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Curtis Brand

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Officers | 2007-2008

 

Curtis W. Brand, Chair*
Edward Gnehm, Vice Chair*
Fawzi A. Kawash, Vice Chair*
William D. Corcoran, President/CEO**
Philip E. Davies, Vice President
Mike de Graffenried, Treasurer*
Christie McGue, Secretary of the Corporation

* Board Members
** Ex Officio Board Member

 

Board of Directors | 2007-2008


Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan
President, Proctor Investment Managers LLC
New York, NY

Tim A. Attalla
Attorney at Law
Detroit, MI

Curtis W. Brand
Former Chairman and CEO, Mobil Saudi Arabia
Washington, DC

Thomas D. Cabot
Architect
Shelburne, VT

Diana D. Dajani
International Development Consultant
London, United Kingdom

Mike de Graffenried
Retired Managing Director, Citigroup
New York, NY

Ronald A. Dudum
Real Estate Manager
San Francisco, CA

James Gallagher
President, The Gallagher Group, LLC
Arlington, VA

Curtis G. Giesen
President, Dashboard Ventures, LLC
New York, NY

Edward Gnehm
Retired Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait, Australia
Deputy Head, U.S. Mission to the U.N.
Potomac, MD

Richard C. Hall
Director, Corporate Government Affairs, Intel
Folsom, CA

Lawrence A. Hamdan
Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston
New York, NY

Stephen D. Hayes
Independent Consultant
Alexandria, VA

Richard P. Holmes
Middle East Business Affairs Consultant
Fernandina Beach, FL

Arthur A. Houghton
Former Foreign Service Officer
Retired President, Arthur Houghton Associates
Cockeysville, MD

Randa Fahmy Hudome
President, Fahmy Hudome International, LLC
Washington, DC

Vicken Kalbian, M.D.
Medical Director, Valley Health Services
Winchester, VA

Laurie Kassman
Director of Communications, Middle East Institute
Washington, DC

Fawzi A. Kawash
Advisor to the Shareholders, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Beirut, Lebanon

 

 

Alfred N. Khoury, M.D.
President, Perinatal Associates of Northern Virginia
Fairfax, VA

Kendall Landis
Former Vice President, Swarthmore College
Media, PA

Christie McGue
Consultant
Former Executive Director, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Traverse City, MI

Usama R. Mikdashi
Managing Director, Citigroup Risk Management, Citibank, N.A.
London, United Kingdom

James K. Sams
Principal, KPMG LLP
London, United Kingdom

Shereen Soghier
Managing Director, Qorvis
Washington, DC

Frances Stickles
Writer and Civic Leader
Gaithersburg, MD

Muneer A. Tarazi
Architect
New York, NY

Samir I. Toubassy
President, Olayan Development Corporation, Ltd.
Group Vice President, The Olayan Group
London, United Kingdom

Tom Veblen
Convener, The Superior Business Firm Roundtable
London, United Kingdom

Nicholas Veliotes
Former Ambassador to Egypt
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asia
Chair, Egyptian-American Friendship Society
McLean, VA

James Walker
Managing Partner, Walker Investments, LLC
Katonah, NY

Ira T. Wender
Former Partner
Patterson, Belknap, Webb, & Tyler
New York, NY

Margy W. Werling
Management Consultant
Falls Church, VA

Oliver D. Zandona
Senior Advisor, International Government Relations
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Washington, DC

Samar Deifallah Zuaiter
Civic Leader
Grenwich, CT