Dean’s Coffee Chats

Fall Semester

• Chris Sacca (SFS’97), entrepreneur and venture capitalist
• Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania
• Oleksanda Matviichuk, Ukranian human rights lawyer

Fall Semester

• Schuyler Moore (SSP’20), Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Central Command
• James Filippatos (C’93), Vice President for Global Public Policy at The Walt Disney Company
• Tasia Filippatos (L’99), Senior Vice President for Communications at Disney Consumer Products, The Walt Disney Company
• Alexia Latortue (SFS’93), Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development, U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Nasser Judeh (SFS’83), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan
• Goli Sheikholeslami (SFS’89), CEO of POLITICO
• Tim Hughes (SFS’94), Senior Vice President of Global Business and Head of Government Affairs, SpaceX
• Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund
• H.R.H. Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (B’68), former Director General of Saudi Arabia’s General Intelligence Presidency and Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States

Spring Semester

• Alex Marquardt (SFS’04), CNN Chief National Security Correspondent
• Enrico Letta, Former Prime Minister of Italy
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia
• Maher Bitar (SFS’06, L’12), Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President and U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Intelligence & Defense Policy
• Anthony Fauci, Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Georgetown Distinguished University Professor
• Stéphane Dujarric, United Nations spokesperson for Secretary-General António Guterres

Fall Semester

• Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
• Nina Jankowicz (MAERES’13), Former Executive Director, Disinformation Governance Board (Department of Homeland Security)
• Tzipi Livni, Former Vice Prime Minister of Israel
• Mayu Ávila, Former Foreign Minister of El Salvador
• Margot Wallström, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• Jason Matheny, President and CEO, RAND Corporation
• Tessie San Martin (SFS’80), CEO, FHI 360
• Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana
• Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuban Ambassador to the U.S.
• H.R.H. Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (B’68), former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S.

Spring Semester

• Kathleen Kingsbury (SFS’01), Opinion Editor, The New York Times
• Stéphane Dujarric (SFS’88, P’23, ’25), Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
• Representative Ami Bera, M.D., 6th district of California and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation
• H.E. Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, Mexican Ambassador to the United States
• Ani Dasgupta, CEO and President of World Resources Institute
• Meroë Park (SFS’89), Former Acting Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency
• Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu (P’23), Indian Ambassador to the United States

Fall Semester

• Dexter Goei (SFS’93), Chairman and CEO of Altice USA, President of the Board of Altice NV
• Jason Matheny, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and National Security
• Maher Bitar (SFS’06, L’12), Senior Director for Intelligence Programs, National Security Council
• Ambassador Peter Wittig, Former German Ambassador to the U.K.
• Ambassador Roya Rahmani, Former Afghan Ambassador to the U.S.

Spring Semester

• Ambassador John Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Russia
• Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (MSFS’04), U.S. Representative (FL-7th)

Fall Semester

• Katrina O’Connell (SFS’90), Chief Financial Officer at Gap Inc.
• Adam Norwitt (SFS’91), CEO, Amphenol
• Mary Beth Powers (SFS’84), CEO, Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB)
• Kai Ryssdal (SSP’93, P’20), Host and Senior Editor of NPR’s Marketplace
• Tony Coscia (SFS’81, P’10, ’12, ’16), Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP
• Brian Newman (SFS’90 , P’21), Chief Financial Officer, UPS Inc
• Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State and Mortara Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy
• Antonio Gracias (SFS’92, MSFS’ 93), Founder and CEO, Valor Equity Partners

Spring Semester

• Stéphane Dujarric (SFS’88, P’23), Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
• Alexander Marquardt (SFS’04), Senior National Security Correspondent, CNN
• Kathleen Kingsbury (SFS’01), Opinion Editor, New York Times
• Ambassador Todd Robinson (SFS’85), former U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala
• Antwaun Sargent (SFS’11), Art Critic and Writer
• Margaret Huang (SFS’91), President and CEO of Southern Poverty Law Center
• Senator Nasser Judeh (SFS’83, P’18), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan
• Mary Ellen Iskenderian (SFS’81), President and CEO of Women’s World Banking
• John Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Russia
• Alexander S. Vindman, Lieutenant Colonel (ret.), U.S. Army

Fall Semester

• Goli Sheikholeslami (SFS’89), President and CEO of New York Public Radio, National Public Radio
• Margaret Huang (SFS’91), Executive Director, Amnesty International
• Robert Cardillo, Former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Joint Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution and the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House
• Tim Hughes (SFS’94), Senior Vice President, Global Business and Government Affairs, SpaceX
• Sheba Crocker, CARE USA’s Vice President for Humanitarian Policy and Practice
• John Cohen, Senior Expert on Global Threats – Argonne National Laboratory
• Maksym Eristavi, Research Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Co-Founder of the Russian Language News Exchange
• Congressman Andy Levin (MI-9), U.S. Representative from the 9th District of Michigan
• Jill Dougherty (S’13), SFS Centennial Fellow, Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a CNN Contributor on Russia issues
• Zaid Zaid (SFS’97), Public Policy, Strategic Response at Facebook
• Tom Purcell (SFS’93), Public Securities and Private Business, Lake Trail Capital

Spring Semester

• Gurbir S. Grewal (SFS’95), Attorney General of the State of New Jersey
• Ricardo Michel, Managing Director, FHI Partners
• Gyude Moore (MSFS’09), Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development and Former Minister of Public Works for Liberia
• Ellen Clarke (BSFS’09), Associate Security Counsel, Google

Fall Semester

• Dr. Scott Guggenheim, former Senior Advisor to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
• Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis (SFS’76) (ret.), former U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Cuba
• James Politi (SFS’99), World Trade Editor at the Financial Times
• Valla Vakili (SFS’95), Director, Head of Ventures Studio, Citi Ventures
• Meroë Park (SFS’89), former Executive Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”)
• Stéphane Dujarric (SFS’88), Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
• Greg Miller, National Security reporter at The Washington Post
• General Wesley Clark (ret.), SFS Centennial Fellow
• Frederic Wehrey, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Sarah Margon (MSFS’05), Washington Director at Human Rights Watch
• Catherine Novelli, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
• Molly K. McKew, CEO of Fianna Strategies, narrative architect at New Media Frontier
• Kara Swisher (SFS’84), Executive Editor of Recode, host of the Recode Decode podcast
• Kathleen H. Hicks, Senior Vice President at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
• Tom Purcell (SFS’93), former Co-Chief Investment Officer at Viking Global Investors

Spring Semester

• Adolfo Jimenez (SFS’85) Partner, Holland & Knight
• Gary Perlin (SFS’72), former CFO of Capital One and The World Bank
• Alex Marquardt (SFS’04), Senior National Correspondent for CNN
• Jeffrey Feltman, John C. Whitehead Visiting Fellow in International Diplomacy in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution
• Dr. Azar Nafisi, SFS Centennial Fellow
• Susan Reichle, President and Chief Executive Officer for the International Youth Foundation
• William Priestap, Former Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division

Fall Semester

• Claudia Escobar, Former Magistrate, Court of Appeals of Guatemala
• Kimberly Nelson (SFS’84), Senior Vice President, External Relations; President, General Mills Foundation
• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State
• The Honorable Nasser S. Judeh (SFS’83, P’18), Former Foreign Minister of Jordan
• Ambassador Kristie Kenney, Career Ambassador, U.S. Department of State
• Colin Kahl, Associate Professor, Security Studies Program and former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden
• Dr. Joachim von Amsberg, Vice President for Policy and Strategy at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Prasenjeet Yadav, Molecular Ecologist and Photographer
• Ambassador Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the United States
• Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, Director, Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) and Distinguished Professor of the Practice

Spring Semester

• Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib, Afghan Ambassador to the United States
• Ellen Goldstein, World Bank Country Director for Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao
• Mark Landler (SFS’87), White House Correspondent at The New York Times
• Ambassador Ben Rowswell (SFS’93), Canada’s Ambassador to Venezuela (2014-2017)
• Ambassador Richard Verma (L’98), U.S. Ambassador to India (2014-2017)
• Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution
• Anne Richard (SFS’82), Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration in the Obama Administration
• Ambassador Dana Smith, Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar
• Shéhérazade Semsar-de Boisséson (SFS’89, MSFS’90), Managing Director at Politico Europe
• Tim Hughes (SFS’94), Senior Vice President and General Counsel at SpaceX
• Dr. Christina Hanna, (SFS’08, M’14)
• Dr. Mara Karlin, Associate Professor of the Practice of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins-SAIS and Nonresident Senior Fellow for Security and Strategy at Brookings
• Ambassador Gérard Araud, French Ambassador to the United States

Fall Semester

• Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis (SFS’76), Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba
• Alexis Early, Associate at Steptoe and Johnson
• Lauren Gaffney, Assistant General Counsel for TerraForm Power
• Ludmilla Savelieff, Associate at Squire Patton Boggs
• H.R.H. Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (B’68), Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States
• Tamara Kofman Wittes, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings
• Ambassador Peter Wittig, German Ambassador to the United States
• Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief for The Atlantic
• Ambassador James Dobbins, Senior Fellow, Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security

Spring Semester

• Sarah McAvoy (SFS’88), Managing Director in Corporate Treasury at Bank of America
• Dexter Goei (SFS’93), Chairman and CEO of Altice USA and President of the Board of Altice NV
• Samantha Vinograd (SSP’07), Director of Public Policy at Stripe
• Anastasia Norton, Intelligence Analyst
• Kaya Henderson (SFS’92), Former Chancellor of DC Public Schools
• Luke Murry, Staff Director of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee for the House Foreign Affairs Committee
• Jamie Geller (SSP’15), Professional Staff Member and Deputy Communications Director for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Susan Hennessey, Fellow in National Security in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and Managing Editor of Lawfare blog

Spring Semester

• Andrew Steer, President of the World Resources Institute
• HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
• Michael Williams (SFS’98, L’01), Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist for Middle East and Africa, The World Bank
• Trae Stephens (SFS’06), Principal at Founders Fund