Our Leadership

The Pacific Council is governed by a Board of Directors. Directors bring to the Council their experience as leaders in business, law, non-profit organizations, international NGOs, academia, and government.

Board of Directors

Mr.
Co-Chair
Chair, Capital International, Inc, a division of Capital Group
Mr.
Co-Chair
Senior Vice President, Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai
Dr.
Interim President & CEO
Global Advisor, Cedars-Sinai
Ms.
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
President, The Otis Booth Foundation & The Evening Star Foundation
Dr.
Dean’s Professor, McDonough School of Business, Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Economics, Georgetown University
Ms.
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Mr.
Chairman, Eyon Holding Group; President, Chen Yung Foundation; Vice Chairman, Taian Insurance
Dr.
President, Edgerton Foundation
Chair, American Council on Germany & Vice Chairman, Capital Group International, Inc.
Ms.
Writer, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate; Human Rights Watch
Mr.
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Mr.
Principal, Kona Media LLC
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy
Ms.
President and CEO, California Community Foundation (Ret)
Ms.
Founder & Chair, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Dr.
President & CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mr.
President and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company
Ms.
External Advisor, Cuatrecasas
Mr.
Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners, Inc.
Board Member, National Democratic Institute & Board Member, Women for Women International
Ms.
President & CEO, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr.
President & CEO, Black Bear Pictures
Dr.
Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Mr.
Chairman and CEO, Global Eagle Acquisition Corporation
Mr.
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Director, UCLA Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; and Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine
Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2009)

Former Directors Include:

Mr.
Sonny H. Astani
Ambassador
Frank Baxter
Ambassador
Colleen Bell
Mr.
Nicolas Berggruen
The Honorable
Howard L. Berman
Mr.
Austin M. Beutner
The Honorable
John Bryson
Mrs.
Maria Camacho
The Honorable
Michael C. Camuñez
Mr.
Ronnie C. Chan
The Honorable
Warren Christopher
The Right Honorable
Joe Clark
Mr.
Robert Eckert
Mr.
Robert F. Erburu
Mr.
Russell Goldsmith
Ms.
Linda Griego
The Honorable
Robert Hormats
Ms.
Karen Elliot House
Ambassador
David Huebner
Ambassador
Jon Huntsman
Dr.
Irwin Mark Jacobs
The Honorable
Mickey Kantor
Dr.
Sanjeev Khagram
Mr.
Justin Liu
Mr.
Robert W. Liu
Ambassador
Susan McCaw
Mr.
Willem Mesdag
Ambassador
Marc B. Nathanson
Dr.
Sharon Nazarian
Vice Admiral
Peter V. Neffenger
Mr.
William H. Neukom
Mr.
Dominic Ng
Ms.
Jane T. Olson
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice
Mr.
Nelson C. Rising
Ambassador
Charles H. Rivkin
The Honorable
Pamela Ann Rymer
Ambassador
Rockwell A. Schnabel
Dr.
Susan L. Shirk
Mr.
James Steinberg
Dr.
Chang-Lin Tien
Dr.
Laura Tyson
Mr.
Ernest Wooden Jr.
Dr.
Janet Yellen

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