About the Institue
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan
institution established and funded by Congress. Its goals are to
help prevent and resolve violent conflicts, promote postconflict
peacebuilding, and increase conflict management tools, capacity, and
intellectual capital worldwide. The Institute does this by empowering
others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by its direct
involvement in conflict zones around the globe.
Board of Directors
J. Robinson West (Chair), Chairman, PFC Energy, Washington, DC •
George E. Moose (Vice Chairman), Adjunct Professor of Practice, The
George Washington University, Washington, DC • Judy Ansley, Former
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor under
George W. Bush, Washington, DC • Anne H. Cahn, Former Scholar in
Residence, American University, Washington, DC • Chester A. Crocker,
James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies, School of Foreign
Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC • Kerry Kennedy,
President, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights,
Washington, DC • Ikram U. Khan, President, Quality Care Consultants,
LLC., Las Vegas, NV • Stephen D. Krasner, Graham H. Stuart Professor
of International Relations at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA •
John A. Lancaster, Former Executive Director, International Council on
Independent Living, Potsdam, NY • Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA • Judy Van Rest, Executive Vice
President, International Republican Institute, Washington, DC •
Nancy Zirkin, Executive Vice President, Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights, Washington, DC
Members Ex Officio
Michael H. Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor • James N. Miller, Principle Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy • Ann E. Rondeau, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; President,
National Defense University • Richard H. Solomon, President,
United States Institute of Peace (nonvoting)