USA Steering Committee Members
New England
Chair: Sidney Topol, former Chairman & CEO, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Dean, Fletcher School, Tufts University
James Botkin, CPCC, Leadership Coach, Chairman, CEO, and Coach, InnerCALL LLC International Corporate Coaching Alliance
Stuart N. Brotman ’00, Research Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School & Visiting Scholar, MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program
Stephen Crosby, Dean, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
Timothy Cahill '07, State Treasurer & Receiver General, State of Massachusetts
Robert Russman Halperin ’02, Chief Education Officer, Young Presidents’ Organization
Ellen Hume, Director, Center on Media and Society, University of Massachusetts at Boston
Jeffrey Jones, Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Chellie Pingree ’97, Former President, Common Cause
Robert Woodbury, former Chancellor, University of Maine
North Carolina
Chair: Governor James E. Holshouser, former Governor of North Carolina
Chairman Emeritus: William Friday, former President of UNC system
Ted Abernathy ’01, Executive Vice-president, Research Triangle Regional Partnership
MaryAnn E. Black, Associate Vice-President for Community Affairs, Duke University Health System
Molly Broad, Former President of the University of North Carolina system
John Burness, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Duke University
Julius Chambers, former Chancellor, N.C. Central University
Frank Daniels, Jr., former President and Publisher, The News and Observer Publishing Company
Dr. Dennis Gillings, Chairman, Quintiles Transnational, Inc.
James Goodmon, President and CEO, Capitol Broadcasting
Dr. James Goodnight, Chairman, President and CEO, SAS Institute
Andrea Harris, President, North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic Development
Ambassador Jeanette Hyde, retired U.S. Ambassador to the Caribbean
Robert Ingram, Vice Chairman, Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline
John Kasarda, Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
Dr. Richard Krasno, Executive Director, William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust
Steve Nelson, Partner, Wakefield Group
James Roberson, Retired President, Research Triangle Park Foundation
Smedes York, President, York Properties
St. Louis
Honorary Chairman: Senator Kit Bond
Co -Chairmen: John F. McDonnell, Retired Chairman of McDonnell Douglas Corporation & Dr. Mark Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis
Cindy Brinkley, President, AT&T Missouri
Andrew Bursky, Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Holdings, LLC
George Roman, Vice President, State and Local Government Relations Integrated Defense Systems & St. Louis Regional Executive, The Boeing Company
Douglas King, President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Louis Science Center
Edward Monser, Chief Operating Officer, Emerson
Dr. James Wertsch, Director, McDonnell International Scholars Academy
Philadelphia
Co-Chairs:
Anne d'Harnoncourt, Director & CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Jane Pepper, President, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Chairman Emeritus: Governor Edward G. Rendell
Richard A. Bendis, Chairman, President, and CEO, True Product, Inc.
Buntzie Churchill, President, World Affairs Council
David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
Liz Dow, President, Leadership, Inc.
Michael J. Emmi, Chairman, IPR International L.L.C.
Jack Farber, Chairman of the Board, CSS Industries, Inc.
H. Edward Hanway, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CIGNA Corporation
Sharon Hardy, Executive Director, Forum of Executive Women
Paul Levy, President & CEO, Center City District
Diane Melley ’01, Director, Corporate Community Relations, IBM Corporation and Head, Philadelphia Alumni Association
Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
Steve Mullin, Senior Vice President and Principal, Econsult Corporation
John Osborn ’98, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Cephalon Corporation
Constantine Papadakis, President, Drexel University
Mark Schweiker, President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture
Ben Bartlett ’99, Upper Peninsula Dairy and Livestock Agent, Cooperative Extension, Michigan State University
Doug DeVries, Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing, Worldwide Agricultural Division, Deere & Company
Danny Klinefelter, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
Ben Riensche ’94, Owner/Operator, Top Farm
Lisa Specca ’02, Owner/Manager, Specca Farms; Public Member, New Jersey State Agricultural Development Committee