Maura A. Harty, Chair.
Ambassador Maura Harty is President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. Her 27 year career as a Foreign Service Officer Ambassador Harty was distinguished by her six years service as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Consular Affairs and Ambassador to Paraguay. She retired with the personal rank of Career Minister.

Faris A. Kirkland
Captain Alex Kirkland retired from the United States Navy having served in the active and reserve components for 27 years. He currently is flying for Delta Air Lines and is also Director of Development and Planning with Ewing Construction Co., Inc. in Corpus Christi, TX. He is a trustee and former board chairman for Saint James Episcopal School and also serves on the Driscoll Children's Hospital Development Foundation Board of Directors.

Patricia Hanigan Scroggs
Ms. Scroggs is the Director of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, a Department of State, Howard University and U.S. Congress partnership that prepares young people for careers in the Foreign Service. Her 20 year Foreign Service career included economic officer positions in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs. She was a Una Chapman Cox Sabbatical Fellow.

Francis X. Taylor
Francis X. Taylor has been Vice President and Chief Security Officer for the General Electric Company since 2005. Ambassador Taylor had a distinguished 35-year career in government service, including serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism for the Department of State. During his 31 years in the U.S. Air Force, Ambassador Taylor served with distinction in numerous command and staff positions, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.

Johnny Young
Ambassador Johnny Young is the executive director of Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. His distinguished 37 year Foreign Service career, where he attained the rank of career ambassador, included service as Ambassador to Slovenia, Bahrain, Togo, and Sierra Leone, as well as assignments in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean and Washington, including as Executive Director in the Office of the Inspector General.

Tracey Jacobson
Ambassador Tracey Jacobson is an active duty Foreign Service Officer who is currently Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute. Her prior service includes tours as U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan, and as Deputy Executive Secretary in the National Security Council.

Stephen Mull
An active duty senior Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador Stephen Mull is currently Executive Secretary of the State Department. In a 28 year career, he has served as Ambassador to Lithuania, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, and Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns.