple University and an MA from George Washington University.

JANE WALESModerator Jane Wales is the President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California; Co-Founder of the Global

Philanthropy Forum, and, since July 2007, has served as Interim Director of The Elders. In March 2008, Ms. Wales signed on as Vice President, Philanthropy and Soci-ety and Executive Director of the Nonprofi t Sector and Philanthropy Program at the Aspen Institute, and has also recently begun work as Chair of the Poverty Alleviation track for the Clinton Global Initiative. Previously, Ms. Wales served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director of the National Security Council and Associate Director of the White House Offi ce of Science and Technology Policy. She chaired the international security programs at the Carn-egie Corporation of New York and the W. Alton Jones Foundation, and directed the Project on World Security at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. During her tenure as National Executive Director, the Physicians for Social Responsibility shared in the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Schools Program is dedicated to inspiring our youth to actively participate in international affairs, a critical need in today’s world. Every year, the Council’s Annual Conference is enriched by the active participation of outstanding students and teachers from across Northern California.

Thanks to generous contributions to the Education Fund, close to 5,000 students and teachers have attended the Annual Conference in its 62-year history. Here, scholar-ship recipients explore global affairs, meet international leaders, and engage in conversation with conference par-ticipants. Many of these students have gone on to careers in diplomacy, politics, business, and education, and con-tinue to make vital contributions to the world around

them. In addition to Annual Conference scholarships, the Schools Program helps students develop a global perspec-tive through an overseas exchange program, a summer institute on international relations, a student ambassa-dor leadership program, and scholarship opportunites for students and teachers to meet directly with Council speakers.

The 11 teachers and 91 students receiving scholarships to this year’s Conference will add unique perspectives to the discussions taking place throughout the weekend.Listen for their questions during the plenary sessions and for their remarks in the breakout sessions. We invite you to talk with them during receptions and meals—they are eager to learn from you.

The Schools Progam and the Education FundAn Investment in the Future

TO LEARN MORE OR TO BECOME A SCHOOLS PROGRAM SUPPORTER, PLEASE CALL 415 . 293 .4650

OR STOP BY THE REGISTRATION DESK .

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GERALDINE H. READ MEMORIAL AWARD

Amanda Brown, Foothill College Gerri Read was a long-time member of the World Affairs Council and its Scholarship Committee, alongside her husband Malcom. She was an active participant in Council programs, study groups and international study tours. Gerri was deeply committed to the importance of international education for students. This scholarship was established by Mr. Read to honor his wife and her commitment to encouraging student engagement in international affairs.

CAROL MARQUIS MEMORIAL AWARD

Gale Lederer, School of the Arts

Carol Marquis devoted her life to education and was a leader in the California International Studies Project. For fi fteen years she was an extraordinary classroom teacher and directed the World Affairs Council’s Schools Pro-gram. This scholarship is to honor her memory and to acknowledge another outstanding educator.

GEORGE BALLOU MEMORIAL AWARD

Thais da Rosa, Lowell High School

Erin Pope-Garcia, Terra Linda High School

Evonne Morici, Skyline High School

George Ballou, President of the World Affairs Council from 1979-1981, was a Trustee for more than 15 years and a veteran participant at an even greater number of the Asi-lomar Conferences, his favorite Council activity. He was deeply committed to educating young people about inter-national issues and believed that well-informed teachers were critical to further that cause.

RICHARD CASTILE AWARD

Kim Bowen, Skyline High School

Elizabeth Constantino, Mills High School

Benjamin Whitenack, Healdsburg High School

Still an active member of the education committee, Rich-ard Castile spearheaded the Council’s scholarship efforts for many years. This endowment was established to honor Richard Castile and to acknowledge individuals interested in international affairs.

JEFFERSON PEYSER MEMORIAL AWARD

Jinyoung Choe, Mills High School

Nancy Xie, Lowell High School

Jefferson Peyser was a dedicated and active member of the Scholarship Committee. Through his estate, he created this endowment for annual scholarships to be awarded to individuals for their outstanding service to the Council.

EDITH COLIVER MEMORIAL AWARD

Mia Bennett, UCLA

Roxane Duka, UC Berkeley

Friends of Edith Coliver, a former Trustee and a stalwart participant in Council programs and committees, estab-lished two scholarships in her honor. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Edith was devoted to promoting human rights, intercultural dialogue and world peace. Throughout her 40-year career as an Asia Foundation Offi cer, she was actively involved in community organizations in the US and abroad. Our scholarship recipients are outstanding students who share Edith Coliver’s world vision and intel-lectual curiosity.

CARLTON DUDLEY MEMORIAL AWARD

Alain–Franck Brou, Mission Community College

Emil Murad, San Ramon Valley High School

Sasha Schmitz, School of the Arts

Carlton Dudley was a dedicated and tireless member of the World Affairs Council and its Scholarship Committee.In 1995, a memorial was established in his name to send students to the Council program he enjoyed the most—Asilomar. This scholarship is for students with an active interest in foreign exchange and international affairs.

PHILIP HABIB MEMORIAL AWARD

Shirley Ma, Skyline High School

Dan Szajngarten, Santa Clara University

Ryan Carroll, Foothill College Ambassador Philip Habib was the highest ranking career diplomat in the State Department. Serving on the Coun-cil’s Board of Trustees for twelve years, Philip Habib had a special interest in students who wanted to pursue inter-national careers. His friends created this endowment in his memory.

2008 Special Asilomar Scholarships

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THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM

2008 Conference Scholarship Recipients

John Anderson, Merrill F. West High School

Thais da Rosa, Lowell High School

Erin Pope-Garcia, Terra Linda High School

Christy Harte, Balboa High School

Kelly Korenak, World Savvy

Gale Lederer, School of the Arts

Cindy Martinez, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Evonne Morici, Skyline High School

Sarah Nelson, Vanden High School

Rebecca Robinson, Silver Creek High School

Kate Zook-Gibbs, The Woolman Semester

The Marin Chapter of the World Affairs Council of Northern California has awarded a scholarship to the following student:

Alexandra Cimatu, Dominican University

The World Affairs Council of Monterey has awarded scholarships to the following students:

Aletia Egipciaco, Monterey Peninsula College

Nick Day, Monterey Peninsula College

Danael Karlson, Monterey Peninsula College

Garrett Hambaro, Monterey Peninsula College

The World Affairs Council of San Joaquin has awarded a scholarship to the following student:

Addison Embrey, University of the Pacifi c

The World Affairs Council of Northern California has awarded scholarships to the following teachers:

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Yolanda Aguirre, Mission Community College

Christina Aguirre, School of the Arts

Louis Arcuri, Mission Community College

Steve Barth, Las Positas College

Mia Bennett, UC Los Angeles

Teresita Bond, West Valley College

Kim Bowen, Skyline High School

Phoebe Branfuhr, Consumnes River College

Alain-Franck Brou, Mission Community College

Amanda Brown, Foothill College

Faith Cabanilla, Foothill College

Chantal Cabildo, Mission Community College

Ryan Carroll, Foothill College

Cindy Chan, Skyline High School

Anna Chiu, School of the Arts

Jinyoung Choe, Mills High School

Roseann Cima, Stanford University

Elizabeth Constantino, Mills High School

Mia Costello, UC Davis

Mudzhid Dadgar, Las Positas College

Jessica de Leon, Santa Clara University

Jessica Detering, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Amanda Dissanayake, Mills College

Olga Dombrovskaya, San Francisco State University

Reilly Dowd, Covenant of the Sacred Heart

Roxane Duka, UC Berkeley

Cassandra Estassi, Mills High School

Jade Ferreira-Yang, Skyline High School

Aaron Filous, Foothill College

Christine Gibson, Foothill College

Andre Guiulfo, College of San Mateo

Faisal Hamid, Mills High School

Taylor Hamilton, The Woolman Semester

Reyna Hewitt-Bishop, Foothill College

Jamie Hinrichs, UC Los Angeles

Katherine Holland, Las Positas College

Tamara Hovsepian, De Anza College

Erica Huie, Schools of the Arts

Aiyman Hussain, Mills High School

Dorothy Huynh, Skyline High School

Bertram Ieong, Mills High School

Megan Anne Johanson, Merrill F. West High School

Mayaka Kamata, De Anza College

Rebecca Kaplow, Balboa High School

Lindsay Kiel, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Robert Kuhn, San Francisco State University

Heng Hua Liang, Leadership High School

Thomas LoCurto, West Valley College

Shirley Ma, Skyline High School

Rachel Malmborg, The Woolman Semester

Andrea Marcos, West Valley College

Jaime Medeiros, Mission Community College

Tanbir Minhas, Merrill F. West High School

Farrah Monfort, De Anza College

Elizabeth Morgan, Skyline High School

Sarah Mount, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Emil Murad, San Ramon Valley High School

Urvashi Nagrani, Foothill College

Linda Nikolic, San Francisco State University

Rowan O’Neal, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Tiffany Phu, Skyline High School

Irene Phung, De Anza College

Ryan Powers, Healdsburg High School

Daniella Rivera, Balboa High School

Alexander Robbins, Miramonte High School

Mark Romanenko, Mission Community College

Sasha Schmitz, School of the Arts

Lily Sham, Schools of the Arts

Josephine Shober-Miller, The Woolman Semester

Aqsa Siddiqui, Palo Alto Senior High School

Erin Simmer, UC Berkeley

Sarah Snow, Foothill College

Torunn Sweers, San Lorenzo Valley High School

Dan Szajngarten, Santa Clara University

Danielle Throop, CSU East Bay

Jonathan Trinh, Skyline High School

Aleksandra Van Loggerenberg, Foothill College

Martin Ventura, The Woolman Semester

Steffi Ving, Silver Creek High School

Maggie Watts, The Woolman Semester

Benjamin Whitenack, Healdsburg High School

Justine Whitfi eld, Las Positas College

Jayme Winell, Schools of the Arts

Nancy Xie, Lowell High School

Darya Zakharova, Lowell High School

THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM

The World Affairs Council of Northern California has awarded scholarships to the following students:

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THE EDUCATION FUND

$1,000 and aboveAnonymousMr. Mortimer FleishhackerHarvey & Eve Masonek

$500 to $999Maureen Blanc & George BrandtMr. William E. HenleyMr. Jan KalickiMason & Wendy Willrich

$200 to $499Mr. Igor R. BlakeMr. & Mrs. William BolesMiss Christine ClarkMr. & Mrs. Frederick K. DuhringMs. Elizabeth F. FarnsworthMr. William P. Fuller & Ms. Jennifer

L. BeckettMs. Nancy A. Jarvis & Mr. Stephen

R. FarrandMr. Burke KnappCarol & Ralph KuiperMr. & Mrs. Donald C. LoughryMr. Gregory MagedMs. Jeanne A. McHughMr. & Mrs. Carl MountfordMr. R. Naumann-Etienne

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Olive Mrs. Harriet Meyer QuarréMs. Rosemary Roach Seavey Family FundDr. Elizabeth Leonie Simpson & Mr.

John C. WurrJackson & Elizabeth StrombergMr. & Mrs. Max Thelen, Jr.Mrs. Nancy van Ravenswaay

Up to $199Mr. Arthur R. AlbrechtMs. Alice Bartholomew & Mr.

Charles HermannMr. Joseph Boudreau Mr. & Mrs. Conrad D. BreeceMr. John W. CarleyMs. Ann CasperMr. Richard CastileMr. & Mrs. Gunther de GrootHonorable & Mrs. Theodore L.

Eliot, Jr.Ms. Ann GubserMr. Thomas Hammond Mr. & Mrs. Arthur J. HaskellMr. & Mrs. Louis C. HaughneyMr. & Mrs. William A. HayneMs. Peggy Hill

Mr. Irwin S. Hoff & Mrs. Agatha Hoff

Ms. Marie F. HoganJohn M. Bryan Family FundMs. Eloise JonasMr. & Mrs. Keith KennedyRichard & Elizabeth KinyonMr. Kevin MannMr. and Mrs. Clark Maser Mr. Paul Miller Ms. Virginia NewhallMs. & Mr. Joan PaulinMr. & Mrs. James P. PhillipsMrs. Jean PortMr. & Mrs. Ted L. RauschMr. & Mrs. Richard D. RingeMr. and Mrs. Robert Ruggles Dr. & Mrs. Rolf G. SchermanJudge & Mrs. William W. SchwarzerMr. & Mrs. Charles SmuklerMr. & Mrs. Noel W. Stevens Mr. & Mrs. John O. SutterMr. Rufus G. Thayer, Jr.Mary & Terry Vogt Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. WaughMr. & Mrs. Dale Weidmer

2008 Education Fund Donors*

The World Affairs Council of Northern California thanks the following generous donors who have given to the 2008 Education Fund:

* AS O F APRI L 1 5 , 20 0 8

All Education Fund donors are invited to meet the conference scholarship recipients at the Scholarship Luncheon on Saturday, May 3, in Seascape.

support the council

Since 1947, the World Affairs Council has offered a wide range of activities to engage our community in conver-sation about international issues. The Annual Conference at Asilomar has long been one of our favorite forums for deep exploration of specifi c and timely topics.

Membership dollars and conference fees cover only a portion of our operating budget. We depend on support from donors to make our public programming, broadcasts and educational outreach possible year after year.

Whether large or small, gifts from our family of committed members and donors ensure the continuation of the Council’s thought-provoking programs. Join donors on these pages whose generosity ensures Asilomar student and teacher scholarships, and know that you are making a difference to future generations.

World Affairs Council donor benefi ts include invitations to receptions or meetings with leaders in global affairs, government, business, and media. In the past year, the Council has offered donor events with such prominent fi gures as:

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Hans Blix, Chair, Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission; Former Executive Chairman, United Nations Monitoring, Verifi cation and Inspection Committee

Jan Egeland, Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs; Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

John Hofmeister, President, Shell Oil Company; Member, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Com-mittee, US Department of Energy

George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford; Former US Secretary of State

For more information on the many ways to support the Council, please contact Susana Rodriguez at 415.293.4665 or srodriguez@wacsf.org.

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The World Affairs Council Board and Staff

Board of Trustees

Ravi Anand

Mukul Bakshi

Joanna R. Ballou

Louis deK. Belden

* Douglas Bereuter

* W. Richard Bingham

Coit D. Blacker

Maureen Blanc

J. Dennis Bonney

Ronald E. Bornstein

Harold W. Brooks

Caroline Krawiec Brownstone

Annette J. Campbell-White

Richard M. Chong

* Jeff Clarke

A.W. Clausen

Jock Covey

Simone Coxe

Andrew H. Cummins

Francis Currie

Timothy D. Dattels

* Amy W. de Rham

James A. Donahue

Peter Donat

* William H. Draper, III

* John M. Duff, Jr.

Elizabeth Farnsworth

Karen C. Francis

Charles L. Frankel

William P. Fuller

William G. Gaede

* Richard N. Goldman

Richard J. Guggenhime

Amb. Kathryn W. Hall

Kevin T. Haroff

Ronald M. Henoud

* Martha M. Hertelendy

* George B. James, II

Nancy A. Jarvis

Frank M. Jordan

* Jan H. Kalicki

Linda Kendall

Anne E. Kenner

David C. Kenny

Madeline Griffi nger Kerr

* Kerry King

Markos Kounalakis

Ralph A. Kuiper

Dr. Gail W. Lapidus

* David W. Lyon

Staff

Jane WalesP R E SI D ENT & CEO

Kerry KingCO O

ADMINISTRATION

Rose Hembrow-BeachE XECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO TH E CEO

Jesus GonzalezB U I LD I N G AN D FACI LIT I E S MANAG ER

FINANCE

Jake OcampoD I R EC TO R O F F I NAN CE & TECH N O LO GY

Joshua JendrykaB USI N E SS O PERATI O NS O FFI CER

Karma SherpaFI NAN CE & AD M I N ISTR ATIO N O FFI CER

DEVELOPMENT &

CORPORATE PROGRAMS

Susana RodriguezD I R EC TO R O F I N D IVI D UAL G IVI N G

MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP

Jennifer CobbVI CE PR E SI D ENT, MAR KE TI N G & D EVELO PM ENT

Mary DolanPU B LI C R EL ATI O NS & O UTR E ACH O FFI CER

Heidi MosesonM ED IA ASSO CIATE

Christie BlairM EM B ERSH I P DATABASE AD M I N ISTRATO R

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Carla ThorsonVI CE PRE SID ENT, PU B LIC PROG RAMS

Courtney RiggleD EP UT Y D I R EC TO R O F PRO G R AMS

Ned HawkinsPROG RAM O FF ICER

Phil WalkerPROG RAM O FF ICER

Savilla PittPROG RAM O FF ICER

Alexander LewisPROG RAM ASSO CIATE

Katie WalshSCH O O L S PRO G RAM O FFI CER

Evert ZelayaSCH O O L S O UTR E ACH ASSO CIATE

Anna BollaD I R EC TO R O F BAG EP

Natasha ZellerbachASI LO MAR CO N FER EN CE R EG ISTRAR

GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY

FORUM

Jill FreemanVI CE PR E SI D ENT, G LO BAL PHIL ANTH RO PY PROJ EC TS

Esther KyteG PF PRO G RAM O FFI CER

Leslie HarlsonG PF M EM B ERSH I P & CO M M U N I CATI O NS O FFI CER

Executive Committee

OFFICERS

George B. James, IICHAI R O F TH E B OAR D

Jane WalesP R E SI D ENT & CEO

Kerry KingCO O

Maria StarrVI CE CHAI R

Richard N. GoldmanVI CE CHAI R

Martha M. HertelendyVI CE CHAI R

Jeff ClarkeSECR E TARY

W. Richard BinghamTR E ASU R ER AN D F I NAN CE CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

David W. LyonCHAP TERS CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Amy W. de RhamD E VELO PM ENT CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Harriet Meyer QuarréCO M M IT TEE FO R TH E FUTU R E

John M. Duff, Jr.ED U CATI O N CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Rosemary RoachMAR KE TI N G & M EM B ERSH I P CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Anne KennerN O M I NATI O NS & ELEC TI O NS CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Jan H. KalickiPERSO N N EL CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

Douglas BereuterPRO G RAMS CO M M IT TEE CHAI R

William H. Draper, IIIPAST CHAI R O F TH E B OAR D

Advisory Council

CO - CHAIRS

William J. Perry

George P. Shultz

Michael H. Armacost

Willie L. Brown, Jr.

Gerhard Casper

John Chambers

Bruce Chizen

James C. Gaither

F. Warren Hellman

Chong-moon Lee

George Lucas

Michael McCurry

Kanwal Rekhi

Arun Sarin

Orville Schell

Charles Schwab

Roselyne C. Swig

Gregory Maged

James Manyika

Clark W. Maser

Harvey Masonek

Jill Matichak

Paul Matteucci

Linda R. Meier

Dr. Nagesh S. Mhatre

Lori Mirek

Ruediger Naumann-Etienne

R. Douglas Norby

Betty Overhoff

Wendy Paskin-Jordan

Larry Pippin

Joan Platt

Sharon Lee Polledri

Kevin M. Pursglove

* Harriet Meyer Quarré

Frank Rettenberg

Skip Rhodes

Elizabeth Rindskopf-Parker

Nayla Rizk

* Rosemary Roach

Peter J. Robertson

George M. Scalise

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz

Amb. Richard Sklar

* Maria Starr

Jackson Stromberg

Max Thelen, Jr.

Dr. Marsha Vande Berg

Terry Vogt

John S. Wadsworth, Jr.

* Jane Wales

Jo Anne Wallace

David Weber

Wilford H. Welch

Mason Willrich

John D. Wilson

AS O F APRI L 1 8 , 20 0 8

* E XECUTIVE CO M M IT TEE M EM B ERS

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and Thank You to Our Sponsors of the 62nd Annual Conference at Asilomar

A Special Thanks

The World Affairs Council of Northern California thanks Mr. Malcolm Read for his generous endow-ment gift of $15,000 to establish the Geraldine H. Read Memorial Asilomar Scholarship.

Planned gifts provide fi nancial resources to ensure and to build the World Affairs Council of Northern California as a vital and stimulating forum for the future. Our wonderful past Chair and generous supporter Louis Heilbron set an inspiring example through his own legacy giving. Join other Committee for the Future donors by naming the Council as a benefi ciary in your will or retirement plan, or considering other planned giving strategies to keep the Council growing and thriving.

The Louis Heilbron Committee for the Future

For information on donor and sponsorship opportunities please contact Susana Rodriguez at 415.293.4665 or email srodriguez@wacsf.org

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Conference Headquarters. The World Affairs Council main-

tains a registration and information desk where all participants can

check in, receive conference packets and make inquiries about the

conference or about the Council in general. The registration and

information desk is located along the long wall on the ocean side of

the Administration Building.

The Asilomar Conference Center has its own front desk where

conference participants may obtain information about the Asilomar

facility, purchase individual meal tickets, and checkout at the end

of the conference. It is located at the south end of the Administra-

tion Building.

Badges. Conference Badges should be worn at all times. Your con-

ference badge serves as an admission pass to all programs and must

be shown to gain entry. Asilomar issues its own cards for admission

to the dining hall. Neither badges nor meal cards can be replaced

or transferred.

Meals. Meals will be served in Crocker Dining Hall at the times

printed in the conference program. Conference participants who

have requested special meals other than a standard vegetarian fare

should make that request known when picking up meal cards dur-

ing registration; you have the opportunity at that time to visit with

the chef in Crocker Dining Hall.

When entering the dining hall, please wait to be seated by the

hostess in accordance with Asilomar procedure. One table must be

fi lled before seating begins at the next table. Bells will ring ten min-

utes prior to, and at the start of, the meal hour. No one can be served

in the dining hall if they arrive after meal hours. Please print your

name on your meal card. If you lose it, there is a chance it will be

found and returned to you. Missed meals cannot be refunded.

Meal tickets are provided to all participants when they check in at

the conference registration desk. Asilomar will prepare box lunches

on Sunday for everyone attending the third day of the conference.

Registration Hours. Hours for the World Affairs Council con-

ference registration desk at the Administration Building will be:

Friday 3:00 – 10:00 PM

Saturday 8:00 – 10:00 AM

12:30 – 1:30 PM

5:00 – 6:00 PM

Parking. Because the Asilomar parking facilities are limited,

on-site parking is reserved for resident participants. Off-site par-

ticipants may park along Asilomar Boulevard or other city streets.

Citations will be issued on all parking violations and these citations

are enforced.

Smoking. Asilomar Conference center has adopted a no-smoking

policy in all buildings. Smoking is only permitted outdoors.

Asilomar General Information

Symposia & Workshops. Please register for a specifi c breakout

session at the breakout table near the registration desk. Participants

who have not registered for a specifi c session will be admitted on a

space-available basis only.

Social Hours. There are six principal social gatherings through-

out the weekend. On Friday afternoon, from 5:00 – 6:00 PM, there

is a welcome reception in Fred Farr Forum. Following the plenary

session on Friday evening at approximately 10:00 PM, there will be

a reception in Surf and Sand. An afternoon sunset reception from

5:00-6:00 PM will be held on Saturday in Fred Farr Forum/Kiln.

Saturday evening from 8:30 to 10:30 PM, there will be a reception

and concert performed by The Slavonian Traveling Band in Merrill

Hall, and then a bonfi re in the Barbeque Area from 10:30 to 11:30

PM.

At all our events where alcohol is served, non-alcoholic beverages

will also be available. In accordance with state laws, no one under

21 will be served alcohol. Badges indicating an under-21 status have

been made available for conference participants.

Messages. Messages for participants may be posted on the mes-

sage board near the Asilomar Front Desk in the Administration

Building. Guests expecting calls should check this board. The front

desk number is 831.372.8016 or dial 0 from any Asilomar building

phone.

Jitney Service. Asilomar has a jitney available for use by on-site

residents at no charge. To request jitney service dial 2232 from any

house phone, including the phone in the Crocker Dining Hall.

Checkout Time. The Asilomar Conference Center requires that

you checkout by 12:00 PM on Sunday. Another full conference

group checks in immediately after the Council checks out. Those

who checkout late may be fi ned by Asilomar. We suggest packing all

belongings before the Sunday morning plenary session.

Asilomar Grounds Regulations. Please read the “Welcome

to Asilomar” fl yer posted in all rooms. Blankets, pillows, towels,

etc. provided by Asilomar should not be taken out of the rooms.

The Council is charged for all damaged and missing items from the

lodgings. Please be considerate.

Camping is not allowed on the conference grounds, in recre-

ational vehicles, or on the beach, nor are sleeping bags allowed in

the Asilomar lodges. Violators will be subject to fi nes. Asilomar’s

107 acres are dedicated to the natural environment. Please walk in

designated areas only. The dunes are particularly fragile, so please

use the boardwalk.

Have a great weekend!