Virginia Advisory Committee Honorary Co-Chairs Senator Chuck Robb United States Senator, (1989-2001); Governor of Virginia (1982-1986) Senator John Warner United States Senator, (1979-2009); Secretary of the U.S. Navy (1972-1974)
Adm. Larry Baucom President, Hampton Roads World Affairs Council Dean Nancy Bagranoff Dean, Robins School of Business, University of Richmond Hon. Tom Bliley Former U.S. Representative (VA-7), Commonwealth of Virginia (1981-2001); Mayor of Richmond (1970-1977) Hon. Rick Boucher Former U.S. Representative (VA-9), Commonwealth of Virginia (1983-2011) Jerry Bridges Executive Director, Virginia Port Authority Gen. Ron Christmas President, U.S. Marine Corps Heritage Foundation (USMC, Ret.) Richard Cranwell Former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia Carthan Currin Former Director of Economic Development, City of Richmond Ben Davenport Chairman, First Piedmont Corporation Hon. Tom Davis Former U.S. Representative (VA-11), Commonwealth of Virginia (1995-2008) Hon. Alan Diamonstein PWHD Consulting; Former Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Dan Drummond Member of Fairfax City Council Barry DuVal President/CEO Virginia Chamber of Commerce Hon. Paul Fraim Mayor, City of Norfolk (1994-2011) Claire Guthrie Ganstanaga Former Chief Deputy Attorney General for Mary Sue Terry Bob Gibson Executive Director, Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership, Univ. of Virginia Anne Lynam Goddard CEO, ChildFund International John Hager Former Chairman of the Virginia Healthcare Foundation Allan Harvie, Jr. Executive Director, Virginians4Haiti; President Richmond Renegades Pat Herrity Member of Fairfax Country Board of Supervisors Col. Greg Hermsmeyer Security Sector Specialist, Deloitte Consulting (USAF, Ret.) Jack Hornbeck President, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Jeffrey James Professor of International Affairs, Virginia Military Institute Lionel Johnson Vice-President, Middle East Affairs at US Chamber of Commerce Malik Khan President, Richmond Interfaith Council Saif Khan Board Member, Military and Family Affairs, Democratic National Committee Jerry Kilgore Former Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia Bill Leighty Board Member, U.S. Marine Corps Heritage Foundation; Former Chief of Staff to Governor Mark Warner Hon. Bob Marshall State Delegate, 13th District, Commonwealth of Virginia Bob Martin Vice-President of VA Democratic Party Military and Families Caucus Gary Marx Executive Director, Judicial Crisis Network Brian Moran Chairman, Democratic Party of Virginia Richard Morford Development and Partnership Advisor, UN Development Programme Capt. Jim Morin Attorney, Hogan Lovells (US Army, Ret.) Amb. Bismarck Myrick U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia (1999–2002) and Lesotho (1995–1998) Shawn O’Donnell Author; Congressional Candidate, Virginia 1st District Amir Oveissi Assistant Vice-President, Air Iraq Lt. Col. John Panneton Past National President, Navy League (USMC, Ret.) Gustav Plato President, Latvian American Chamber of Commerce Danny Plough President, Richmond Rotary, Founder of Virginians for Highspeed Rail Donna Read Tetra Tech ARD John Reinhart CEO, Maersk Line Dr. M.G. “Pat” Robertson Founder Christian Broadcasting Network; Regent University; Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corp; American Center for Law and Justice Dois Rosser Chairman, International Cooperating Ministries Dawn Serafine President, Hampton Roads Foreign Commerce Club Chris Saxman General Manager, Shenandoah Valley Water Company Mary Jean Schmitt Global Enterprise Manager, NetApp Brig. Gen. Ron Sconyers Executive Director, Physicians for Peace (USAF, Ret.) Hon. Will Sessoms Mayor, Virginia Beach Capt. Terron Simms, II Project Coordinator, ASM Research (US Army, Ret.) Hon. Ken Stolle State Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia (1992-2010) Levar Stoney Former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Virginia Chuck Tobin President, AT-Risk International Mike Thompson President, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy Dr. Robert Turner Director, Center for International Security, University of Virginia Don Upson Former Secretary of Technology, Commonwealth of Virginia Danny Yates Founder of Hinche Scholarship Program; William & Mary University Maria Zammit National World Affairs Board Member & Consultant