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.

Arthur Ochoa, Senior Vice President, Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai, and Robert Lovelace, Chair of Capital International, Inc, a division of Capital Group, serve as current chairs of the Board. Duncan Wood, PhD serves as President and CEO.

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.
President and CEO
President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy
Ms.
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
Governance Committee & Development Advisory Group Member
Executive Director, California Film Commission, Former United States Ambassador to Hungary (2015-2017)
Development Advisory Group Member
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.
Board Secretary, Finance Committee & Governance Committee Member
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Governance Committee Member & Former Chair, Mexico Initiative Advisory Committee
President & CEO, Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Mr.
Chairman, Eyon Holding Group; President, Chen Yung Foundation; Vice Chairman, Taian Insurance
Dr.
President, Edgerton Foundation
Finance Committee & Development Advisory Group Member
Chair, American Council on Germany & Vice Chairman, Capital Group International, Inc.
Dr.
Audit Committee Member
Assistant Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, MBA, MPP, EdD
Ms.
Development Advisory Group Member
Writer, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate; Human Rights Watch
Mr.
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Mr.
Finance Committee Member
Principal, Kona Media LLC
Ms.
Governance Committee Member
President and CEO, California Community Foundation (Ret)
Ms.
Membership Advisory Committee Member
Founder & Chair, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Dr.
President & CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Special Advisor on Board Recruitment and Diversity & Membership Advisory Committee Member
President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mr.
Global Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor Company & President and CEO, Hyundai Motor North America & Hyundai Motor America
Ms.
External Advisor, Cuatrecasas
Mr.
Chair, Audit Committee & Membership Advisory Committee Member
Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners, Inc.
Membership Advisory Committee Member
Board Member, National Democratic Institute & Board Member, Women for Women International
Board Treasurer & Chair, Finance Committee
President & CEO, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Audit Committee Member
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr.
Development Advisory Group Member
President & CEO, Black Bear Pictures
Dr.
Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Mr.
Development Advisory Group Member
Chairman and CEO, Global Eagle Acquisition Corporation
Mr.
Co-Chair, Development Advisory Group
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Partner, Tuttle-Click Automotive Group; U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2009)

Former Directors Include:

Mr.
Sonny H. Astani
Ambassador
Frank Baxter
Mr.
Nicolas Berggruen
The Honorable
Howard L. Berman
Mr.
Austin M. Beutner
The Honorable
John Bryson
Mrs.
Maria Camacho
Mr.
Ronnie C. Chan
The Honorable
Warren Christopher
The Right Honorable
Joe Clark
Mr.
Robert Eckert
Mr.
Robert F. Erburu
Mr.
Russell Goldsmith
Dr.
Jerrold D. Green
Ms.
Linda Griego
Ambassador
Nina L. Hachigian
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.
Robert W. Liu
Mr.
Justin 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
Ambassador
Cynthia A. Telles
Dr.
Chang-Lin Tien
Dr.
Laura Tyson
Mr.
Ernest Wooden Jr.
Dr.
Janet Yellen

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