Formed 1961 by the consolidation of several citizen organizations related to NATO.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Robert Anderson |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1922 |
5-Apr-1996 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78 |
| James Baker |
Government |
28-Apr-1930 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1989-92 |
| Avis Bohlen |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99 |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Government |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
National Security Advisor, 1977-81 |
| Frank Carlucci |
Government |
18-Oct-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89 |
| Henry Catto |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1930 |
18-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1989-91 |
| Warren Christopher |
Government |
27-Oct-1925 |
18-Mar-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1993-97 |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| Harlan Cleveland |
Government |
19-Jan-1918 |
30-May-2008 |
Futurist, diplomat |
| Joe F. Colvin |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Robert F. Ellsworth |
Politician |
11-Jun-1926 |
9-May-2011 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Barbara Hackman Franklin |
Government |
19-Mar-1940 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93 |
| Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
| Chuck Hagel |
Politician |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2013-15 |
| Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
20-Feb-2010 |
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
| Rita E. Hauser |
Activist |
12-Jul-1934 |
|
Former Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan |
| Ulric Haynes |
Diplomat |
8-Jun-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81 |
| Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
| William J. Hybl |
Business |
c. 1942 |
|
CEO of El Pomar Foundation |
| James L. Jones |
Military |
19-Dec-1943 |
|
US National Security Advisor, 2009-10 |
| Paul G. Kaminski |
Military |
16-Sep-1942 |
|
CEO of Technovation, Inc. |
| Arnold Kanter |
Government |
27-Feb-1945 |
10-Apr-2010 |
Under Secy. of State for Political Affairs, 1991-93 |
| Nancy Kassebaum |
Politician |
29-Jul-1932 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97 |
| James Kimsey |
Business |
1939 |
|
AOL's founding CEO |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Philip Lader |
Government |
1946 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1997-2001 |
| Charles R. Larson |
Military |
20-Nov-1936 |
26-Jul-2014 |
C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94 |
| Douglas Lute |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
White House War Czar |
| John Macomber |
Business |
13-Jan-1928 |
|
JDM Investment Group |
| Barry McCaffrey |
Government |
17-Nov-1942 |
|
White House Drug Czar, 1996-2001 |
| James A. McDivitt |
Astronaut |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Judith Miller |
Journalist |
2-Jan-1948 |
|
Credulous NY Times WMD maven |
| Judith A. Miller |
Attorney |
c. 1950 |
|
US Defense Dept. General Counsel, 1994-2000 |
| George Moose |
Diplomat |
23-Jun-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN in Europe, 1998-2001 |
| Steven Muller |
Educator |
22-Nov-1927 |
19-Jan-2013 |
President of Johns Hopkins, 1972-90 |
| William J. Perry |
Government |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97 |
| Thomas Pickering |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1931 |
|
Career US Ambassador |
| Ogden R. Reid |
Politician |
24-Jun-1925 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1963-75 |
| Susan E. Rice |
Diplomat |
17-Nov-1964 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN |
| Rozanne L. Ridgway |
Diplomat |
22-Aug-1935 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State for Europe, 1985-89 |
| Charles W. Robinson |
Business |
7-Sep-1919 |
20-May-2014 |
Deputy Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
| Kenneth Rush |
Business |
17-Jan-1910 |
11-Dec-1994 |
US Ambassador to France, 1974-77 |
| Robert A. Scalapino |
Scholar |
19-Oct-1919 |
31-Oct-2011 |
Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley |
| James R. Schlesinger |
Government |
15-Feb-1929 |
27-Mar-2014 |
Served Nixon, Ford, Carter |
| John Patrick Schmitz |
Government |
1955 |
|
Washington lobbyist |
| Gregory L. Schulte |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
US Ambassador to the IAEA, 2005-09 |
| Stephen A. Schwarzman |
Business |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Blackstone Group |
| Brent Scowcroft |
Government |
19-Mar-1925 |
|
National Security Advisor to Ford and GHWB |
| John Shalikashvili |
Military |
27-Jun-1936 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993-97 |
| Sally Shelton-Colby |
Diplomat |
1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Barbados, 1979-81 |
| Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009-14 |
| George Shultz |
Government |
13-Dec-1920 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1982-89 |
| Anne-Marie Slaughter |
Government |
27-Sep-1958 |
|
Director of Policy Planning, State Dept. |
| Walter B. Slocombe |
Government |
23-Sep-1941 |
|
Defense analyst |
| Helmut Sonnenfeldt |
Government |
c. 1938 |
|
Former NSC staffer |
| Paula Stern |
Government |
31-Mar-1945 |
|
Chairman, Int'l. Trade Commission, 1984-86 |
| Robert J. Stevens |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Lockheed Martin |
| Roscoe S. Suddarth |
Diplomat |
1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1987-90 |
| Gunter Thielen |
Business |
4-Aug-1942 |
|
CEO of Bertelsmann |
| Chris Van Hollen |
Politician |
10-Jan-1959 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 8th |
| Kurt Volker |
Diplomat |
c. 1962 |
|
US Ambassador to NATO, 2008-09 |
| Roger Wallace |
Business |
? |
|
Lobbyist, Investamex |
| William Webster |
Government |
6-Mar-1924 |
|
FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 |
| Togo West |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs |
| John C. Whitehead |
Business |
2-Apr-1922 |
7-Feb-2015 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1985-89 |
| James Woolsey |
Government |
21-Sep-1941 |
|
CIA Director, 1993-95 |