Members
Bringing deep experience and expertise, the Austin Council on Foreign Affairs includes former Ambassadors, current Consuls General, executives of and confidants to multinational companies, authors, and academicians.
Board of Directors
Bob Campbell
Jody Ferguson
Meredith Friedman
Tom Granger, Treasurer
Jack Gray
Sue Meller
Susan Moore, President
James Taylor, Secretary
Tim Taylor, Vice-President
Tamsen Cohagan, Managing Director
Our Members
Ambassador (Ret.) Larry André, Jr.
Visiting Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin; Former US Ambassador to Somalia
Mrs. Gabrielle Bekink
Founder and CEO, Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions
Honorable Rudolf Bekink
Former Ambassador of The Netherlands to the U.S., Sweden, Belgium and China
Dr. Jim Broaddus
Founder and President, Broaddus and Associates
Mr. Kerry Cammack
President, Cammack and Strong, PC
Mr. Bob Campbell
Founder and CEO, Campbell Global Services
Dr. Mark Chandler
Chairman, Biophysical Corporation
Honorable Susan Combs
Comptroller of Texas (retired)
Honorable Geoff Connor
Attorney and Lobbyist; Former Texas Secretary of State
Mr. Les deGraffenried
Diplomat - U.S. Senior Foreign Service (retired); Attorney
Ms. Elizabeth Doughtie
Assistant Director of Events, Communications, and Development, Clements Center for National Security
Dr. Joe Duran
Co-inventor of the DVR, Founder of VTEL
Mr. Dillon Ferguson
Partner, Pillsbury Energy and Litigation
Dr. Jody Ferguson
Local Author
Mr. David Firestein
Inaugural President and CEO, George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S./China Relations
Dr. George Friedman
Founder and Chairman, Geopolitical Futures
Mrs. Meredith Friedman
Vice President, Geopolitical Futures
Mr. Tom Granger
Owner, Midwikis & Granger (retired)
Mr. Jack Gray
Director, Gigared
Mr. Brian Greig
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (retired)
Honorable Humberto Hernández Haddad
Consul General of Mexico
Mr. Reg Hargrove
Investment Professional, Rocky Point Ventures
Honorable Robert Hull
Consul General of Ireland
Admiral Bobby Inman
Admiral, U.S. Navy; Former Director of the National Security Agency; Former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (retired)
Mrs. Nancy Inman
Philanthropist
Mr. Paul Kinscherff
Vice President, Boeing & Special Advisor, The University of Texas at Austin, (retired)
Mr. Jonathan Lass
Partner, Jackson Walker
Colonel (Ret.) Scott Leonard
Colonel (Ret), U.S. Marine Corps; Former COS to the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; Principal, Pallas Advisors; Co-Founder D.H. Berger Group
Mr. Michael R. Levy
Founder and Publisher (1973-2008) Texas Monthly
Ms. Carolyn Lewis
CEO Lewco Properties; Former Board Chair USPS Board of Governors
Mr. Wally Loewenbaum
Rocky Point Ventures
Mrs. Lilly Loewenbaum
Philanthropist
Mr. Bob Manza
Partner DUX Capital; Board Member, SCORE; SVP CFO PepsiCo Mexico (retired)
Mr. Eddie Margain
Founder and Managing Partner, Pixiu Investments
Mr. Reid B. McCoy
Vice Chairman/Board of Directors, McCoy's Building Supply
Mr. Edmund McIlhenny
Director Emeritus, McIlhenny Company
Mrs. Pam McIlhenny
Philanthropist
Ms. Sue Meller
Author; Managing Director, Headliners Club (retired)
Ms. Susan Moore
Founder and CEO, Red Rock Advisory; former Corporate Vice President, AMD and President, AMD Foundation
Honorable Harriet O'Neill
Texas Supreme Court Justice (retired); Founder, the Law Office of Harriet O'Neill, A Professional Corporation
Mr. Aaron Pluto
Associate Director of International Business Development, Ametrine, Inc.; CEO-Consulting, Geopolitical Futures; Founder, Viking Overwatch, LLC
Ambassador (Ret.) Joseph Stafford
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Chargé d'affaires and Consul General
Dr. Jeremi Suri
Historian, author and professor, Mack Brown Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin; Academic Director, Executive Master in Public Leadership program at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Mr. James Taylor
Founding Partner, Vianovo
Mr. Tim Taylor
Partner, Jackson Walker
Mr. Terry Tottenham
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (retired)
Mr. Ben Turner
Founder and President, Consort Inc.
Mr. Roger Wallace
Former Chair, The Asia Society/Texas; Former Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, US Department of Commerce; Former Chair of the Inter-American Foundation; Former Co-Chair of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center (now at the Inter-American Dialogue)
Mr. Darren Woody
CEO, Jordan Foster Construction
Honorable Lee Yeakel
United States District Judge, Western District of Texas (retired)