José Manuel Barroso
President, European Commission (2004-2014) and Prime Minister, Portugal (2002-2004)
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President, European Commission (2004-2014) and Prime Minister, Portugal (2002-2004)
Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019), Ambassador, and Politician
Former Israeli Ambassador, Member of Knesset and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
NBC News and MSNBC National Security Analyst and Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013) and Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011)
Commander, NORAD and Commander, US Northern Command (May 2016-May 2018), Commander, Pacific Air Forces (Oct 2014-May 2016)
U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios; Award-winning Journalist; Bestselling Author
Consultant; Strategist; Communicator; Campaigner; Best-Selling Author; and Former Director of Strategy and Communications to Tony Blair
Bestselling Author, Raising Our Hands ; Activist, Nat’l Organizer of the Women’s March; Education and Media Specialist at the United Nations
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff; Senior Advisor, The Vistria Group
Secretary General of NATO (1995-1999), High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU (1999-2009)
Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Brussels Belgium; Director of Operations and Intelligence for NATO at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; Director of Operations and Intelligence in Iraq and Syria for Operation Inherent Resolve and Commander of Air Expeditionary Task Force in the Defeat – ISIS Campaign
Founding Director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University; Prize-winning author or editor of thirteen books on American diplomacy and politics; Podcast Host, "The Past, the Promise, The Presidency"
European Union’s Ambassador to the United States (2010-2014), United Nations (2015-2019), and the United Kingdom (2020 -2022); Chief of Staff to the President of the European Commission; Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA’s George W. Ball Adjunct
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