He began his career in the sheet metal business concurrent with attending Northeastern University. In 1968, after working for companies such as McNab Engineering, BTU Engineering, Honeywell, and New England Forge, to name a few. Mr. Danis built Damco, Inc. (Danis Manufacturing Company) started in an old mill building in Watertown. His commitment to quality and service quickly earned him a reputation as a leader in the industry.

MP Member of Parliament, United Kingdom. Mr. Allen has been elected three times since 1987 as the Member of Parliament for Nottingham North, each time increasing his majority. Since the Labour election victory of 1997 he has been a Government Minister appointed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Russell B. Andree B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, Northeastern University, United States

He is the Honorary Director, Institute for International Economics and Political Science, Moscow, and has held many academic and political positions in the USSR and Russia during the last three decades. He is the author of more than 400 published works.

The Right Honourable Kim Campbell served at all three levels of Canadian government and was the first female Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Justice and later served as Consul General to the US. She was Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and President of the International Women's Forum. Currently, she is the Secretary General of the Club of Madrid.

John Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He served as Director of Central Intelligence from May 1995-December 1996, was Deputy Secretary of Defense in 1994-1995, and was Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology in 1993-1994. Professor Deutch has also served as Director of Energy Research (1977-1979), Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology (1979), and Undersecretary (1979-80) in the United States Department of Energy.

Jorge I. Domínguez is Antonio Madero Professor of Government and Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University. He was Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1996 to 2006.

Professor of Government, Harvard University, and Senior Faculty Associate at the Center for European Studies.

José María Figueres Olsen served as President of Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998, and was educated at the US Military Academy at West Point (BA 1979) and at Harvard University (MPA, 1991).

Marshall I. Goldman is the Kathryn W. Davis Professor of Soviet Economics at Wellesley College and the Associate Director of the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University.

Master, Balliol College, Oxford University

Until recently General Eugene E. Habiger (U.S. Air Force, Retired) was the Department of Energy's Director of Security and Emergency Operations. As the Department's "Security Czar", he was responsible for implementing the Secretary's security reform plan and oversaw all security functions, including safeguards and security policy, cyber-security, critical infrastructure protection, foreign visits and assignments, and emergency operations functions. He was charged by the Secretary with changing the security culture at DoE and establishing a program to re-energize and restore confidence in the Department's Security Program.

Mr. Hidalgo is a Fellow and Member of the Visiting Committee at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is also Chairman of Development Finance Corporation, a consulting and development bank, and of Spain's Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE). He is the co-founder and a board member of El Pais, Spain's most widely read newspaper.

Michael D. Intriligator, Ph.D, is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also Professor of Political Science, Professor of Policy Studies in the School of Public Policy and Social Research, and Co-Director of the Jacob Marschak Behavioral Sciences, all at UCLA. He is a Senior Fellow of both the Milken Institute in Santa Monica. Educated at MIT (SB in Economics,1959; PhD in Economics, 1963) and at Yale University (MA, 1960), he has been at UCLA since 1963, teaching courses in economic theory, econometrics, mathematical economics, International relations, and health economics, and he has received several distinguished teaching awards.

David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Byung-Kook Kim is Professor of Political Science, Korea University , Seoul. He is also the Director of the East Asia Institute, a private non-profit organization founded with the goal of transforming East Asia into a society of nations based on democracy, market economy, open society, and peace. He was educated at Harvard University (BA in Economics, 1982; PhD in Political Science, 1988), and currently teaches party politics, methodology, and comparative political theory at Korea University.

Dr. Lawrence R. Klein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1980, and is Benjamin Franklin Professor of Economics (emeritus) at Penn, where he has been a faculty member since 1958. Dr. Klein previously was affiliated with the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, Oxford University, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. He holds degrees from the University of California (B.A.), M.I.T. (Ph.D.) and Oxford University (M.A.) and honorary degrees and honorary professorships from more than 30 universities worldwide.

Hanna Suchocka was Prime Minister of Poland in 1992-1993, and has been highly active in many national and international organizations during the last decade. She became a member of Solidarity in 1980, since when she has been actively involved in the political life of Poland on many levels, including Minister of Justice. She currently serves as Poland's Ambassador to the Vatican.

Paul J. J. Welfens is professor and chair of the Institute of Macroeconomic Theory and Politics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is also President of European Institute for International Economic Relations (EIIW), Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration at the University of Potsdam, and Fellow of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Welfens is a Senior Fellow of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America.