American Iranian Council

The American Iranian Council (AIC) "is a nonprofit and nonpartisan tax-exempt [501(c)3] educational organization dedicated to improving US-Iran relations through dialogue, better understanding, and constructive engagement." [1]

People

Honorary Board

Accessed November 2007:

• David A. Hamburg - President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of NY
• R.K. Ramazani - Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia
• Donna E. Shalala - Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, President, University of Miami
• Sargent Shriver - First Director of The Peace Corps

Directors

• Hooshang Amirahmadi Professor, Rutgers University, Founder and President, AIC
• Olga M. Davidson, Professor Brandeis University
• Fereidun Fesharaki, Director, Program on Resources, East-West Center
• Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr., President, Middle East Policy Council
• John J. Ghaznavi, Chairman and CEO, Ghaznavi Investments, Inc.
• Shireen Hunter, Director, Islam Program, CSIS
• Honorable J Bennett Johnston, CEO, Johnston & Associates, Co-Chairman, AIC
• Judith Kipper, Director, Middle East Forum, Council on Foreign Relations
• David J. Lesar, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, Halliburton Company
• Ambassador John J. Maresca, President, Business Humanitarian Forum
• Richard H. Matzke, Former Vice Chairman, ChevronTexaco Corporation, Co-Chairman, AIC
• Ambassador William G. Miller, Senior Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center
• Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, Chairman, Mondoil Corporation
• Roy P. Mottahedeh, Professor Harvard University
• Mohsen Movaghar, President and CEO, West Point Capital
• Ambassador Richard W. Murphy, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Mohammad S. Namazikhah, Professor USC School of Dentistry,
• Giandomenico Picco, Chairman and CEO, GDP Associates
• Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, Senior Vice President, The Boeing Company
• J. Michael Stinson, Retired, ConocoPhillips Company
• Ambassador Roscoe S. Suddarth, President Emeritus, Middle East Institute
• Japeh Youssefi, CEO ISmart, LLC
• Marvin Zonis Ph.D. Professor University of Chicago

Source

Advisory Council

Accessed November 2007:

• Richard T. Arndt - Chairman, Lois Roth Endowment
• Abbas Bolufrushan - Director, Iranian Business Council, Dubai
• Shahram Chubin - Executive Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy
• Marshall P. Cloyd - Chairman, InterMarine Inc.
• John L. Esposito - Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
• Mahmoud Farshchian - Master Miniaturist, President, Homai Publisher
• Richard Frye - Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
• Faranak Ghaffari-Van Patten - Senior Advisor, Southern California Office of Asia Society
• W. Nathaniel Howell - Professor, University of Virginia
• Lowell Bruce Laingen - President, American Academy of Diplomacy
• Gary C. Marfin - Manager of Government Affairs, Conoco, Inc.
• Alireza Moshiri - Advisor to the Vice Chairman of the Board, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc.
• Robert H. Pelletreau - Former Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
• William B. Quandt - Professor, University of Virginia
• Brian Salmanpour - Chairman, Londongate, PLC
• Majid Tehranian - Professor, University of Hawaii

Contact

20 Nassau Street, Suite 111
Princeton, NJ 08542
Email: aic AT american-iranian.org
Ph: +1-609-252-9099
Fax: +1-609-252-9698

Web: http://www.american-iranian.org