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.

Richard Goetz, Partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 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.
Richard B. Goetz
Co-Chair
Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Mr.
Rob W. Lovelace
Co-Chair
Chair, Capital International, Inc, a division of Capital Group
Dr.
Duncan Wood
President and CEO
President and CEO, Pacific Council on International Policy
Ms.
Willow Bay
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
Ambassador
Colleen Bell
Chair, Initiatives Advisory Committee
Executive Director, California Film Commission, Former United States Ambassador to Hungary (2015-2017)
Mrs.
Lynn A. Booth
President, The Otis Booth Foundation & The Evening Star Foundation
Dr.
Renee Bowen
Dean’s Professor, McDonough School of Business, Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Economics, Georgetown University
Ms.
Elise Buik
Board Secretary
President & CEO, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
The Honorable
Michael C. Camunez
Chair, Audit Committee; & Former Chair, Mexico Initiative Advisory Committee
President & CEO, Monarch Global Strategies LLC
Mr.
Charles Chen
Chairman, Eyon Holding Group; President, Chen Yung Foundation; Vice Chairman, Taian Insurance
Dr.
Brad W. Edgerton Foundation
President, Edgerton Foundation
Ambassador
John B. Emerson
Chair, American Council on Germany & Vice Chairman, Capital Group International, Inc.
Dr.
Kimberly Freeman
Assistant Dean for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, MBA, MPP, EdD
Ms.
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie
Writer, Lawyer, Human Rights Advocate; Human Rights Watch
Mr.
Brian Goldsmith
Principal, Kona Media LLC
Ms.
Antonia Hernández
President and CEO, California Community Foundation (Ret)
Ms.
Sherry Lansing
Founder & Chair, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Dr.
Peter Laugharn
President & CEO, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Ambassador
Michael A. Lawson
President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
The Honorable
Mel Levine
Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mr.
Justin Liu
President & CEO, Tireco, Inc.
Mr.
José Muñoz
Global Chief Operating Officer, Hyundai Motor Company & President and CEO, Hyundai Motor North America & Hyundai Motor America
Mr.
Arthur J. Ochoa
Chair, Governance Committee
Senior Vice President, Advancement & Chief Advancement Officer, Cedars-Sinai
Ms.
Alejandra Palacios
External Advisor, Cuatrecasas
Mr.
Barry Porter
Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners, Inc.
The Honorable
Nancy Rubin
Board Member, National Democratic Institute & Board Member, Women for Women International
Mrs.
Maria S. Salinas
President & CEO, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
The Honorable
Gabriel P. Sanchez
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr.
Teddy Schwarzman
President & CEO, Black Bear Pictures
Dr.
Kiron K. Skinner
Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine School of Public Policy
Mr.
Harry Sloan
Chairman and CEO, Global Eagle Acquisition Corporation
Mr.
Gene T. Sykes
Co-Chair, Development Advisory Committee
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Ambassador
Robert H. Tuttle
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
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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