Members of the Council on Foreign Relations

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There are two types of Council on Foreign Relations membership: life, and term membership, which lasts for five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens (native born or naturalized) and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others (strongly encouraged to be other CFR members).[1]

Corporate membership (250 in total) is divided into three levels: "Founders" ($100,000), "President’s Circle" ($60,000), and "Affiliates" ($30,000). All corporate executive members have opportunities to hear distinguished speakers, such as overseas presidents and prime ministers, chairmen and CEOs of multinational corporations, and US officials and Congressmen. President's Circle and Founders are also entitled to other benefits, including attendance at small, private dinners or receptions with senior American officials and world leaders.[2]

Board of directors[edit]

The Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations is composed in total of thirty-six officers. Peter G. Peterson and David Rockefeller are Directors Emeriti (Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Chairman, respectively). It also has an International Advisory Board consisting of thirty-five distinguished individuals from across the world.[3][4]

Office Name
Chairman of the Board David Rubenstein
Vice Chairman Blair Effron
Vice Chairman Jami Miscik
President Richard N. Haass
Board of Directors
John Abizaid former Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command
Peter Ackerman founder, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
Fouad Ajami professor in Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Madeleine K. Albright former Secretary of State
Henry S. Bienen former president, Northwestern University.
Alan Blinder economics professor, Princeton University
Mary Boies managing partner, Boies & McInnis
David G. Bradley chairman, Atlantic Media Company
Tom Brokaw former editor, NBC Nightly News
Sylvia Mathews Burwell President of American University, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kenneth M. Duberstein former White House Chief of Staff
Martin Feldstein economics professor, Harvard University
Stephen Friedman former chairman, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Ann M. Fudge former CEO, Young & Rubicam
Pamela Gann president, Claremont McKenna College
J. Tomilson Hill vice chairman, The Blackstone Group
Donna Hrinak former U.S. diplomat
Alberto Ibargüen John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Shirley Jackson president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Henry R. Kravis co-founder, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Jami Miscik former Deputy Director for Intelligence
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Kennedy School of Government
James W. Owens former chairman, Caterpillar Inc.
Peter G. Peterson chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Colin L. Powell former Secretary of State, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Penny Pritzker CEO, Pritzker Realty, former Secretary of Commerce
David M. Rubenstein co-founder, The Carlyle Group,
George Erik Rupp president, International Rescue Committee
Frederick W. Smith CEO, FedEx
Joan E. Spero former ambassador
Vin Weber CEO, Clark & Weinstock
Christine Todd Whitman former Governor of New Jersey, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Fareed Zakaria editor-at-large, Time

Notable council members[edit]

Current Emeritus and Honorary Officers and Directors[edit]

Notable historical members[edit]

List of Chairmen[edit]

List of presidents[edit]

References[edit]

Source: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996: Historical Roster of Directors and Officers[55]

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  7. ^ (Oct. 6, 2014), "Former NYC mayor bestowed honor by Queen", CBS News ~ Other "knights" and "dames" include Bill & Melinda Gates, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Angelina Jolie, Mortimer Sackler, Raymond Sackler, Sir Jimmy Savile, Sir Kim Philby, Sir Anthony Blunt, Vidkun Quisling, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Robert Mugabe, Benito Mussolini, Klaus Schwab, etc. –- the late Prince Philip's titles include "Grand Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire"
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  14. ^ Sir Mallory Factor Oxford Dept. of Pharmacology
  15. ^ (17 Dec 2020), Amazon Board of Directors Compensation and Salary ~ Jamie Gorelick $952,741
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  17. ^ Zack Budryk (Nov. 21, 2019), "Hill says Soros conspiracy theories are 'new Protocols of the Elders of Zion'", The Hill
  18. ^ Brad Pitt, Arnon Milchan, Angelina Jolie, Internet Movie Data Base
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  21. ^ Eric Lichtblau (Aug 9, 2008), "Scientist Officially Exonerated in Anthrax Attacks", The New York Times
  22. ^ Jerry Markon (July 14, 2004) "Former Army Scientist Sues New York Times, Columnist", The Washington Post
  23. ^ (Aug. 28, 2008), "Kristof apologizes to Hatfill over NYT 'Mr. Z' columns", Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  24. ^ "Nicholas D. Kristof | Aspen Strategy Group member" The Aspen Institute
  25. ^ Jackson O'Bryan (April 22, 2021), "Confirmation of top Biden scientist delayed over ties to Jeffrey Epstein", New York Post
  26. ^ Justin Vallejo (22 April 2021), "Eric Lander: Approval of Biden’s top scientist paused over meetings with Jeffrey Epstein", The Independent
  27. ^ "Katherine Maher", Barnard College
  28. ^ (2002), "Staff of The New York Times | The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting", The Pulitzer Prizes
  29. ^ Simon Maloy (April 6, 2015), "Judith Miller's pathetic Iraq apologia: A disgraced reporter rallies to her own defense", Salon: "Miller's war reporting was disastrously wrong, and now she's trying desperately to spin it all away."
  30. ^ Gabriel Sherman (Aug. 9, 2019), "Unsealed Epstein Documents Reveal Powerful Men and Disturbing New Details", Vanity Fair
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  32. ^ Ronan Farrow (Sep. 6, 2019), "HOW AN ÉLITE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER CONCEALED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN", The New Yorker magazine " . . . In a message to the M.I.T. community, L. Rafael Reif, the president of M.I.T., wrote, 'Because the accusations in the story are extremely serious, they demand an immediate, thorough and independent investigation,' and announced that M.I.T.’s general counsel would engage an outside law firm to oversee that investigation."
  33. ^ James Risen and Jeff Gerth (March 6, 1999), "BREACH AT LOS ALAMOS: A special report.; China Stole Nuclear Secrets For Bombs, U.S. Aides Say" (includes extensive corrections), The New York Times
  34. ^ Paul Farhi (June 2, 2006), "U.S., Media Settle With Wen Ho Lee", The Washington Post
  35. ^ Steve Terrell (Aug. 10, 2019), "Epstein accuser says she was told to have sex with Gov. Richardson", Las Cruces Sun News
  36. ^ Ed O'Keefe (April 12, 2021), "First-of-its-kind meeting draws more than 100 corporate leaders to discuss state voting laws" CBS News "In addition to Sonnenfeld, the meeting was organized by Lynn Forester dе Rothschild, the founding partner of Inclusive Capitalism LLC, and Leadership Now, a group of Harvard University alums and corporate leaders focused on sustaining democracy."
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  38. ^ Mujib Mashal, Eric Schmitt, Najim Rahim and Rukmini Callimachi (July 1, 2020), "Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say", The New York Times
  39. ^ Natalie Winters (March 4, 2021), "Biden State Dept Nominee Took Chinese Communist Trip, Praised 'Extraordinary' Xi Jinping", The National Pulse: "Wendy Sherman – President Biden’s pick for Deputy Secretary of State – took a trip to China sponsored by . . . a state-sponsored propaganda effort . . . "
  40. ^ Charles Creitz (Dec. 20, 2019), "AG Barr: Soros-funded Dem prosecutor candidates will lead to increased crime, fewer police officers", Fox News
  41. ^ Intelligencer Dossier (July 22, 2019), "Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts", New York magazine: "George Stеphanopoulos . . . Attended a dinner at Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse for Prince Andrew in 2010."
  42. ^ Emily Flitter & James Stewart (Oct. 12, 2019), "Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past", New York Times
  43. ^ Intelligencer Dossier (July 22, 2019), "Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts", New York magazine: "Lаrry Summers . . . found on Epstein's private jet log. . . . Alan Dershowitz confided that Epstein 'speaks well of Larry, and I think he admires Larry’s economic thinking.' Lucky Larry, to be recognized by such an eminence. . . . Even after Epstein registered as a sex offender, the Boston Globe reported, Summers’s wife, Harvard English professor Elisa New, accepted Epstein’s $110,000 donation to her PBS poetry show."
  44. ^ Suzanne H. Woolsey, SourceWatch
  45. ^ Bail Project team ~ Sir Richard Branson
  46. ^ Intelligencer Dossier (July 22, 2019), "Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts", New York magazine: "Bransоn . . . found in Epstein's black book. Like Epstein, Bransоn enjoys entertaining on a private island."
  47. ^ Suzanna Andrews (Oct. 13, 2010), "The Heiresses and the Cult", Vanity Fair: "[Sara Bronfman] helped launch nxivm centers in New York City and Belfast, and it was partly through her connections that nxivm was able to arrange a V.I.P. session with Richard Bransоn on his private Caribbean island."
  48. ^ Intelligencer Dossier (July 22, 2019), "Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts", New York magazine: "Аndrew Cuomo . . . found in Epstein's black book."
  49. ^ Landon Thomas (Oct. 28, 2002), "Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery", New York magazine: "He is an enthusiastic member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations." retrieved 2021 4 09
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  51. ^ Intelligencer Dossier (July 22, 2019), "Jeffrey Epstein’s High Society Contacts", New York magazine
  52. ^ Emily Flitter & James B. Stewart (Oct. 12, 2019), "Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past", The New York Times
  53. ^ Eric Pace (Dec. 11, 1990), "Armand Hammer Dies at 92; Executive Forged Soviet Ties", The New York Times Retrieved April 22, 2021 ". . . American Communist Party -- of which, Dr. Hammer wrote, his father was a founding member in 1919."
  54. ^ "Defense.gov Biography: Andrew C. Weber". United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  55. ^ "Continuing the Inquiry: Historical Roster of Directors and Officers".

External links[edit]

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