Internationalization Advisory Board
The Internationalization Advisory Board provides guidance on the development of global programs, assists in evaluating international initiatives, and also contributes by making distinguished visitor appearances and helping to shape partnerships.
James Bacchus
Chairman, Global Trade Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Washington, D.C.
Key PublicationsTrade and Freedom (2004, Cameron).
Previously Held Positions Chief Judge, Dispute Settlements Body, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; the United States Congress, serving two terms of office in the House of Representatives; Special Assistant to the United States Trade Representative Reubin Askew; Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.
Education B.A., History, Vanderbilt University; M.A., History, Yale University, and Woodrow Wilson Fellow; J.D., Florida State University College of Law.
Lawrence J Chastang
Principal, LarsonAllen, a professional services firm that provides assurance, accounting, tax, consulting and advisory services to organizations and individuals managing business ventures and finance in the United States and internationally.
Key PublicationsPublisher of World Watch, a quarterly newsletter about international business trends.
Previously Held Positions Co-founder of Chastang, Ferrell, Sims & Eiseman, LLC; Manager in Charge, Tax Department, PricewaterhouseCoopers; various positions in the hotel industry.
Education B.A., University of Central Florida.
Amy Chua
John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.
Key PublicationsWorld on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability (2002). Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance ? and Why They Fall (2007)
Previously Held Positions Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review; Law Clerk for the Honorable Patricia M. Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit; Associate, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; and Associate Professor, Duke University.
Education B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Harvard University.
Ambassador Harriet Elam-Thomas
Diplomacy Program Director, University of Central Florida.
Previously Held Positions U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, Chief of Mission to Guinea-Bissau; Acting Director of USIA; Cultural Attache, American Embassy in Athens; Country Affairs Officer for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus; Director of the American Press and Cultural Center, American Consulate, Istanbul, Turkey; and in other positions at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the President's Appointments Office at the White House and the Foreign Service Personnel Office.
Education B.S., International Business, Simmons College; M.A., Public Diplomacy, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Phoebe Eng
Founder/Director, Creative Counsel, and Global Strategist
Key PublicationsWarrior Lessons: An Asian Woman's Journey into Power (1999)
Previously Held Positions Attorney, Coudert Brothers (New York and Hong Kong); Publisher, A Magazine; Co-Founder and Creative Director, Opportunity Agenda; Director, Social Change Communications Project.
Education B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., New York University School of Law.
Bernard Finel
Senior Fellow, American Security Project, Washington D.C.
Key PublicationsUltimate Security: Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (2003); Power and Conflict in the Age of Transparency (2000).
Previously Held Positions Professor, U.S. National War College; Executive Director, Security Studies Program and Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University;
Education B.A., International Relations, Tufts University; M.A., Government, Georgetown University; Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University.
Ambassador Myles Frechette
Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., and Trade and Business Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Key Publications Globalization, Free Trade and the Americas (2005).
Previously Held Positions President and CEO of the Americans Society and Council of the Americas, New York City; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia; Special Coordinator for the Santiago Summit of the Americas; Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa; U.S. Consul General, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Executive Exchange, International and Banking Sector, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York City; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon.
Education B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., University of California at Los Angeles.
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jay Garner
Previously Held Positions President, SYColeman; Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq, 2003; U.S. Army careerist, with positions ranging from Commanding General of the U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command to Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Force Development.
Education B.A., History, Florida State University; M.P.A., Shippensburg University (Pa.).
Gerrit Gong
Special Assistant to the President, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, Senior Associate Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
Key PublicationsMemory and History in East and Southeast Asia (CSIS, 2001), Taiwan Strait Dilemmas (CSIS, 2000).
Previously Held Positions Freeman Chair, China Studies at CSIS; Director, Asia Program at CSIS.
Education M.A., International Relations, Oxford University; Ph.D., International Relations, Oxford University. Gong is a Rhodes scholar.
Sebastian Gorka
Assistant Professor of Irregular Warfare, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. and Associate Fellow, Joint Special Operations University, Hurlburt Field, FL
Key PublicationsWho’s Winning the Battle for Narrative? Al-Qaida versus the United States and its Allies (Influence Warfare, 2009)
Previously Held Positions Founding Director, Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security, Budapest, Hungary; Consultant, RAND Corporation; Adjunct Professor for Terrorism and Security Studies, George C. Marshall Center, Germany
