Kim R. Holmes

Dr. Kim R. Holmes was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs on November 21, 2002.

The Bureau of International Organization Affairs develops and implements U.S. policy in the United Nations, its specialized and voluntary agencies, and certain other international organizations. A primary goal of the bureau is to help shape the multilateral system into a more efficient and effective instrument to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Dr. Holmes previously served as Vice President and Director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He was the Heritage Foundation's principal spokesman on foreign and defense policy issues, as well as the senior editor of Heritage foreign policy publications and the senior managing officer in charge of research, personnel and programs.

Prior to becoming Heritage Vice President in 1992, Dr. Holmes was Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Senior Policy Analyst for National Security Affairs at Heritage, specializing in arms control, NATO affairs and East-West strategic relations. Dr. Holmes first joined Heritage in 1985. He was previously a senior fellow at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Dr. Holmes holds doctorate (1982) and master's (1977) degrees in history from Georgetown University. He obtained a bachelor's in history in 1974 from the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He was a research fellow at the Institute for European History in Mainz, Germany in 1981. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Holmes taught at Georgetown University, specializing in European security issues and European intellectual history. Dr. Holmes is the co-editor of various foreign policy books and author of numerous scholarly articles.

Dr. Holmes is married and he and his wife have two children.

Kevin A. Hassett

Resident Scholar, Director of Economic Policy Studies

Dr. Kevin A. Hassett is one of the nation's leading economists and a resident scholar at the renowned American Enterprise Institute. Before arriving at AEI, Dr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

With expertise on all aspects of the economy, Hassett was the chief economic adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) during the 2000 presidential campaign. He has also served as a policy consultant to the U.S. Department of the Treasury during both the Bush and Clinton administrations and provides advice regularly to numerous Fortune 500 companies. He has published scholarly articles in the American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and many other professional journals. Dr. Hassett's commentaries are aired regularly by numerous television outlets, including recent appearances on the CBS Morning Show, Moneyline, Hardball, the ABC Evening News, and the Newshour with Jim Lehrer. His writings have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, Business Week, Time, Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, National Review and many other publications.

Kevin Hassett is also the author of the best-selling book on stock valuation, "Dow 36,000," co-authored by James Glassman. He is also the author of many books and monographs, two other recent ones for AEI with R. Glenn Hubbard, Inequality and Tax Policy and Transitional Costs of Fundamental Tax Reform. His latest book "Bubbleology, The New Science of Stock Market Winners and Losers," was published by Crown Business in 2002. Here Hassett teaches readers to use his "bubblescope" which will help them identify the warning signs that a stock is going too far, too fast.

JAMES K. GLASSMAN

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

James Glassman researches Social Security, economics, technology, politics, federal budget, interest rates, stock market, taxes, and education. He is the author of "The Secret Code of the Superior Investor." He writes a column on investing for the Washington Post and is a member of the President's Council on the Twenty-first Century Workforce.

Professional Experience

• Member, President's Council On The 21st Century Workforce, 2002-present
• Syndicated Columnist, Washington Post (business page), 2001-present
• Host, www.TechCentralStation.com (technology and politics site), 2000-present
• Columnist, International Herald Tribune, 1999-present
• Chief columnist, FOLIOfn, 2001
• Analyst, Left, Right, and Center, KCRW Santa Monica, 2001-2002
• Host, PBS TechnoPolitics, 1995-1999
• Syndicated columnist, Washington Post (opinion and business pages), 1993-1999
• Moderator, CNN Capital Gang Sunday, 1995-1998
• Editor, Roll Call, 1987-1993
• Executive vice president, U.S. News & World Report, 1984-1986
• President, Atlantic Monthly Company, 1984-1986
• Publisher, New Republic, 1981-1984
• Executive editor, Washingtonian, 1979-1981

Education B.A., cum laude, government, Harvard College

Articles and Short Publications

• The Drug World's Easy Riders
• Opportunity at the Times
• Business Press Mess

Books

• The Secret Code of the Superior Investor
• Dow 36,000

Robert B. Zoellick

Robert B. Zoellick assumed office as the 13th U.S. Trade Representative on February 7, 2001.

As U.S. Trade Representative, Mr. Zoellick is a member of President Bush's Cabinet, with the rank of Ambassador, and serves as the President's principal trade policy adviser and chief trade negotiator.

During his tenure as U.S. Trade Representative, Mr. Zoellick completed the negotiations to bring China and Taiwan into the World Trade Organization; developed a strategy to launch new global trade negotiations at the WTO meeting in Doha; shepherded congressional action on the Jordan Free Trade Agreement and the Vietnam Trade Agreement; and worked with Congress to pass the Trade Act of 2002, which included new Trade Promotion Authority.

During President George H.W. Bush's Administration, Mr. Zoellick served with Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, as well as Counselor to the Department (Under Secretary rank). Mr. Zoellick's responsibilities included political, economic, and security topics in all regions of the world. He served as the senior U.S. official in the "Two-plus-Four" negotiations for German unification and worked closely with Secretary Baker on the policies pertaining to the end of the Cold War. Mr. Zoellick was the lead State Department official in the negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, and the launch of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group. He played a key role in the Central American peace processes. Mr. Zoellick was also appointed the President's personal representative, or Sherpa, for the G-7 Economic Summits in 1991 and 1992. In August 1992, Mr. Zoellick was appointed White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President.

Mr. Zoellick received the Distinguished Service Award, the Department of State's highest honor. The German government awarded him the Knight Commanders Cross for his role in developing the U.S. strategy toward German unification.

From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Zoellick served at the Department of the Treasury in various positions, including Counselor to Secretary James A. Baker, III, Executive Secretary of the Department, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy. Mr. Zoellick received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Department of Treasury's highest honor.

After leaving government service in 1993, Mr. Zoellick was appointed an Executive Vice President at Fannie Mae, the largest housing finance investor in the United States, where he managed the company's affordable housing business; legal, regulatory, government relations activities; and international financial services. He also served as the John M. Olin Professor of National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy, Research Scholar at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and Senior International Advisor to Goldman Sachs.

In May 2002, Mr. Zoellick was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana. He also served as board member of a number of private and public organizations, including Alliance Capital, the Council on Foreign Relations, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the World Wildlife Advisory Council.

Raised in Naperville, Illinois, Mr. Zoellick received a J.D. magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1981. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College in 1975.

Jimmy Gurulй

"I thoroughly enjoy teaching at Notre Dame Law School. Our students are unique and have been admitted to the Law School because of their commitment to social justice and demonstrated leadership abilities. We perceive our students as the future leaders of this country."

Jimmy Gurulй, an internationally known expert in the field of complex criminal litigation, joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1989 and in 1996 became a full professor. He served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 1998-1999. He earned his B.A. from the University of Utah in 1974, and his J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1980. A member of the Utah Bar since 1980, Professor Gurulй has worked in a variety of high-profile public law enforcement positions including as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. (1980-1982), deputy county attorney in the Salt Lake City Attorney's Office (1983-1985), assistant U.S. attorney and deputy chief of the Major Narcotics Section of the Los Angeles branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office, and as Assistant Attorney General with the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs in Washington, D.C. (1990-92). Among his many successes in prosecuting complex criminal cases around the country, he engineered the conviction of those responsible for torturing and brutally murdering a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in Mexico.

Professor Gurulй concentrates his teaching and scholarship in the areas of criminal law, teaching courses in complex criminal litigation, criminal law, criminal and scientific evidence, and international criminal law. Most recently, with S. Guerra, he published the definitive treatise on The Law of Asset Forfeiture, and with R.J. Goodwin, the casebook on Criminal and Scientific Evidence: Cases, Materials and Problems and the related teacher's manual. He frequently participates in conferences and on committees designed to study the problem of organized crime and, most recently, has traveled extensively throughout eastern Europe discussing the problems of organized crime in the former Soviet Socialist Republics. He is a member of the advisory board of the National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition (since 1990) and a member of the LEXIS-NEXIS Advisory Board for Criminal Justice Publications (since 1998).

He has received many honors for his work including the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award and the Drug Enforcement Administration's highest award, the Administrator's Award. The U.S. attorney general honored him in 1991 with the prestigious Edmund J. Randolph Award, and again in 1992, with the Award for Excellence in Management.

Professor Gurulй is a prominent member of the Hispanic legal community, having been honored in 1997 as one of 12 Hispanics nationwide named "Pillars of a Just Society," a program that recognizes professors, attorneys and judges who have served the cause of justice in the Hispanic community. He also serves as faculty advisor to the Hispanic Law Students Association, as a member of the advisory board to the University's Latino Studies Program (since 1997) and as a member of the editorial advisory board of the Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy (since 1996).

He took a two-year (2001-03) leave-of-absence from NDLS while he served as under secretary of the Treasury for enforcement, where he had oversight responsibilities for the Secret Service, Customs, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.

Paula J. Dobriansky

Paula J. Dobriansky was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Under Secretary for Global Affairs in April 2001. She is responsible for a broad range of foreign policy issues, including: democracy, human rights, labor, health, counter-narcotics and law enforcement, refugee and humanitarian relief matters, international women's issues, and environmental/scientific issues. She is also the Special Coordinator for Tibet. Prior to her appointment, she served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Dobriansky has also held positions as the Associate Director for Policy and Programs at the United States Information Agency, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University and her B.S.F.S. summa cum laude from Georgetown University.

Carl Gershman

Carl Gershman was appointed President of the National Endowment for Democracy by the Endowment's Board of Directors and assumed his position on April 30, 1984. In that capacity he has presided over the development of the Endowment's grants program in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Latin America. Under his leadership, the NED created the quarterly Journal of Democracy in 1990 and launched the International Forum for Democratic Studies in 1994.

Prior to assuming the position with the Endowment, Mr. Gershman was Senior Counselor to the United States Representative to the United Nations beginning in January 1981. In that capacity, he served as the U.S. Representative to the U.N.'s Third Committee, which deals with human rights issues, and also as Alternate Representative of the U.S. to the U.N. Security Council.

Prior to his assignment at the United States Mission to the United Nations, Mr. Gershman was a Resident Scholar at Freedom House (1980-81) and Executive Director of Social Democrats, USA (1974-80).

Tommy Thompson

Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is the nation's leading advocate for the health and welfare of all Americans. Sworn into office in February 2001, Secretary Thompson has dedicated his professional life to public service, most recently serving 14 years as governor of the state of Wisconsin. In that position, he gained national attention for his leadership on welfare reform, expanded access to health care for low-income people, and education.

John Turner

Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs John Turner heads U.S. Department of State programs and activities concerning HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, the environment, climate change, oceans affairs, and science and technology.

Prior to his appointment as assistant secretary in November 2001, Mr. Turner was President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to public-private partnerships to protect land and water resources. Between 1989 and 1993, Mr. Turner served as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where he was responsible for expanding collaborative approaches under the Endangered Species Act, increasing wetland protection and establishing 55 new National Wildlife Refuges.

Robert Kellett

Robert Kellett is Online Managing Editor of Mercy Corps in Portland, Oregon, since 2001. He is responsible for editorial oversight and content management of the Mercy Corps Web site and four subsidiary sites. He provides overall support for organization's communication and marketing initiatives. His activities also include contributing to print publications, speechwriting, fundraising, and private and nongovernmental grant proposal development.

Kellett has written and edited stories for television, radio, print and online media. His experience includes newsroom editorial review, field reporting, and Web content management and design layout. In addition, he has extensive experience teaching English as a foreign language and working with international non-governmental organizations.

Kellett received a bachelor's degree (1996) in history and communications from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta International History Honor Society. From 1996 to 1998 he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan.

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