CONTENTS

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Founder’s Welcome 2

Message from the Leader of the Honolulu Leadership Dialogue 3

Message from the East-West Center 4

Honolulu 2012 Agenda 6

WAIKIKI Closed Session Policy 8 American Participants 9

Leadership Dialogue Photo Gallery 20

3 Australian Participants 22 Staff 28 1 Our Supporters 29

Leadership Dialogue History 32

MAP OF HONOLULU 1. Halekulani 2. East-West Center 3. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

1 FOUNDER’S WELCOME TO 2012 HONOLULU LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE

As we continue to mark the 20th anniversary We are grateful to Martin Adams as year of the Australian American Leadership delegation leader, and for his continued WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE Dialogue, this is the fifth annual Honolulu stewardship of the agenda and engagement Leadership Dialogue with our co-hosts the with our co-hosts. HONOLULU LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE 2012 East-West Center and Pacific Command. Mehrdad Baghai’s innovative flair as Charles Morrison and his East-West Center chairman of the Australian American team have collaborated in setting the Education Leadership Foundation scene with a finely tuned, balanced and (AAELF)—the Australian resourcing vehicle compelling agenda. for Leadership Dialogue events —is a continuing feature of our ongoing success. The bipartisan Leadership Dialogue aims to Welcome to the 2012 Honolulu Leadership As we look toward the future, it is timely advance understanding between American The opportunity to engage Pacific Command Dialogue co-hosted by the Australian that we meet once again to learn from each and Australian leaders on matters of during this Honolulu Leadership Dialogue American Leadership Dialogue and the other and discuss the implications of these designated mutual interest, such as defense, is a rare privilege indeed, and offers a unique East-West Center. changes for our countries. security and conversation about our shared and insightful learning experience with Indo Pacific neighbourhood. consequential personal growth. The world is facing significant challenges in We are indebted to Charles Morrison, the many areas including economic, political, East-West Center, Australian Consul-General Since last year, there are potentially more I wish each American and Australian environment, security and defence. Scott Dewar, and U.S. Pacific Command for disturbing flash points which warrant our delegate a very successful 2012 Honolulu their continued support in helping foster this focused attention and concern. We also Leadership Dialogue. Asia Pacific is the most dynamic region in important relationship between Australia and meet at a sensitive and fascinating stage the world today with its continued economic the United States – founded on our common in the US Presidential and Congressional expansion and rising influence in world interest and shared values. election timetable. Kind personal regards, affairs. Both Australia and the United States have deep ties into the region and shared We look forward to two days of intensive The premise of the Leadership Dialogue is that interests, and are uniquely placed to engage discussion, sharing ideas and most with the region. importantly, strengthening the ties between • Individuals—people like you—really our countries. do make a difference • Australians should not presume the

permanence of their alliance with the United States • America should not take Australia for granted Phil Scanlan Martin Adams • Leadership is about listening and Founder Executive Director learning, giving not taking Australian American Leadership Dialogue Australian American Leadership Dialogue

Founder’s Welcome 2 3 Message from the Leader of the Honolulu Leadership Dialogue WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE EASTWEST CENTER

It is my pleasure to welcome the working in partnership toward achieving participants to the East-West Center for common goals. Moreover, as open and the 2012 Australian-American Leadership democratic societies adjusting to new social Dialogue (AALD) program in Hawaii. and economic realities, our two nations face The AALD continues to play a leading many similar challenges in their domestic role in promoting bipartisan and informed spheres, where sharing experiences and best dialogue between opinion leaders of practices may be mutually beneficial. I am Australia and the United States on issues convinced that non-governmental dialogue that matter to both nations. We are is an excellent means of strengthening pleased that the Hawaii program, launched our understanding of issues and shaping four years ago by Phil Scanlan, continues constructive cooperative policy approaches. as a vigorous element of the broader AALD process. I am confident that participants in this 2012 21 – 23 OCTOBER AALD in Hawaii will once again will again Australia and the United States are very find the exchange enriching. Particularly to HONOLULU HAWAII important allies, not only in the narrower our overseas participants from Australia, we sense of their defense relationship, but in wish the warmest welcome and promise a the broader context of sharing values and productive and enjoyable stay in our islands. interests toward the outside world and HONOLULU 2012 Aloha,

Charles E. Morrison President, East-West Center

Message from the East-West Center 4 5 HONOLULU 2012 AGENDA HONOLULU 2012 AGENDA

Sunday 21, October Monday 22, October Continued Dress code: Aloha 5:00 pm Day one concludes 5:00 pm AALD delegation will depart from the Hotel Halekulani for the Welcome Reception Dress code: Orchids Restaurant - dress shirt, long pants, and covered shoes for Consul-General Scott Dewar’s Residence gentlemen, with evening resort wear for ladies. No shorts, t-shirts or slippers. 1797 Laukahi Street Waialae Iki, Honolulu HI 96821 7:00 pm Dinner Orchids Restaurant, Halekulani 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Welcome Reception 2199 Kalia Road Hosted by Australian Consul-General Scott Dewar Honolulu, HI, 96815 7:20 pm Buses depart the Consul-General’s Residence for the Hotel Halekulani East-West Center – Honolulu, Hawaii 7:45 pm Dinner Keoni Auditorium, Imin International Conference Center Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse 226 Lewers Street Suite 233 Tuesday 23, October Honolulu, HI, 96815 Dress code: Aloha

East-West Center – Honolulu, Hawaii 8:00 am Bus departs the Halekulani for the East-West Center Keoni Auditorium, Imin International Conference Center 8:15 am Continental Breakfast Monday 22, October 9:00 am Session III: PIVOT Dress code: Aloha 10:15 am Morning Tea 8:00 am Bus departs the Halekulani for the East-West Center 10:30 am Session IV: Energy and Resources 8:15 am Continental Breakfast 11:45 am Lunch 9:00 am Welcome, Introduction and Opening Remarks 1:30 pm Session V: Maritime Security – South China Sea / Japan / Korea 9:30 am Session I: Australian Political Review 3:00 pm Afternoon Tea 10:30 am Group Photo – Honolulu Leadership Dialogue delegation 2012 3:15 pm Session VI: Trade / Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 11:00 am Morning Tea 4:45 pm Final Comments 11:30 am Session II: U.S. Political Review 5:00 pm Day two concludes 12:30 pm Lunch Bus departs the East-West Center for the Halekulani

2:00 pm Australian Delegation depart the East-West Center for US Pacific Command 7:00 pm Dinner – Hosted by the East-West Centre

Honolulu 2012 Agenda 6 7 AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS

Raymond Burghardt The Obama Administration has asked as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Director him to continue in that position which Embassies in Manila (1993-1996) and East-West Seminars, he holds concurrently with his position Seoul (1990-1993), and as Political East-West Center at the East-West Center. AIT is the Counselor in Beijing (1987-1989). entity established in 1979 to manage U.S. Burghardt’s earlier career included an Ambassador Raymond F. Burghardt relations with Taiwan in the absence of assignment on the National Security joined the East-West Center in January formal diplomatic ties. Council staff as Special Assistant to 2005 as the Director of East-West President Reagan and Senior Director Seminars, the Center’s division that Burghardt served as the Ambassador of Latin American Affairs. Ambassador organizes dialogue and exchange to Vietnam from 2001-2004. He was Burghardt received a B.A. from Columbia programs. In February 2006, Secretary of formerly in Taipei as Director of the College in 1967 and did graduate study State Rice appointed Burghardt Chairman American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) from at Columbia’s School of International and of the Board of the American Institute in 1999-2001. He previously served as Public Affairs. Taiwan (AIT). Consul General in Shanghai (1997-1999),

W. David P. Carey III Mr. Carey has a B.S. in electrical Mr. Carey is involved with numerous President and Chief engineering from Stanford University, business and community organizations. Executive Officer a J.D., cum laude, and an M.B.A. with He is a director or trustee of the Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. distinction from Santa Clara University. Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Center for He was a member of the Beta Gamma Security Studies, Chamber of Commerce David Carey is president and chief Sigma Honor Society. Military Affairs Council (Chair), Hawaii executive officer of Outrigger Enterprises, Business Roundtable, Honolulu Festival, Inc., a Honolulu-based company that Mr. Carey moved to Honolulu In James Campbell Company LLC, and CLOSED SESSION POLICY owns Outrigger Hotels & Resorts and 1982, and was an attorney specializing Punahou School. He is a member of OHANA Hotels of Hawaii. Outrigger in corporate and real estate law at the APEC Host Committee, Chief is the largest full-service lodging and Carlsmith Wichman Case Mukai and Executives Organization, Hawaii Hotel All sessions of the Leadership Dialogue This rule gives participants full control of hospitality company in Hawaii, and Ichiki. Mr. Carey began his tenure at & Lodging Association, Hawaii State Bar are ‘closed’ (‘off-the-record’) with all how little or how much of their views may currently operates, manages or has Outrigger as executive vice president and Association, Urban Land Institute, and information and views expressed to remain be published and will enable the Australian under development 46 hotels and resort general counsel in 1986. He was named Young Presidents Organization/World president in 1988, and chief executive in the room. American Leadership Dialogue to serve condominiums representing over 11,000 Presidents Organization. officer in 1994. both goals of facilitating deeper engagement rooms and condominium units in Hawaii, Mr. Carey is an avid golfer, an occasional Media delegates may approach participants between Australia and the United States, Australia, South East Asia, Guam and the South Pacific. Mr. Carey and his wife, Kathy, have four tennis player and a retired soccer player. outside the sessions to ask for comments on while also encouraging public discourse on children. Kathy is an assistant coach for the the record. the issues under discussion. University of Hawaii’s women’s soccer team.

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Tom Cooney Beijing, Hong Kong, Santiago, Taipei 2010 for his leadership efforts as U.S. State Department and Washington. Deputy Commissioner General of the Foreign Policy Advisor USA Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Promoted to the Senior Foreign Service in in Shanghai, the largest world’s fair U.S. Army, Pacific Command 2010, his primary career track within the in history. Fort Shafter, Hawaii State Department is Public Diplomacy. Tom is from Detroit, Michigan, and Tom Cooney has served since August Tom speaks Mandarin Chinese and holds degrees from Cornell University 2011 as the Foreign Policy Advisor Spanish. He has been honored with (B.S., Communications) and the to the U.S. Army, Pacific Command multiple State Department Superior University of South Carolina (Master, (USARPAC), at Fort Shafter, HI. Honor and Meritorious Honor International Business). He is married He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in awards as well as the global Public with three children. 1994 and has since served in Shanghai, Diplomacy Achievement Award in

Ralph A. Cossa CSCAP study group aimed at halting Cossa sits on the Board of the Pacific President the proliferation of weapons of mass Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu) and is Ed Case His public service has also included University of California/Hastings Law Pacific Forum CSIS destruction in the Asia Pacific region. a member of the National Committee on He also serves as Executive Director of the Attorney eight years in the Hawaii House of School (San Francisco). He has worked US-China Relations (NY), the Council on US Member Committee (USCSCAP). Bays Deaver Lung Rose and Holma Representatives. Ed Case has been a and traveled extensively throughout the Ralph A. Cossa is President of the US-Korean Security Studies (Washington Hawaii lawyer since 1981, currently Asia-Pacific, including Australia as a DC/Seoul), and the International Former Member of Congress Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu, a Mr. Cossa is the primary US practicing real estate and business law jackeroo in the Riverina. He is married Institute for Strategic Studies (London). non-profit, foreign policy research representative to the ASEAN Regional He is a frequent contributor to regional Congressman Ed Case served Hawaii in with the Honolulu firm of Bays Lung with three sons. institute affiliated with the Center for Forum (ARF) Experts and Eminent the U. S. House of Representatives from Rose & Holma. He was born and raised Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Persons Group. He is senior editor of newspapers, including the Japan 2002 to 2007, focusing on economic, in Hawaii and educated at Williams in Washington, DC. He is a founding the Pacific Forum’s electronic journal, Times, Korea Times, and International budget and Asia-Pacific issues. College (Massachusetts) and the member and former international Comparative Connections and a member Herald Tribune. co-chair of the multinational track two of the editorial boards of a number Council for Security Cooperation in the of international journals, including Blair Collis Operations and most recently Senior book titles and products. He also served Asia Pacific (CSCAP), and co-chairs the Korea Review and Security Challenges. President and Chief Vice President and Chief Operating as the President of the “Hawai’i Book Executive Officer Officer. Under his leadership Bishop Publisher’s Association, and co-founded Bishop Museum Museum entered a new era of excellence the Hawai’i Book & Music Festival” Scott Dewar defence and national security issues and Nuclear Disarmament Section, the with the award winning restoration of which now draws over 20,000 participants Australian Consul-General, in the Prime Minister’s Office. Korea Section and the Regional Security Blair D Collis became the President and Hawaiian Hall completed in 2009, the each year. Honolulu Between November 2010 and April 2011 Section. He joined DFAT in 1994. CEO of Bishop Museum in June 2011- completion of its award- winning Native he was a visiting fellow at the Australian the tenth executive leader in the museum’s Hawaiian Garden in 2010 and the current Australian- born Collis first came Mr Dewar is a senior career officer National University’s Australian Centre Mr Dewar holds a Master of Arts in 123 year history. restoration of Polynesian Hall. to Hawai’i as a freshman at the with the Department of Foreign Affairs on China in the World. Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash Other evidence of his work manifests University of Hawai’i where he and Trade (DFAT). His appointment University and a Bachelor of Arts Collis first joined Bishop Museum itself in Hawaii’s literary landscape. graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in as Consul-General, Honolulu was Mr Dewar has previously served in the with honours from the University of in 1999, and has since worn many International Business. announced in August 2011. Australian Embassies in Beijing and Melbourne. He speaks Japanese, Korean hats including Director of Bishop While the Director of Sales and Seoul. At DFAT in Canberra he has been and Mandarin. He is married with Museum Press, the Director of Sales Marketing at Mutual Publishing, Collis Between February 2008 and September Director of the Speechwriting Section three sons. and Marketing, Vice President of Public supervised the publishing of over 200 2010 he was an adviser on international, and has worked in the Conventional

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Paula Dobriansky Envoy to Northern Ireland. She received Council’s first George F. Kennan Senior Distinguished National the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Security Chair Service Medal for her work. From 1994 to 1998, she was appointed U.S. Naval Academy to George Mason University’s Board Other previous government appointments of Visitors. Ambassador Dobriansky is the include: Associate Director for Policy Distinguished National Security Chair at and Programs, USIA; Deputy Assistant Ambassador Dobriansky received a writes, along with Pacific Forum President Prior to joining Pacific Forum, the U.S. Naval Academy and an Adjunct Secretary of State for Human Rights and BSFS summa cum laude in International Brad Glosserman Ralph Cossa, the regional review. Mr. Glosserman was, for 10 years, a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Humanitarian Affairs; Deputy Head, Politics from Georgetown University Executive Director JFK Belfer Center for Science and U.S. Delegation, 1990 Copenhagen School of Foreign Service and an MA Pacific Forum CSIS He directs the Pacific Forum’s Young member of The Japan Times editorial International Affairs. She is also Chair of Conference on Security and Cooperation and PhD in Soviet political/military Leaders program. He has written dozens board, and wrote a weekly column on the World Affairs Councils of America. in Europe; and Director of European affairs from Harvard University. She is a Brad Glosserman is Executive Director of monographs on U.S. foreign policy and technology. He continues to serve as a Recently, she was Senior Vice President and Soviet Affairs at the National Fulbright Hays Scholar, Ford and Rotary of the Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu, Asian security relations. Other articles contributing editor for the newspaper. and Global Head of Government and Security Council, the White House. Foundation Fellow, a member of Phi Beta a nonprofit, foreign policy research have appeared in scholarly journals While in Japan, he also was a lecturer Regulatory Affairs for two years at From 1997 to 2001, she was appointed Kappa and a recipient of six international institute affiliated with the Center for throughout the region, and he has on Japanese politics at the Institute for Thomson Reuters. From 2001 to 2009, by the President to the U.S. Advisory awards, including Poland’s Highest Medal Strategic and International Affairs (CSIS) contributed numerous chapters to various the International Education of Students. Ambassador Dobriansky served as Under Commission on Public Diplomacy. She of Merit. Ambassador Dobriansky has in Washington, D.C. The Pacific Forum books on regional security. He is the He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Secretary of State for Democracy and also served as Senior Vice President and also received three Honorary Doctorates has provided policy-oriented analysis and editor (with Tae-hyo Kim) of The Future Management Center of Innsbruck (MCI). Global Affairs, during which time, she Director of the Washington Office of the of Humane Letters and one Honorary promoted dialogue on regional security, of U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: Balancing was appointed the President’s Special Council on Foreign Relations and was the Doctorate of Laws. political, economic and environmental Values and Interests (CSIS Press 2004). Mr. Glosserman has a JD from George issues in the Asia-Pacific region since His opinion articles and commentary Washington University, an MA from 1975. He oversees all aspects of Pacific regularly appear in media around the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Melissa Finucane judgment and decision processes under In 2001, Dr. Finucane moved to Forum activities. globe. He is a frequent participant in Advanced International Studies (SAIS) U.S. State Department visiting lecture and a BA from Reed College. Senior Fellow conditions of uncertainty. She is currently Honolulu, Hawai’i, to work as a Research Mr. Glosserman is co-editor of programs and speaks at conferences, East-West Center the Lead Principal Investigator for the Investigator at the Center for Health Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Research Hawai’i. In 2007, Dr. Finucane Comparative Connections, the Pacific research institutes and universities around Assessments (RISA) program, funded Forum’s quarterly electronic journal, and the world. Melissa Finucane, Ph.D., is a Senior joined the Research Program at the East- by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Fellow at the East-West Center in West Center, working primarily with the Administration. This program aims to Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Working in Environmental Change, Vulnerability, facilitate the use of climate science in Today, Mr. Grace is Senior Vice President Grace is a 2007 graduate of the National Pacific Islands and South-East Asia, and Governance group. She is a member Garrett Grace climate adaptation efforts in the Pacific of the Society for Judgment and Decision Senior Vice President at Central Pacific Bank with a specialty Graduate School of Banking at the Dr Finucane’s research focuses on human Islands via integrated research, assessment, Making. Dr. Finucane has published in and Senior Manager in corporate finance, renewable energy University of Washington. dimensions of regional environmental and outreach activities. Dr. Finucane numerous journals, including: Journal of project finance and technology. risks. Example research questions is also Co-Principal Investigator on a Central Pacific Bank (Honolulu) Mr. Grace is a Pacific Century Fellow Behavioral Decision Making; Risk Analysis; include: How do people make decisions National Science Foundation project (2003) and was recognized as one of the Journal of Risk Research; Social Science A native of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Mr. Grace is a member and former about what is risky and what is an examining the relationship between Pacific Business News “Forty Under 40” and Medicine; Health, Risk and Society; Director of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, acceptable level of risk? How do people societal development and outbreaks of Ireland, Mr. Garrett Grace was raised (2004). He has served as an Economic a board member of the Hawaii Foundation perceive and respond to vulnerability? avian influenza in poultry in Vietnam. The Contemporary Pacific; Psychology in Ireland and in countries throughout Development Advisor for the Mayor of for Agricultural Research, the Imperial What adaptation strategies are perceived and Aging; Journal of Environmental the Middle East, Africa and Australia. Honolulu, the 11th largest city in the USA. Plaza Association and Ballet Hawaii. to be most effective for complex, global Dr. Finucane received an M.Psych. Management; and others. He immigrated to Australia in 1983 risks such as climate change? What and a Ph.D. in psychology from the where he served in the Royal Australian Grace has served on the board of USO of He was awarded the Australian Active is the role of coupled human-natural University of Western Australia in Navy for 6-years. A Desert Storm veteran, Hawaii and is a Bridge Member of the US Service Medal, Australian Service Medal, systems in the spread of infectious 1997. During 1997-2001, she worked Grace saw active service on the destroyer Navy League. A graduate of Hawaii Pacific Australian Defence Medal, Kuwait disease? Dr Finucane’s work focuses on as a Research Scientist with Drs. Paul HMAS Brisbane. In 1993, he immigrated University, he has been recognized with Liberation Medals (Saudi Arabia & the interplay of affect and cognition Slovic and others at Decision Research, to the USA and settled in Hawaii. the Alumni Service Award (2002) for his Kuwait) and the Meritorious Unit and the role of socio-cultural factors in Eugene, Oregon. contributions to the community. Citation (HMAS Brisbane).

12 13 AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS Dan Leaf the Distinguished Service Medal, the and Japan, and temporary military duty Director Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and the across the region. As a civilian, he worked Air Medal. as a national exercise senior observer for Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies USPACOM, and at Northrop Grumman A native of Shawano, Wisconsin, Lt. Gen. gained industry experience with several Dan “Fig” Leaf became the Director, audiences, cultural programming, Greece, where she followed human rights Leaf earned a bachelor’s degree in political Asia-Pacific customers. Karen Grissette Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies science from the University of Wisconsin- academic grants, educational exchanges, and domestic political developments, Public Diplomacy Advisor (APCSS) in January 2012. Prior to that, Madison and earned his commission as a The Asia-Pacific Center for Security international visitor programs, and and political and consular officer at U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu he worked in the defense industry as distinguished graduate of the university’s Studies is a Department of Defense U.S. Government efforts to confront U.S. Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica. vice president of full spectrum initiatives Air Force ROTC program in 1974. academic institute that addresses regional Ms. Karen Grissette is the Public ideological support for terrorism. Ms. Grissette supervised elections at Northrop Grumman Information He also graduated with distinction from and global security issues. Military and Diplomacy Advisor at U.S. Pacific and voter registration in Bosnia and Systems. Formerly the Deputy the U. S. Army Command and General civilian representatives, most from the Command in Honolulu. She coordinates Abroad, Ms. Grissette was most recently Herzegovina with the Organization for Commander of U.S. Pacific Command Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. and Asia-Pacific nations, participate security-focused public diplomacy the Public Diplomacy Officer at the Security and Cooperation in Europe. (PACOM), Lt. Gen. Leaf retired from the and the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, in a comprehensive program of executive programs that enhance partnerships U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, U.S. Air Force in 2008 after more than Alabama. He earned a master’s degree education, professional exchanges and 33 years of service. Other assignments between the United States and its where she managed cultural affairs, Among Ms. Grissette’s awards are the in military art and science from the outreach events, both in Hawaii and during his Air Force career included governmental and nongovernmental faith communities engagement, and State Department’s 2010 Swanee Hunt Command and General Staff College throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Vice Commander of Air Force Space where he also served as a member of the The Center supports PACOM by partners throughout East Asia, South educational, professional, and youth Award for Advancing Women’s Role in Command, Air Force Director of faculty instructing Research Methodology developing and sustaining relationships Asia, and the Pacific. exchanges. She worked closely with Policy Formulation, the Superior Honor Operational Requirements, and multiple and core Air Force courses, and among security practitioners and national Tanzanian partners to advance women’s Award and four Meritorious Honor commands at squadron, group and wing serving as a thesis chairman for several security establishments throughout the Ms. Grissette was most recently Special rights, and promote progress on health, Awards. She hails from Pittsburg, levels. He was a member of the Air Force masters candidates. region. APCSS’ mission is to build education, good governance and security California and speaks Greek and Swahili. Assistant to the Under Secretary of Scientific Advisory Board from 2009 capacities and communities of interest by State for Public Diplomacy and Public goals. She provided public affairs support She graduated with academic distinction through 2011. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Leaf was Lt. Gen. Leaf’s Asia-Pacific experience educating, connecting, and empowering Affairs in Washington, D.C. The Under for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn from Whittier College, and earned a a command pilot with more than 3,600 includes his time at U. S. Pacific security practitioners to advance Secretary leads the United States’ public of Africa and U.S. Africa Command. Master in Public Policy degree from flight hours, including F-15 and F-16 Command, a previous tour of duty at Asia-Pacific security. It is one of the diplomacy outreach, which includes Her other assignments have included Princeton University. combat missions. His decorations include Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, four Department of Defense’s five regional communicating with international political officer at U.S. Embassy, Athens, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, years of duty assignments in both Korea security studies centers.

Colleen Hanabusa In November 1998, Congresswoman 2007 - Became President of the Senate, Nancy Lewis interdisciplinary science organization, ‘safe womanhood’; and currently climate Congresswoman Hanabusa was elected to serve the people the first woman to lead either house in Director, Research Program, and she currently serves as PSA president. change and health; and globalization, Honolulu of the Twenty-First District as their the Hawai‘i legislature. East-West Center She has led the organization’s efforts to health and human security. She has over State Senator. She was victorious in promote women and science for over thirty years of field experience in the her first ever run for public office and Along with her legislative work, a decade. Nancy has also served on the Pacific Islands and more recent experience Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa Nancy D. Lewis brings extensive research, immediately people recognized her talents Congresswoman Hanabusa is also an gender advisory board of the International in East, South and Southeast Asia. proudly represents Hawaii’s 1st administrative, teaching and outreach, and desire to improve the lives of Hawaii’s attorney with more than three decades Federation of Institutes of Advanced Congressional District. She brings to and international scientific leadership working families. of experience. She has championed the Washington a passionate, hardworking experience to the East-West Center Study and on the founding board of the Nancy holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in causes of labor, preserving and protecting and fearless approach to advocacy, (www.eastwestcenter.org) as the Director International Association for Ecology geography, a M.S. in health and medical Her state legislative accomplishments include: the environment and stood up for honed by more than three decades spent of the Research Program. and Health. She is a past president of science, and a B.A. in psychology from communities she saw being bullied by fighting for the rights of her clients in the Hawaii chapter of Sigma Xi and has the University of California, Berkeley. 2001-2002: Vice-President of the State private interest. the halls of justice and her constituents Nancy was recruited to the East-West served on the editorial boards of Pacific She was a Kellogg National Leadership Senate and Vice-Chair of the Senate on the floor of the Hawaii State Center from the University of Hawaii Science, EcoHealth, and Ethics, Place and Fellow in the mid-1980’s and was Committee on Ways and Means. 2001: Since 1993: Recognized by Honolulu Legislature. Congresswoman Hanabusa, at Manoa where she served as the Environment. She also serves (ex-officio) awarded an EWC teaching award for Co-Chair of the Joint Senate-House Magazine’s as “One of Hawai`i’s a yonsei, fourth generation American of Associate Dean of the College of Social on the US National Research Council for most outstanding instructor. She has Investigative Committee concerning A+ Attorneys.” 2004: Received the Japanese ancestry, whose grandparents Sciences and Professor of Geography the Pacific Science Association. received a number of grants, fellowships the Felix Consent Decree. 2003-2004: prestigious AV rating by Martindale- were interned during World War II, with affiliate appointments in Public and awards, is the author of numerous Co-Chair of the Joint House-Senate Hubbell, the top rating any lawyer has dedicated her life to service and is Health, Pacific Island Studies, Women’s Nancy’s research has revolved around professional publications, and has Task Force on Ice and Drug Abatement. can achieve. 2009: The American Bar committed to providing for the people of Studies and Urban and Regional the intersection between health served as a consultant for national and 2003-2006: Chair of the Judiciary Association Commission on Racial and Hawaii while preserving the unique values Planning. Nancy has long been involved and the environment, exploring the international organizations. and Hawaiian Affairs Committee and Ethnic Diversity presented her with the and traditions that define the Aloha spirit. with the Pacific Science Association geography of health and disease; Majority Leader. Spirit of Excellence Award. (www.Pacificscience.org), a regional, health and development; gender and

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Charles E. Morrison and is a member of other national and relations, economic issues, and security President international bodies that promote trans- issues; U.S. Asia policy and trade policy; East-West Center Pacific security and economic cooperation. and regional mega-trends. His Ph.D. is from the Johns Hopkins Charles E. Morrison has been president of School of Advanced International Studies, Publications in recent years include Four the East-West Center since 1998. He has where he also once taught on Southeast Adjectives Become a Noun: APEC the Future been associated with the Center since 1980 Asia. He speaks and publishes widely on of Asia-Pacific Cooperation; An APEC Trade in various capacities, including heading U.S. Asia policy issues and the countries Agenda? The Political Economy of a Free Christopher McNally transition. He is also working on a book from the University of Washington. its former Institute of Economics and of the region, and gives special emphasis Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific; Leadership project that studies the implications of He has edited four volumes, including Politics. A U.S. Senate aide early in his to regional cooperation, particularly the Succession and U.S. Foreign Policy: Associate Professor of APEC process. Implications for East Asia; Japan, ASEAN, China’s capitalist reemergence on the an examination of China’s political career, he has also been a research associate Political Economy at the Japan Center for International and East Asia from an American Perspective. global order. economy: China’s Emergent Political Chaminade University Exchange. Dr. Morrison served as the Dr. Morrison’s research specialties include Economy – Capitalism in the Dragon’s Lair international chair of the Pacific Economic the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation He has held fellowships conducting (Routledge, 2008). He also has authored Christopher A. McNally is an Associate Cooperation Council from 2005 to 2012, (APEC) forum; Asia-Pacific international Professor of Political Economy at fieldwork and research at the Asia numerous book chapters, policy analyses, Chaminade University and Nonresident Research Centre in West Australia, the editorials and articles in journals such Fellow at the East-West Center in Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at the as World Politics, The China Quarterly, MAJ Ross’ first assignment was to Fort MAJ Ross’ awards and decorations Honolulu, USA. His research focuses Chinese University of Hong Kong and at Business and Politics, Communist and James Ross George G. Meade, Maryland, where include the Meritorious Service Medal, on comparative capitalisms, especially the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Post-Communist Studies and Comparative Engagements Officer (Oceania) he served as an analyst. In 1999, upon the Army Commendation Medal the nature and logic of China’s capitalist He received his Ph.D. in political science Social Research. US Army Pacific completion of the Military Intelligence (with third oak leaf cluster), the Army Officer Basic course, he was assigned to Achievement Medal (with one oak Major James M. Ross is originally the Republic of Korea where he served as leaf cluster), the Army Good Conduct from Virginia Beach, Virginia and Lauren Moriarty Ms. Moriarty lived and worked twelve in Taiwan (1997-1998), the institution a Platoon Leader in B Company, 532nd Medal, the National Defense Service graduated from Concord University with Dean of Academics years in East and Southeast Asia (China, established by the U.S. Congress to Military Intelligence Battalion. Returning Medal (second award), the Global War a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Asia Pacific Center for Taiwan, and Thailand) and seven years manage relations between the United from Korea, MAJ Ross was assigned to 1st on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the in South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal and Science and received his Master of Security Studies States and Taiwan. Earlier in her career, Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment as an Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Pakistan). From 2003-2005, she was Arts degree in Political Science from Ms. Moriarty was Diplomat-in-Residence Executive Officer, and later, as Company the Korean Defense Service Medal, the U.S. Ambassador and Senior Official Kansas State University. His military at the East-West Center in Honolulu Commander of B Company. In 2003, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Lauren Kahea Moriarty joined the to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation education includes completion of the he was assigned as the Special Security (1993-1994). From abroad and as Deputy Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APEC) and served simultaneously as Voice Interceptor course, the Korean and Officer for Fort Riley, Kansas, and then Director of the State Department’s Office Professional Development Ribbon, the as Dean of Academics in 2010, after the U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Japanese basic courses at the Defense in 2004 served as the G2 Plans Officer of Development Finance (1991-1993), Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas three decades of service as a career U.S. Assistant Secretary-level Coordinator Language Institute, Officer Candidate for 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). she shaped U.S. policy on lending from Service Ribbon. diplomat and ambassador. She leads the for East Asian and Pacific Economic School, the Military Intelligence MAJ Ross commanded the Headquarters the World Bank, Asian Development Center’s academic program of in-residence Issues. She headed the Economic Officer Basic and Advanced courses, the and Operations Company, 741st Military MAJ Ross is married to the former and outreach courses, conferences and Sections at the U.S. Embassy in China Bank and other international Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Intelligence Battalion at Fort George G. Christi Hall of Princeton, West Virginia. research designed to educate, empower (1999-2001) and the American Institute financial institutions. Tactical SIGINT and Electronic Warfare Meade, Maryland, before deploying as They have a son, Benjamin (9), and a and connect security practitioners in in Taiwan (1994-1997) and provided Officer course, the Security Cooperation Detachment Commander to the Horn of daughter Ashley (6). the Asia-Pacific region. The Center, a critical assistance in negotiations to bring Ms. Moriarty was educated at the Management Overseas course and the Africa in 2006. MAJ Ross served for two U.S. Department of Defense institution, those two, major economies into the University of Hawai’i and the Fletcher Republic of Korea Army Staff College. years as the Japan and Korea desk officer addresses the broad range of regional and World Trade Organization. She served School at Tufts University. and is currently assigned as the Oceania global security issues. as deputy head of the American Institute desk officer at US Army, Pacific.

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Denny Roy Studies (Honolulu), the Naval Postgraduate His books include Return of the Senior Fellow School, the Strategic and Defence Dragon: China’s Rise and Regional National Council of Bar Presidents of the He was the recipient of the Pursuit of East-West Center Studies Centre at the Australian National Security (Columbia University Press, Richard Turbin University, the National University of forthcoming); The Pacific War and its Founder and Senior Partner, American Bar Association; Chair of the Justice Award of the Tort and Insurance Tort and Insurance Practice Section of Practice Section of the American Bar Denny Roy (Ph.D. in political science, Singapore, and Brigham Young University. Political Legacies (Westport, CT: Praeger, Turbin Chu, Attorneys at Law the American Bar Association from 1999 Association in 2006. University of Chicago 1991) focuses Roy’s articles have appeared in the journals 2009), Taiwan: A Political History to 2000, which, with 30,000 members, is mostly on international security issues in International Security, Survival, Asian (Cornell University Press, 2003), and Richard Turbin is the Founder and the largest such organization in the world. In the community, Richard Turbin has the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining the Survey, Security Dialogue, Contemporary China’s Foreign Relations (Macmillan and President of the law firm Turbin Chu, Richard Turbin was elected President served as Chair of the Waialae Kahala East-West Center in 2007, Roy worked Southeast Asia, Armed Forces & Society, and Rowman & Littlefield, 1998). where he practices in the areas of personal of the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii for Neighborhood Board from 1995 to 2004; at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Issues & Studies. injury, wrongful death and malpractice in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his B.A. 2002-2003. Hawaii’s Governor Ben has been a member of the Boards of degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell Cayetano appointed Mr. Turbin a Civil MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) University and his J.D. degree from Rights Commissioner for Hawaii from and the Alliance Francaise of Hawaii. budget for school maintenance and In his first year in office, Lt. Governor Brian Schatz Harvard Law School. 2002-2006. repairs and supported high technology had a leading role in preparing for the Lieutenant Governor He currently serves as Vice Chair on the businesses. He served as the House Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation State of Hawaii Mr. Turbin served as the 2005 President He was chosen as a Traphagen East-West Center Board of Governors. Majority Whip, Chair of the Economic (APEC) Summit, in which 21 delegations of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and Distinguished Alumni speaker at Harvard Development Committee, Vice-Chair met to discuss the future of Asia-Pacific On December 6, 2010, Brian Schatz was elected to the Executive Board of the Law School in 2004. was inaugurated as the 11th Lieutenant of Water, Land and Ocean Resources, economies. He has also launched the Governor of the State of Hawai`i. Vice-Chair of Consumer Protection Hawai`i Fair Share Initiative which seeks and Commerce, and as a member of the more private and public investment in He also served as the commanding Forces where he received a Master’s degree Hawaiian Affairs, Higher Education, Hawai’i. Following the 2011 Pacific Hugh Denny Wetherald Lt. Governor Schatz was raised in officer in USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) in National Resource Strategy after which Energy and Environmental Protection, tsunami, the Lt. Governor helped lead local Rear Admiral, Deputy Chief Hawaii, and attended Pomona College in where he deployed to the Arabian Gulf he served as the military assistant to and Agriculture Committees. recovery efforts including providing $8 of Staff for Plans, Policies and Claremont, California. as the air defense commander in the the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense million in aid to disaster victims in Japan. Requirements, US Pacific Fleet USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group. (Advanced Systems and Concepts). From 1998 to 2006, he was a member Before being elected lieutenant governor, During both command tours, Wetherald’s He most recently served as branch of the State House of Representatives, he served for eight years as the CEO Currently, Lt. Governor is tasked by Rear Adm. Wetherald was born in Seattle. ships were awarded the Battle “E” for head, Programming and Development representing the state’s 25th district, of Helping Hands Hawaii, a major Governor Abercrombie to help lead the He is a graduate of the University of operational excellence. Branch, Program Development Division where he fought for passage of aggressive human services agency, during its most State’s clean energy efforts and Asia- Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in (N80) on the OPNAV Staff. In May clean energy laws, helped to triple the difficult period. Pacific relations. Economics and received his commission Wetherald first served ashore as a student 2011, he assumed duty on the staff of from the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training at the Naval Postgraduate School where Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet as deputy Corps program at Washington in 1984. he received a Master of Science in chief of staff for Plans, Policies, and Rick Brian Tsujimura Inc., responsible for the master planning Rick recently was elected as Chair of Systems Engineering (Anti-Submarine Requirements (N5/N8). Attorney of the Ka‘anapali Resort, and the Waikele the Board of Governors of the East Wetherald’s sea duty assignments include Warfare). In Washington D.C., he then Ashford and Wriston LLLP development of Oahu. He later went West Center. He also serves as the combat information center officer and served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel Personal awards include the Defense out on his own becoming a principal in United States Chair of Global Hope anti-submarine warfare officer in USS as the department head detailer and sea Superior Service Medal, the Legion Rick Tsujimura has practiced law in Mills Dowling Tsujimura, which engaged Networks International based in Geneva Cushing (DD 985), combat systems coordinator. He has also served on the of Merit (two awards), the Navy and Hawaii for 37 years. Beginning at the in residential development on all major Switzerland, and a member of the officer in USS Paul F. Foster (DD Navy Staff as a requirements officer in the Marine Corps Medal, the Meritorious Department of Attorney General for the islands. Rick is currently providing advisory board of the Geneva Institute 964), operations officer in USS Lake Theater Air Warfare Branch in the Surface Service Medal (three Awards), the Navy State of Hawaii serving as a divisional strategic business and governmental for Leadership and Public Policy. Champlain (CG 57) and executive officer Warfare Directorate (N86) and in the and Marine Corps Commendation supervisor, he joined the Law Department affairs advice to major national firms Locally Rick is on the board of trustees of in USS Shiloh (CG 67). Wetherald took Program Development Division (N80) Medal (three awards), the Navy and of AMFAC, Inc., one of Hawaii’s largest doing business in Hawaii, including State the Queens Health Systems, Honolulu’s command of USS Lassen (DDG 82) in as the head, Surface Warfare Branch and Marine Corps Achievement medal, conglomerates. Rick was promoted to Farm Insurance Cos., General Motors, premier hospital. 2002, deploying to the Western Pacific as the ship construction appropriation various campaign and service medals President of AMFAC Development Marriott vacations, T-Mobile, Reed as the alternate air defense commander manager. Wetherald is a 2005 graduate and seven Battle “E” awards for Corporation, a subsidiary of AMFAC Elsevier, and Hertz. in the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group. of the Industrial College of the Armed shipboard excellence.

18 19 ‘The Leadership Dialogue is the most significant exercise in private diplomacy ever undertaken in Australia.’

Greg Sheridan Foreign Editor, The Australian

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(International and Development) and Queensland Independent Commission the world leader in environmental 2002 and has served on the Growing Sandra Harding Martin Adams (executive) Dean of the Business Faculty. of Audit; Director of Regional Australia monitoring systems and services for the Technology based SMEs working Vice Chancellor and President, Chief Executive Officer She commenced her appointment as Vice- Institute; Board member of Skills aviation industry. group of the Prime Minister’s Science, James Cook University Bruel & Kjaer EMS Chancellor and President of James Cook Queensland; Council Member of the Engineering and Innovation Council in University in February 2007. Australian Institute for Marine Sciences; In 2009, Martin sold Lochard to a UK 2004 and 2005. Professor Harding has extensive academic Executive Director Director of North Queensland Cowboys listed FTSE 100 company and continues and academic leadership experience NRL club; Member of the Defence Australian American Professor Harding has undertaken a to work with the new organisation. Prior to founding Lochard, Martin including more than 14 years experience Science and Technology Organisation Leadership Dialogue Martin has other business interests in worked as geophysical engineer for in Australian university senior executive wide variety of external roles within (DSTO) Advisory Board; Australia’s the field of online education, renewable Schlumberger in offshore oil exploration positions. Between 1997 and 2006 she the business community and the higher representative on the University Grants Martin Adams is a technology energy and internet based media. in the North Sea and as a sales executive held a number of senior executive roles education sector. Her current roles Commission for the University of the entrepreneur and investor. for Honeywell Bull. at Queensland University of Technology include: Commissioner, South Pacific; and Deputy Chair of Martin has a degree in Mechanical including Deputy Vice-Chancellor Universities Australia. Martin co-founded Lochard in 1990, Engineering (Hons) from the University Martin is a keen skier, part-time farmer an Australian headquartered company of Melbourne. He was awarded the and married with three children. operating globally, which under his E&Y National Entrepreneur of the Peter Hartcher successful challenge to the leadership of Dollars, which in 2005 predicted the leadership as Chairman and Chief Year for Technology, Communications, Political & International Editor the then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, on collapse of the US housing market. Executive Officer grew to become E-commerce and Life Sciences in The Sydney Morning Herald that day. He wrote the first book in English on Peter Hartcher is the political editor and His forthcoming book, The Sweet Spot, Japan’s Finance Ministry as a study in In 2008 Ms Conley Tyler was selected Her recent research includes book Melissa Conley-Tyler the international editor of the Sydney is an analysis of Australia’s political Japan’s long economic dysfunction. as one of the nation’s 1,000 “best and chapters on Australian foreign policy economy. It argues that Australia has a Chief Executive Officer Morning Herald. That book, The Ministry, was published brightest” to participate in the Australia making and Australia’s role in the G20 distinctive model and a highly successful Australian Institute of by Harvard Business School Press 2020 Summit convened by the Prime and publications on public diplomacy and He is a Gold Walkley award winner, one, but is threatened by a crisis International Affairs in 1998. Minister to discuss future challenges Australia as a middle power. a former foreign correspondent in of leadership. facing Australia. Later in 2008 she Melissa H. Conley Tyler was appointed Tokyo and Washington and a visiting was selected by the Fletcher Alumni With more than 15 years’ experience An independent survey of Australian pundits National Executive Director of the fellow at the Lowy Institute for His previous books include To the Bitter Association of Washington D.C. to working in community organisations in by Crikey.com found that there is no more Australian Institute of International International Policy. End, which is based on the fall of the receive its Young Alumni Award for most Australia, South Africa and the U.S.A., balanced commentator than Hartcher on Affairs in 2006. She is a lawyer and Howard Government and the rise of outstanding graduate of the Fletcher Ms Conley Tyler has a strong interest Kevin Rudd, and Bubble Man: Alan national politics. specialist in conflict resolution, including Hartcher wrote the article on June School of Law & Diplomacy under 40. in non-profit management. She has 24, 2010, that triggered Julia Gillard’s Greenspan and the Missing Seven Trillion negotiation, mediation and peace She is a member of the International served on the Board of Directors of the education. She was previously Program Advisory Council of the U.S. Center for Charities Aid Foundation Australia, Manager of the International Conflict Citizen Diplomacy. one of Australia’s largest grant-givers, He completed law and chemical integrated and managed IT systems for a Resolution Centre at the University and the Committee of Management of Luke Jedynak engineering degrees at the University of group of medical clinics. He has a deep of Melbourne and Senior Fellow of During six and a half years with the AIIA, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors Policy and Media Adviser Melbourne and was a resident of Ormond interest in Australian and American Melbourne Law School. She has an she has edited 37 publications, organised of Torture. Office of Josh Frydenberg MP College for three years. Luke has worked history, particularly political history, and international profile in conflict resolution 50 policy events, overseen dramatic as a policy adviser to the member for is an avid skier. including membership of the Editorial growth in youth engagement and built She is listed in Routledge’s Who’s Who in Luke Jedynak was born in 1986 and grew Board of the Conflict Resolution Quarterly. stronger relations with other institutes International Affairs and International up in Neerim South, a small town in Kooyong, Josh Frydenberg MP, since of international affairs worldwide. Who’s Who of Women. country Victoria. September 2010 and while at university

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Peter Jennings Peter was for a number of years the Australia’s policy approaches to the Director of Programs at ASPI. He wrote international peacekeeping operation in Executive Director, Australian implementation of policies in relation He previously served on a number of and commentated widely on defence East Timor. Following that, as an acting Bernie Ripoll Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) to corporate governance and financial parliamentary committees, including policy and international security, First Assistant Secretary, Peter was closely Parliamentary Secretary literacy. He is also responsible for the as Chair of the Parliamentary and taught postgraduate studies on involved in developing the 2000 Defence to the Treasurer Peter Jennings joined ASPI in April 2012. Australian Securities and Investment Joint Committee on Corporations terrorism at the Australian Defence White Paper. Prior to that he was the Deputy Secretary Commission, Australian Bureau of and Financial Services, and has Force Academy (ADFA). Bernie Ripoll is the Parliamentary for Strategy in the Australian Department Statistics and Royal Australian Mint. participated in a number of overseas Peter studied at the London Business Secretary to the Treasurer and Federal of Defence. parliamentary delegations. In 2002-03 Peter was a Senior Adviser in School in 2000-2001 as a Sloan Fellow Member for Oxley. He was first elected During his time as Parliamentary the Prime Minister’s office responsible for and was awarded a Masters of Science to the House of Representatives in the Peter’s career has included extensive Secretary, Bernie has represented the Bernie is actively involved in local developing a strategic policy framework (Management) with Distinction. He has Australian Parliament in 1998 and experience advising Government at Treasurer at international meetings of the charity work and is a passionate for Cabinet. Peter had previously been a Master of Arts Degree in International re-elected for a fifth term at the 2010 senior levels; developing major strategic Asian Development Bank, at the Pacific ambassador for cycling. He grew up in Chief of Staff to the Minister for Defence Relations from the Australian National Federal Election. policy documents; conducting crisis Islands Forum Economic Ministers’ the electorate based around Brisbane’s (1996-1998) and Defence adviser to the University (1987) and a BA (Honours) in management, and researching, writing Bernie was appointed as Parliamentary Meeting, and participated in a high level Western Corridor, and now lives there and teaching international security. Federal Opposition (1990-1993). History from the University of Tasmania Secretary on 5 March 2012 and assists business delegation to China. with his wife Margy and their three (1980-1984). He has been a Fulbright the Treasurer in the development and teenage children. Peter has previously held a number In the Defence Department, Peter has also Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute First Assistant Secretary positions been the Deputy Director of the Defence of Technology (1985). Peter taught in Defence including First Assistant Imagery and Geospatial Organisation politics and international relations at The highlight of that time was directing the In 2003, Andrew was awarded the Office Secretary International Policy Division, (2002) and as head of the Strategic the University of New South Wales/ Andrew Robb successful 1996 federal election campaign. of the Order of Australia for his service to First Assistant Secretary Coordination Policy Branch (1998-1999). In late 1999 ADFA (1987-1990). He has written Shadow Minister for Finance, agriculture, politics and the community. and Public Affairs and Secretary of the Peter was co-director of the East Timor and published widely on defence and Deregulation and Debt Reduction From 1997 until 2004 Andrew worked Andrew was elected to the Federal Defence Audit and Risk Committee. Policy Unit, responsible for developing security issues. for Kerry and James Packer, as well seat of Goldstein in October 2004, Chairman as advising major companies around holding positions as Chairman of the Coalition Policy Australia and overseas. During this time Government’s Workplace Relations Stephen Loosely He also served a term as ALP National Stephen holds first class Honours degrees Development Committee he also built an Australia-wide direct Taskforce, Parliamentary Secretary Chairman President (1991-92). Currently he is in Politics (UNSW, 1976) and the Law marketing technology company and to the Minister for Immigration and Australian Strategic Policy Institute Senior Vice President of the European- (UTS,1997) and has contributed chapters Andrew has qualifications in Agricultural was a board member of Sinclair Knight Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Strategic Counsel Australian Business Council and is a to the books Australian-American relations: Science and an Honours degree Merz, Australia’s largest consulting Vocational and Further Education. board member of the Asia Society. Looking Toward the Next Century by in Economics. Minter Ellison Lawyers engineering company. In Opposition, Andrew has held positions William T. Tow (South Yarra: McMillan as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs In addition, Stephen also serves on the Education-1998) and The Wran Era by Troy In the 1970s, Andrew worked initially Stephen is a chairman of the Australian Andrew has also been a Board Member and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Advisory Boards of Thales Australia and Bramston (The Federation Press-2005). Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra as an animal health officer and then as of both the Garvan Medical Research and Climate Change. Andrew is now and the Strategic Counsel with Minter Veolia Australia, the board of the Asia agricultural economist. In the 1980s, Foundation, and the Menzies Research the Chairman of the Coalition Policy Ellison Lawyers, Sydney. Stephen was the Society, St James Ethics Centre and He is a member of The International Andrew served as Executive Director of Centre. He has also served: as Chairman Development Committee and Shadow General Secretary of the NSW branch of the Salvation Army Advisory Council. Institute for Strategic Studies (London) the Cattle Council of Australia and later of the Australian Direct Marketing Minister for Finance, Deregulation and the Australian Labour Party (1983-90) Stephen recently retired as chairman of and a Fellow of the Centre for as Executive Director of the National Association, as a member of the national Debt Reduction. prior to being elected to the Australian the committee for Sydney after eight International Legal Studies (Salzburg) Farmers’ Federation. board of the Big Brother Big Sister Senate in 1990, where during his term he successful years in the role and as a Stephen is a contributor to the Review mentoring organization, as a member of Andrew lives in Brighton with his wife served as chairman of the Joint Standing member of the Executive Partnership of pages of The Australian and is a From 1990 to 1997, Andrew was the the YWCA Leadership group and as a Maureen and has three adult children Committee of Foreign Affairs. the National Rugby League after eleven commentator on Australian and American Federal Director and Campaign Director honourary Treasurer of the Liberal Party Tom, Joe and Pip. years, representing News Limited. politics for Sky News. of the Liberal Party. in NSW.

24 25 AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPANTS Phil Scanlan described publicly as the most significant global challenges and opportunities; Australian Consul-General exercise in private diplomacy to come out the New York Young Leaders Program, in New York of Australia. an assembly of young women and men from more than 30 countries He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute who have self selected into women’s Founder of Company Directors (FAICD), a leadership, financial services, social/ Australian American longstanding member of the YPO/WPO enterprise entrepreneurship, energy and Leadership Dialogue global entrepreneurial network, has served innovation; young Indian leaders and on the Business Council of Australia, young Chinese leaders; and the Australia Australian Consul-General in New York and on the Board of Asialink, Australia’s Day Address, delivered by prominent Phil Scanlan’s career spans enterprise, outreach vehicle to the Indo Pacific. Australians extolling the privileges of education, public policy, NGO He has served on the Fulbright board and Australian citizenship through their entrepreneurship and diplomacy. He has was inaugural Chairman of The Sydney personal narratives. more than 25 years of global experience in Institute, Australia’s premier current chief/senior executive and chairman roles, affairs forum. Phil Scanlan graduated in Economics including his leadership at Coca Cola from Sydney University, and holds Amatil which achieved ‘best performer’ As Consul-General, Phil has continued Masters degrees from Oxford University Mark Swinnerton Mark joined BHP Steel Port Kembla in Manager for Carbon Steel Materials. status among Australia’s top 30 listed to strengthen the platform of engagement and Harvard University Kennedy School Vice President Market Analysis 1995 as a Trainee Metallurgist. Mark was In that role Mark was responsible for companies in the early 1990s. assembled by his predecessors, through of Government. Every available moment BHP Billiton responsible for shift operations prior to the global logistics activities of the iron a range of initiatives. These include, Phil spends with his wife Julie and seven joining BHP Billiton Iron Ore in 2001 ore, metallurgical coal and manganese In 1992, Phil founded the bipartisan the Australian American Leadership children – in 2012 – aged between Mark Swinnerton is the Vice President as part of the Six Sigma field. During his businesses. In 2011 Mark was appointed Australian American Leadership Dialogue, Conversations, whereby speakers address 15 and 35. for Market Analysis in BHP Billiton time in business improvement he ran a Vice President of Market Analysis with Marketing. Mark assumed his present series of operations efficiency projects the responsibility of supporting and position in 2011, and is responsible for that resulted in higher throughput at Port developing the companies view of the Julie Singer Scanlan Syracuse University, New York, where she Australian clients comprised leaders from supporting and developing the companies Hedland. In 2003 Mark was appointed external market. Chief Executive serves on the Global Advisory Board. business, the professions and both sides view of the external market. Prior to this, Port Operations Superintendent where Singer Scanlan Group Pty Ltd of politics. Mark held positions in BHP Billiton he successfully managed the introduction Mark holds Honours and Masters degrees From 1975 to 1980, she worked for Marketing as head of logistics and of new ore types and the closure of in Materials Engineering from the NBC and ABC television affiliates in the In 1997, she moved with her family to Director distribution for Carbon Steel Materials, the Beneficiation Plant. In 2005 Mark University of Wollongong. USA as a journalist, news anchor and Melbourne where she continued her Australian American and as the global Scheduler for Iron Ore. joined BHP Billiton Marketing where he documentary producer. professional career on a part time basis had responsibility for the global supply Leadership Dialogue Mark has previously held leadership while raising her 4 daughters – in 2012 – chain coordination of Iron Ore, and in positions in the BHP Billiton Iron Ore Ms Singer Scanlan moved to New York in aged 25 to 15 years. and Steel businesses. 2007 Mark became the Distribution Julie Singer Scanlan is Chief Executive 1980, where she became Vice-President of Singer Scanlan Group Pty Ltd, a of Hill & Knowlton Pty Ltd, then the Since it was founded in 1992, Ms Singer Melbourne-based communications and world’s largest public affairs and public Scanlan has played a pivotal role in BA (Hons in Political Science) and LLB In 2006 she was a Fulbright Scholar at business consultancy, and relocated relations company. Joanne Wallis the Australian American Leadership (Hons) from the University of Melbourne. the Walker Institute of International and to New York with her family in 2009 Dialogue. The Leadership Dialogue is Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Joanne has taught at the Australian Area Studies at the University of South where her husband is Consul-General Her clients included Fortune 100 the only non-US NGO ever to have been Australian National University (ANU) Command and Staff College, University Carolina. Joanne has also conducted of Australia. CEOs and global civic leaders such as accorded the privilege of private White of Cambridge, University of Melbourne research consultancies for Australian and Rajiv Gandhi. House briefings. Dr Joanne Wallis is a Lecturer in the In North America, Europe and Australia, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and Swinburne University. international NGOs, and writes analyses her professional career has embraced In 1985, she was appointed President She is a dual citizen of Australia and the at the Australian National University, for a British political risk advisory service. journalism, media and presentation of Dorf and Stanton Broadcast United States, and serves on the boards where she is also Convener of the From 2009 to 2012 Joanne was an Before her academic career Joanne worked training, and leadership roles in broadcast Communications in New York. of the S 501 C (3) American Australian Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Security program. Honorary Fellow of the School of Social as a lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson, production and NGOs. Education Leadership Foundation in Joanne completed her PhD in the and Political Sciences at the University of and she is admitted as a barrister and In December 1986, Ms Singer Washington D.C. and the Australian Department of Politics and International Melbourne. From 2008 to 2009 she was solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria Ms Singer Scanlan has a dual degree Scanlan moved to Sydney, Australia, American Education Leadership Studies at the University of Cambridge. a Visiting Scholar at the State, Society and High Court of Australia. in broadcast communications and where she became Chief Executive of Foundation in Melbourne. She also has a MA (Political Science), and Governance in Melanesia Project at psychology from Newhouse School at Australian Imagemakers. LLM (Public and International Law), the Australian National University.

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30 31 Washington New York Canberra Sydney June 1993 June 2004 June 1993 August 1994 August 1994 June 1996 June 2006 January 2009 August 1995 August 1999 AUSTRALIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE July 1998 June 2008 July 2010 August 2001 July 2000 July 2010 July 2012 August 2005 July 2002 July 2012

The Australian American Leadership By doing so, both nations are able to The Leadership Dialogue was founded Dialogue (AALD) is a private diplomatic contribute to the development of a robust, on, and continues to run, based initiative, which brings together stable and economically healthy world. on principles of bilateral interest, Australian and American leaders from bipartisanship, voluntarism and leadership government, enterprise, media, education Since 1992, leaders have gathered in the service of others, frank exchange, Melbourne Palo Alto San Diego Chicago and the community to help review and in various cities across the two intergenerational perspectives, mutual August 1997 January 2007 January 2007 June 2008 refine the parameters of the Australian- nations to shape the direction of the tolerance and personal courtesy. August 2003 January 2008 January 2008 American bilateral relationship. bilateral relationship. August 2007 January 2009 January 2010 August 2009 January 2010 January 2011 January 2011 January 2012 January 2012 Broaden and deepen mutual understanding between Australian and American leaders

The mission of the Leadership Dialogue These events allow a rich and ongoing The bilateral and bipartisan nature of is to broaden and deepen mutual dialogue to develop across seven key the Leadership Dialogue facilitates the understanding between Australian and themes: economics and trade, security and pragmatic and free-flowing exchange of Honolulu Perth Dallas Seattle American leaders and to enhance the defence, foreign policy, domestic politics, ideas that has become a hallmark of the September 2008 August 2011 July 2012 July 2012 framework for regional security in a innovation and technology, energy events. The high calibre of discussion and September 2009 manner that underwrites economic and and climate and education, health and debate leads to the formation of support September 2010 cultural prosperity for Australian and social inclusion. for strategic policy in both countries. October 2011 American citizens. October 2012

Leadership Dialogue History 32 ‘The Leadership Dialogue has woven ideas and friendships together in ways that have influenced national security, trade, and business ties. I feel privileged to have learned so much from an extraordinary group of Australians from diverse works of life. The experience reinforces that special bond of outlook and trust and humor that defines that Australian-American partnership.’

The Hon. Robert Zoellick President of the World Bank

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