Advisory Board

The RAND Global and Emerging Risks advisory board provides critical guidance on our strategic planning, key initiatives, partnerships, and research priorities.

List updated September 2024

• Chuck Hagel (Chair)

  Former U.S. Secretary of Defense

• Bob Abernethy

  President

  American Standard Development Co.

• Robert C. Adler

  Health Policy Analyst – Middle East

  Middle East Policy Analysis Group

• Nancy A. Aossey

  President and CEO

  International Medical Corps

• William R. Benz

  Director

  Benz Foundation

• Christopher S. Brothers

  Founder and Managing Partner

  Solace Capital Partners, LLC

• George N. Chammas

  Director

  Chammas Group of Companies

• Paul Cronson

  Managing Director

  Larkspur Capital

• Gregory Dalvito

  Partner

  PJT Partners

• Adam Flatto

  President and Chief Executive Officer

  The Georgetown Company

• Howard Gordon

  Executive Producer

  Teakwood Lane Productions

• Claire Lee

  Chief

  Mother Funder LLC

• Don Loeb

  Chief Executive Officer

  Headlands West Advisory LLC

• Paul Marks

  Chairman and CEO

  Argosy International

• Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali

  Partner

  The Hirsh Collective

• Jeffrey Neiman

  Vice President and General Counsel

  The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation

• Peter Norton

  Director

  Brunel Society

• John C. Novogrod, Esq.

  Partner

  McLaughlin & Stern LLP

• Mark R. Patterson

  Retired Co-founder & Non-Executive Chairman

  MatlinPatterson Global Advisers

• Peter Richards

  Board Member

  Broad Reach Foundation

• Safa Rifka

  OB/GYN & Endocrinology & Infertility Specialist

  Columbia Fertility Associates

• Kantathi Suphamongkhon

  39th Minister of Foreign Affairs

  Thailand

• Michael Tang

  Chairman

  Tang Industries

• Marsha Vande Berg

  Independent Director

  Quantum Advisors Pte. Ltd.

• Chris Varelas

  Managing Partner

  Riverwood Capital