The Advisory Trustees of the U Thant Institute provide policy and regulatory guidance for the Board of Directors which, in turn, makes policy decisions on the nature and scope of activities to be implemented by the Executive Office of the President.

 

ADVISORY TRUSTEES

CHAIRMAN: His Excellency Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations; former Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Egypt

The Honorable Syed Babar Ali, Pro-Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences; former Finance Minister of Pakistan

Mrs. Sylvia Fuhrman, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNIS; Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations

Mrs. Connie Greenfield, Philanthropist; Member, International Hospitality Committee of Southwestern Connecticut

Mr. Stewart Greenfield, Co-founder & Chairman, Alternative Investment Group; Director, Santa Fe Institute; Director, Greenfield Environmental Venture Fund; former Chairman, Oak Investment Partners

The Honorable Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Political Issues; Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria 

The Honorable Anand Panyarachun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; former Prime Minister of Thailand

Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; former Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco

The Honorable Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; former Foreign and Defense Minister of Malaysia

Sir Brian Urquhart, former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN: Dr. George J. Delaney, President, Summit Resources, Inc.; former Vice President, Consolidated Edison Company, New York

SECRETARY: Paul B. Edelberg, Esq., Counsel, Murtha Cullina LLP; President, ChinaTrade2USA

Ms. Janet F. Filling, Executive Director, American Red Cross (Mid-Fairfield County Chapter)

General Patrick J. Garvey, Chairman, Cavalry Security Group; former President, National Maritime Historical Society; former Commanding Officer, Camp Smith

Dr. Rajinder P. Ghandi, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Columbia University; Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York 

Dr. Joseph N. Hankin, past Chairman, U Thant Institute; President, SUNY Westchester Community College; Adjunct Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University 

Mr. Katsuhide Kitatani, Chairman, NPO 2050; former Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund  

Dr. Jean E. Krasno, Fellow, International Security Studies, Yale University; former Executive Director, The Academic Council on the United Nations System, Yale University

Dr. David L. Levinson, President, Norwalk Community College; Adjunct Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Mr. Matthew G. McCrosson, Partner, O'Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins LLP; former Senior Manager, KPMG Consulting

Dr. Tyn Myint-U, President, US-Asia Pacific Technology Group; Fellow, Harvard University; former Chief, United Nations Asia-Pacific Program on Transnational Corporations; former Professor of Mathematics, Manhattan College

The Honorable Dr. Nyi Nyi, Member of the Board of Directors, International Trachoma Initiative; former Director, UNICEF; former Minister of Mines and former Deputy Minister of Education, Burma

Daw Aye Aye Thant (ex officio), President, U Thant Institute

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Daw Aye Aye Thant, President

Mr. Anthony Fouracre, Vice President for United Nations Affairs

Mr. Willard Hass, Vice President for Information

Mr. Ronald Cantwell, Treasurer

Mr. Samuel Garrick, Director of Institutional Relations

Ms. Christina Hennessy, Director of Communications

Ms. Alexandria Faiz, Director of Membership Development

Ms. Amanda Lanzarone, Research Associate & Director of Event Planning

Mr. Colin Gurd, Research Associate