Board of Directors

The Atlantic Council’s Board of Directors is a distinguished group of policy influencers and business leaders who are committed to aiding the Council in its mission of working alongside global allies and partners to shape the future in face of growing global challenges.

*Indicates Executive Committee Members

*Chairman

*President and CEO

*Executive Chairman Emeritus

*Executive Vice Chairs

Vice Chairs

Treasurer

  • *George Lund

Directors

  • Stephen Achilles
  • Elliot Ackerman
  • *Gina F. Adams
  • Timothy D. Adams
  • *Michael Andersson
  • Ilker Baburoglu
  • Alain Bejjani
  • Colleen Bell
  • Peter J. Beshar
  • *Karan Bhatia
  • Stephen Biegun
  • Linden P. Blue
  • Brad Bondi
  • John Bonsell
  • Philip M. Breedlove
  • R. Nicholas Burns
  • David L. Caplan
  • Samantha A. Carl-Yoder
  • *Teresa Carlson
  • *James E. Cartwright
  • Christopher Cavoli
  • John E. Chapoton
  • Ahmed Charai
  • Melanie Chen
  • Michael Chertoff
  • George Chopivsky
  • Wesley K. Clark
  • Kellyanne Conway
  • *Helima Croft
  • Ankit N. Desai
  • *Lawrence Di Rita
  • Dante A. Disparte
  • Denelle Dixon
  • *Paula J. Dobriansky
  • Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
  • Joseph Durso
  • Richard Edelman
  • Oren Eisner
  • Stuart E. Eizenstat
  • Mark T. Esper
  • Christopher W.K. Fetzer
  • *Michael Fisch
  • Alan H. Fleischmann
  • Jendayi E. Frazer
  • *Meg Gentle
  • Thomas Glocer
  • John B. Goodman
  • Sherri W. Goodman
  • Marcel Grisnigt
  • Jarosław Grzesiak
  • Murathan Günal
  • Michael V. Hayden
  • *Robin Hayes
  • Tim Holt
  • *Karl Hopkins
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison
  • Ian Ihnatowycz
  • Keoki Jackson
  • Deborah Lee James
  • *Joia M. Johnson
  • *Safi Kalo
  • Karen Karniol-Tambour
  • *Andre Kelleners
  • John E. Klein
  • Ratko Knežević
  • C. Jeffrey Knittel
  • Joseph Konzelmann
  • Keith J. Krach
  • Franklin D. Kramer
  • Laura Lane
  • Almar Latour
  • Yann Le Pallec
  • Diane Leopold
  • Andrew J.P. Levy
  • Jan M. Lodal
  • Douglas Lute
  • Jane Holl Lute
  • William J. Lynn
  • Mark Machin
  • Marco Margheri
  • Michael A. Margolis
  • Chris Marlin
  • William Marron
  • Roger Martella
  • Judith A. Miller
  • Dariusz Mioduski
  • Richard L. Morningstar
  • Georgette Mosbacher
  • Majida Mourad
  • Mary Claire Murphy
  • Scott Nathan
  • *Julia Nesheiwat
  • Edward J. Newberry
  • Franco Nuschese
  • Robert C. O’Brien
  • *Ahmet Ören
  • Ana Palacio
  • *Kostas Pantazopoulos
  • David H. Petraeus
  • Elizabeth Frost Pierson
  • *Lisa Pollina
  • Daniel B. Poneman
  • Rob Portman
  • Dina H. Powell McCormick
  • Michael Punke
  • Ashraf Qazi
  • Laura J. Richardson
  • *Gary Rieschel
  • Charles O. Rossotti
  • Harry Sachinis
  • Curtis Michael Scaparrotti
  • *Ivan A. Schlager
  • Rajiv Shah
  • Wendy R. Sherman
  • Gregg Sherrill
  • Kris Singh
  • Varun Sivaram
  • Walter Slocombe
  • Christopher Smith
  • Clifford Sobel
  • Michael S. Steele
  • Richard J.A. Steele
  • Mary Streett
  • Nader Tavakoli
  • *Gil Tenzer
  • *Frances F. Townsend
  • Melanne Verveer
  • Tyson Voelkel
  • Kemba Walden
  • Michael F. Walsh
  • *Peter Weinberg
  • Ronald Weiser
  • *Al Williams
  • Ben Wilson
  • Maciej Witucki
  • Neal S. Wolin
  • Tod D. Wolters
  • Jenny Wood
  • Alan Yang
  • Guang Yang
  • Mary C. Yates
  • Dov S. Zakheim

Honorary Directors

  • James A. Baker, III
  • Robert M. Gates
  • James N. Mattis
  • Michael G. Mullen
  • Leon E. Panetta
  • William J. Perry
  • Condoleezza Rice
  • Horst Teltschik

Lifetime Directors

  • Stephane Abrial
  • Odeh Aburdene
  • Carol Adelman
  • Michael Ansari
  • David D. Aufhauser
  • Julia Chang Bloch
  • Richard Burt
  • Bantz John Craddock
  • Ralph Crosby, Jr.
  • Brian Dailey
  • Chris J. Dodd
  • Lacey Neuhaus Dorn
  • Conrado Dornier
  • Thomas J. Egan, Jr.
  • Julie Finley
  • Chas W. Freeman
  • Ronald M. Freeman
  • Carlton W. Fulford, Jr.
  • Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
  • Barbara Hackman Franklin
  • Brian C. McK. Henderson
  • Robert Hormats
  • Mary Howell
  • Robert L. Hutchings
  • Wolfgang Ischinger
  • George A. Joulwan
  • Geraldine S. Kunstadter
  • Philip Lader
  • Henrik Liljegren
  • Wendy W. Makins
  • James P. McCarthy
  • Eric D.K. Melby
  • Franklin C. Miller
  • George E. Moose
  • Virginia A. Mulberger
  • Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
  • Philip A. Odeen
  • Thomas R. Pickering
  • Joseph W. Ralston
  • Thomas J. Ridge
  • Marjorie Scardino
  • William O. Schmieder
  • Kiron Skinner
  • Paula Stern
  • John Studzinski
  • William H. Taft, IV
  • Ronald P. Verdicchio
  • Enzo Viscusi
  • Carl E. Vuono
  • J. Robinson West
  • R. James Woolsey

List as of January 1, 2026