The Board of Directors (past & present)

BOARD MEMBERS | APR 2004

BOARD MEMBERS | JAN 2005

BOARD MEMBERS | OCT 2006

BOARD MEMBERS | AUG 2007

BOARD MEMBERS | FEB 2009

BOARD MEMBERS | JUL 2011

BOARD MEMBERS | MAR 2012

BOARD MEMBERS | AUG 2012

BOARD MEMBERS | MAY 2013

BOARD MEMBERS | JUL 2013

BOARD MEMBERS | AUG 2014

BOARD MEMBERS | JUL 2015

BOARD MEMBERS | NOV 2016

Publications

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Fall 2005 Newsletter (pdf)

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Winter_2005_Newsletter (pdf)

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Summer 2006 Newsletter (pdf)

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Winter_2007 Report (pdf)

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children – Summer 2009_Report (pdf)

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children 2012 Highlights (pdf)

7th-Edition-EN

Press Releases

1999

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Cherie Booth join forces to support the launch of a worldwide project against international child abduction | ICMEC | APR 23, 1999

Netherlands police agency joins with Computer Associates to launch missing children website in the Netherlands | ICMEC | APR 26, 1999

Cherie Booth Supports the European Launch of a Worldwide Project Against International Child Abduction | ICMEC | JUN 7, 1999

Computer Associates and the government of Brasilia join forces to launch missing children’s website | ICMEC | OCT 25, 1999

Computer Associates and the Chilean government to develop missing children’s website | ICMEC | OCT 26, 1999

Computer Associates jones with Argentine federal police to launch missing children’s website | ICMEC | OCT 26, 1999

2000

Computer Associates, Hertfordshire Constabulary And Metropolitan Police Service Create Web Site To Help Reunite Missing Children With Their Families | ICMEC | MAR 14, 2000

2001

Christine Dolan to Release Report on Child Exploitation Eminating from the Balkans Crises | ICMEC | MAY 4, 2001

2002

Handling of International Parental Kidnapping Examined Under the Hague Treaty | ICMEC | SEP 25, 2002

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Announces Distinguished Honorary Board of Directors | ICMEC | OCT 11, 2002

Campaign Launched to Attack Global Problem of Child Pornography | ICMEC | OCT 18, 2002

2003

President of Costa Rica, Dr. Abel Pacheco, Visits ICMEC | ICMEC | APR 11, 2003

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Congratulates Left-Behind Parent on Legal Victory | ICMEC | APR 24, 2003

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Marks Missing Children’s Day with Enhanced Websites to Help More Quickly Recover Children and Prevent Victimization | ICMEC | MAY 26, 2003

International Age Progression Training | ICMEC | JUN 20, 2003

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Will Hold International Conference for the First Time in Tuscany, Italy | ICMEC | OCT 15, 2003

ICMEC’s International Law Enforcement Training Is a Huge Success | ICMEC | DEC 1, 2003

Turning Off Online Child Exploitation | ICMEC | DEC 3, 2003

2004

Microsoft Joins Interpol and International Center for Missing and Exploited Children for Global Training Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica | ICMEC | FEB 23, 2004

Global Campaign Against Child Pornography is Launched by International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children | ICMEC | APR 22, 2004

Missing Children’s Groups Support Bi-Partisan Legislation to Tackle International Child Abductions | ICMEC | MAY 12, 2004

Microsoft Joins Child Safety Advocates, Law Enforcement for Fourth Global Law Enforcement Training in Paarl, South Africa | ICMEC | SEP 6, 2004

Missing Children’s Website Launched in Dublin | ICMEC | SEP 15, 2004

ICMEC recommends contacting the U.S. Department of State for information about U.S. citizens affected by the tsunami | ICMEC | JAN 6, 2004

2005

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Pop Singer Ricky Martin, High Profile International Dignitaries Support Children’s Benefit | ICMEC | JAN 14, 2005

New Advisory Board Member-Pam Portin | ICMEC | MAR 1, 2005

International Centre For Missing & Exploited Children Launches Web Site With Computer Associates and Spanish Police to Extend Reach Of Worldwide | ICMEC | APR 29, 2005

International Centre Training Initiative Breaks Ground In The Middle East | ICMEC | JUN 6, 2005

The International Centre convenes Child Pornography Forum in Lyon, France | ICMEC | JUN 22, 2005

International Centre Training Initiative Breaks Ground in Russia | ICMEC | SEP 15, 2005

European Leader Elected Chairman of the Board | ICMEC | NOV 4, 2005

“October 5, 2005 U.S. Debut Screening of the Documentary Titled “Victims of Another War: The Aftermath of Parental Alienation” | ICMEC | DEC 29, 2005

2006

Financial and Internet Industries Join with Missing Children Organizations to Combat Internet Child Pornography | ICMEC | MAR 13, 2006

Financial and Internet Industries to Combat Internet Child Pornography | ICMEC | MAR 15, 2006

Financial and Internet Industries to Combat Internet Child Pornography (European News Release) | ICMEC | MAR 15, 2006

New Study of Child Pornography Laws Around The World Reveals Child Porn not a Crime in Most Countries | ICMEC | APR 5, 2006

New Study Reveals Child Pornography Not a Crime In Most Countries | ICMEC | APR 6, 2006

Google Joins Industry-Wide Movement to Combat Child Pornography | ICMEC | AUG 23, 2006

Capital One Joins the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography | ICMEC | SEP 7, 2006

Microsoft Executive Joins Board of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children | ICMEC | OCT 16, 2006

The Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography Adds Four Financial Services Leaders to its Roster | ICMEC | NOV 1, 2006

2007

CEO of Leading Childrens Organization Briefs Queens and First Ladies in Paris on Missing and Sexually Exploited Children | ICMEC | JAN 17, 2007

ICMEC Urges Swift Adoption of Child Pornography Laws Worldwide Following Break up of Major International Child Pornography Ring | ICMEC | FEB 27, 2007

Statement Regarding e-gold Expulsion from Financial Coalition | ICMEC | MAY 1, 2007

New Center in Romania to Aid Missing and Exploited Children | ICMEC | JUN 19, 2007

New Global Internet Channel launched to find missing children | ICMEC | AUG 10, 2007

U.S./Balkan Leaders to Address Crisis of Child Abduction, Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Children | ICMEC | OCT 2, 2007

2008

Ernie Allen testifies before the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe | ICMEC | JUN 17, 2008

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children granted special status with United Nations | ICMEC | AUG 13, 2008

Banco Bradesco, one of the largest financial institutions in Latin America, has joined the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography (FCACP) | ICMEC | NOV 12, 2008

2009

Historic Cairo meeting convened on Child Abduction and Exploitation | ICMEC | FEB 19, 2009

Ernie Allen Speech on Child Abductions: Globally, Nationally and Along the U.S. Mexico Border | ICMEC | AUG 31, 2009

Ernie Allen Testimony on International Child Abduction and Parental Access for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission | ICMEC | DEC 2, 2009

2010

Go Daddy Joins Leading Financial Institutions and Internet Service Providers to Eliminate Child Pornography on the Internet | ICMEC | MAR 21, 2010

Ernie Allen Speech at the International Judicial Conference on Cross-Border Family Relocation | ICMEC | MAR 23, 2010

Washington Declaration on International Family Relocation | ICMEC | MAR 25, 2010

Judges Around the World Struggle with Increase in Child Custody Disputes Between Parents Who Want to Move and the Parent Who is Left Behind | ICMEC | MAR 29, 2010

2011

Kiehls + Koons extend partnership to support Childrens Causes | ICMEC | DEC 7, 2011

Historic Forum on the Abuse of Childrens Rights Held in Rome. Four of the Worlds Preeminent International Organizations Launch Global Initiative | ICMEC | Nov 3, 2011

The Declaration of Rome: A Call for Global Action to Protect the Worlds Children and Stop the Abuse of Their Rights | ICMEC | Nov 3, 2011

Two U.S. Based Childrens Organizations Join Global Effort To Eliminate Online Child Sexual Exploitation | ICMEC | Jun 24, 2011

George Bickerstaff on Business and Philanthropy | ICMEC | May 30, 2011

Long Endurance Runner Hopes to Raise USD 50,000 To Fight Child Pornography During 7 Day Foot Race Acrtoss Taiwan | ICMEC | Mar 22, 2011

2012

Major International Conference in Brasilia to Address Global Problem of Missing Children | ICMEC | DEC 4, 2012

Ernie Allen Statement in Response to President Obamas Speech Launching a New Effort to Combat Human Trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. | ICMEC | OCT 29, 2012

Global Health Leaders Launch Unique Initiative To Address A growing Public Health Crisis Caused By Sexual Exploitation Of Children | ICMEC | OCT 11, 2012

Law Enforcement Training for Child Abduction Cases To Be Held in Central America | ICMEC | FEB 9, 2012

Honorary Board Members (past & current)

Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer | Former ICMEC Chairman;

Valentina Matvienko | Chairwoman, Federal Council of the Federal Assembly, Russian Federation

Margarida Barroso | Biophysics, Biochemistry, Cell Biology PhD | Wife of the President of the European Commission

Queen Paola | Queen of Belgium

Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak | First Lady of Egypt

Shaikha Sabeeka | Queen of Bahrain

Lalla Meryem | Princess of the Kingdom of Morocco

Bernadette Chirac | Former First Lady of the French Republic

Ernie Allen | ICMEC President and CEO.

Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol | Princess of Thailand

Paola Ruffo di Calabria | The Queen of the Belgians

Silvia Renate Sommerlath | Queen of Sweden

Jolanta Kwasniewska | First Lady of Poland

Marta Sahagún de Fox | First Lady of Mexico

Laura Bush | First Lady of the United States of America

Susanna Agnelli | Foundation IL FARO | Italy

Lyudmila Putin | Wife of the President of the Russian Federation

Board Members (past & current)

Anne-Marie Lizin | Former President of the Belgian Senate

Arnold I. Burns, Founding Chair | Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General

Abraham E. Cohen, Vice Chair | Chairman and President, Kramex, Inc. | Director, BioTime | President, Merck Sharp & Dohme | Director, MannKind Corporation | Director, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | Director, Teva Pharmaceuticals | Director, Neurobiological Technologies | Director, Vasomedical

Alain Mérieux | Chairman and CEO, BioMérieux | President, Institut Mérieux

Amanda Gutkin | Strategic Business Advisor – Middle East

Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State | U.S. Representative to the U.N. General Assembly | Council on Foreign Relations | Atlantic Council | ACUMEN

Ambassador Maura Harty, ret. | President and CEO, ICMEC

Andre Pienaar | Executive Chairman, C5 Capital

Anne-Marie Lizin | President, Belgian Senate

Barend Fruithof | Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.

Baron Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer, Chairman Emeritus | Honorary President, Missing Children Europe | Chairman, Child Focus | Director, European Foundation for Alcohol Research

Costas Yannopoulos | Chairman, The Smile of the Child (Greece)

Courtney Gregoire | Senior Attorney, Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Corporation

Craig Millard (Vice Chair)

Dakis Joannou | Art Collector

Daniel Broughton, M.D., Vice Chair | The Mayo Clinic

Daniel H. Cohen, Treasurer | Surrounding Light Properties Corp.

Dennis DeConcini | U.S. Senator (Retired)

Dov Rubinstein | Partner and International Arbitrator, Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Israel/Switzerland)

Dr. Mohamed Y. Mattar | The Protection Project, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi | Frances Winship Walters Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine | PhRMA | DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS | AMFAR

Sheila C. Johnson | Global Ambassador for CARE | Partner, ProJet Aviation | Partner, Mistral | CEO, Salamander Hospitality | Co-Founder, BET | BUSINESS WIRE | TRINITY | SMART MEETINGS | USEMBASSY.GOV | WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE | WASHINGTON LIFE | HUFFINGTON POST

Ernie Allen (President and CEO) | International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children

Eve Branson | Writer | VIRGIN UNITE | EVE BRANSON FOUNDATION | WIKIPEDIA

Franz B. Humer, Chairman | Chairman, F. Hoffmann La-Roche Ltd. | Chairman, Roche Holiding Ltd. | Director, BIAL-Portela & Cia SA | ROCHE | Chairman, Diageo plc

George W. Bickerstaff | Managing Director, CRT Capital Group, LLC | Managing Director, MM Dillon

Göran Ando, MD | Chairman, Novo Nordisk A/S

Helga Long | Chair & CEO, HM Long Global Partners Ltd. | Chair & CEO, RSVP Group | Managing Partner, CT Partners

Hilmar Kopper | Former Chairman and CEO, Deutsche Bank AG

Hoda Maher El-Sayed

Irena Kozminska (Secretary) | ABCXXI Emotional Health Program (Poland)

James A. Cannavino | Chairman, DirectInsite | IBM Senior Vice President (Retired)

James A. Levine, M.D. | The Mayo Clinic

Jeff Koons | Artist

John P. Kelly, Jr. | President and CEO, Brookstone Financial Group, Inc.

John Ryan, Chairman | National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (USA)Juan Miguel Petit | Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography

Manus Cooney | Chair, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (USA)

Mark N. Sirangelo, Treasurer | Chairman, Sierra Nevada Space Systems | EMBRY-RIDDLE

Mary Banotti, Vice Chair | Former Member, European Parliament

Maud de Boer Buquicchio | President, Missing Children Europe

Mihaela Geoană Secretary | Fundatia Renasterea (Romania) | President, FOCUS(Romania)

Mike DeNoma | Chairman, Chinatrust Commercial Bank | Chief Executive Officer, Guoman and Thistle Hotels | Chief Executive Officer, OMGTel | Group Executive Director, Consumer Banking Standard Chartered, PLC

Mohamed Y. Mattar | Executive Director, The Protection Project

Nancy Kelly | Cheif Operating Officer and Principal, Kelly, Anderson & Associates

Osamu Nagayama | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd | Chairman, Sony Corporation

Patty Wetterling, Chairman | National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (USA)

Per-Olof Loof | CEO, Kemet Corporation

Professor Ernesto Caffo | President, SOS II Telefono Azzurro (Italy)

Ralph Parilla, Chairman | National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (USA)

Rena Rowan Damone | Co-Founder, Jones Apparel Group

Robbie Callaway | Consultant, FirstPic, Inc. | President & CEO, Technology Investors, Inc.

Rosalia Gil Fernández

Sir Francis Jacobs | President, Missing Children Europe

Susannah Schaefer

Teresa Carlson | Vice President, Amazon Web Services Worldwide Public Sector

Timothy W. Cranton | Senior Director, Worldwide Internet Safety Programs, Microsoft Corporation | Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation

Victor Halberstadt, Vice Chair | Professor of Economics, Leiden University | Crown-Member, Netherlands Social-Economic Council | Chairman, International Advisory Board, DaimlerChrysler | Advisor, Secretary-General, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development | Steering Committee, Bilderberg Group | Board of International Advisors, Goldman Sachs

Advisory Board Members (past & current)

Professor Nigel Lowe | Cardiff University Law School | United Kingdom

Susan Murray de Prilick | Red Solidaria | Argentina

Sir John Stanley | Member of Parliament | United Kingdom

Professor Max Taylor | University College Cork | Ireland

Junius J. Gonzales, MD | National Institute of Mental Health, United States

Pam Portin | Microsoft | United States

Bill Harmon | Microsoft Corporation

Sue Hotelling | Microsoft Corporation

James A. Levine, M.D. | The Mayo Clinic

Staff



Ambassador Maura Harty

Richard Brown

Michael Cachine

Catherine Cummings

Katia Dantas

Patricia Dew

Leah Fraley

Guillermo Galarza

Dr. Jordan Greenbaum

Abbe Horswill

Caroline Humer

Sandra Marchenko

Pilar Ramirez

Jessica Sarra

Bindu Sharma

Courtney Reed

Special Thanks:

Microsoft

The Koons Family

“The Woods” Charitable Foundation

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Microsoft Joins Interpol and International Center for Missing and Exploited Children for Global Training Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica | INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN | FEB 23, 2004

The Koons Family Institute on International Law & Policy | INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN

Broad Foundation | $400 Million Gift to Genetic Institute | NEW YORK TIMES | SEP 4, 2008

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN | NEWS ARCHIVE

Biomerieux Hellas SA | Chairman

Biomerieux Pierre Fabre SA | Chairman

CIE Merieux Alliance SAS | Chairman

Fondation Mérieux | Chairman

Institut Mérieux SA | Chairman

Merieux Group | Chairman

Ordre National du Mérite | Member

Plastic Omnium SA | Director

Transgene SA | Director

bioMérieux SA | Director

Advanced Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. | Director

bioMérieux Italia SpA | Director

CIC Lyonnaise de Banque SA | Director

Compania Plastic Omnium SA | Director

Fondation Christophe & Rodolphe Mérieux | Director

Fondation Eugene Devic EDMUS | Director

Fondation Pierre Fabre | Director

Fondation Pierre Vérot | Director

Silliker, Inc. | Director

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Director

Novo Nordisk A/S | Chairman

Pharmacia Corporation | President of Research & Development (1995 – 2003)

Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd. | President, Research & Development (1995 – 2003)

Pharmacia AB | Executive Vice President & Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1995 – Prior)

Glaxo Group Ltd. | Director, Research & Development (1989 – 1995)

Pfizer AB | Executive Vice President & Deputy Chief Executive Officer (1978 – Prior)

AstraZeneca UK Ltd. | President, Astra Research Center (Prior)

Elan Corp | Director

Essex Bidco Ltd | Non-Executive Director

(2004–2012) Novo Nordisk paid $1,780,000 to Podesta Group



Clinton Foundation “Donations”

Pfizer Inc | $1,000,000-$5,000,000

Novo Nordisk A/S | $50,000-$100,000

Novozymes A/S | $50,000-$100,000

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $50,000-$100,000

AstraZeneca PLC | $100,000-$250,000

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Vice Chairman of The Board of Directors

Bilderberg Group | Member of the Steering Committee

The World Economic Forum | Member (Current)

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | Member, Board of International Advisors (Current)

Daimler-Chrysler | Chairman of the International Advisory Board (1995 – 2005)

ING | Non-Executive Director

Leiden University | Professor of Economics

Population Council, New York | Trustee

Clinton Foundation “Donations”

Daimler Trucks North America LLC | $500,001 – $1,000,000

Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund | $250,001 – $500,000

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ROCHE HOLDINGS AG | CHAIRMAN (retired)

SCHERING-PLOUGH CORP | GENERAL MANAGER

GENENTECH | BOARD MEMBER

GLAXO HOLDINGS PLC | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE | CHAIRMAN

CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO | BOARD MEMBER

KITE PHARMA | BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CITIBANK NA | BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CITIGROUP | BOARD OF DIRECTORS

INSEAD | CHAIRMAN

JACOBS HOLDING AG | DIRECTOR

HUMER STIFTUNG | CHAIRMAN

DIAGEO PLC | CHAIRMAN

A.M. PAPPAS & ASSOCIATES | VENTURE PARTNER & SENIOR ADVISOR

ALLIANZ SE | SUPERVISORY BOARD

ALLIANZ VERISCHERUNGS AG | INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ARIX BIOSCIENCE PLC | SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EMIL FREY SA GENEVE | NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES & ASSOCIATIONS (EFPIA) | PRINCIPAL

EUROPEAN ROUND TABLE OF INDUSTRIALISTS | MEMBER

HUMER FOUNDATION | CHAIRMAN

Paid to Podesta Group

1998 Roche Group $200,000

1999 Roche Group $160,000

2000 Roche Group $160,000

2001 Roche Group $80,000

2002 Roche Group $180,000

2003 Roche Group $200,000

2004 Roche Group $200,000

2005 Roche Group $200,000

2006 Roche Group $200,000

2007 Roche Holdings $120,000

2008 Roche Holdings $240,000

2009 Roche Holdings $160,000

2001 Citigroup Inc $100,000

2011 Diageo PLC $210,000

2015 Diageo PLC $200,000

2014 Diageo PLC $200,000

2013 Diageo PLC $200,000

2012 Diageo PLC $200,000

2016 Diageo PLC $150,000

2010 Diageo PLC $150,000

Clinton Foundation “Donations”

Genentech, Inc. | $10,001 – $25,000

Citi Foundation | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000

Citigroup Inc | $500,001 – $1,000,000

Diageo PLC | $50,001 – $100,000

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

OMGTel | Chief Executive Officer

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP | Senior Advisor (2009 – present)

CTBC Bank Co., Ltd. | President & Chief Executive Officer (2009 – 2012)

Standard Chartered Plc /International Private Banking Business | Head of Strategy (1999 – 2009)

Citibank NA | Senior Vice President of Marketing-Asia (1989 – 1992)

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. | Chief Executive Officer-Banking Business (past) formerly known as Chinese Securities Investment Corp

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. | Chief Operations Manager & Marketing Officer (past)

CONSISTEL (Singapore) Pte Ltd. | Chief Executive Officer, Omgtel (2016 – Current)

Lobbying fees paid to Podesta

2011 | KKR & Co | $280,000 | First Data Corp | Finance/Credit

2012 | KKR & Co | $320,000 | First Data Corp | Finance/Credit

2013 | KKR & Co | $320,000 | First Data Corp | Finance/Credit

2014 | KKR & Co | $320,000 | First Data Corp | Finance/Credit

2015 | KKR & Co | $110,000 | First Data Corp | Finance/Credit

Clinton Foundation “Donations”

Standard Chartered Bank | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000

James A. Kohlberg | $50,001 – $100,000

Citi Foundation | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000

Citigroup Inc | $500,001 – $1,000,000

Side note: Mobile Systems International Founded in 1989 by Dr Mohammed “Mo” Ibrahim

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Pediatrics,

RFS Pharma LLC | Founder (SOLD TO GILEAD SCIENCES IN 2003)

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Founder

Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Founder

PHARMASSET, INC. (VRUS) | FOUNDER (SOLD TO GILEAD SCIENCES FOR $11B IN 2012)

FOUNDATION OF AIDS RESEARCH | GOVERNING TRUSTEE

Clinton Foundation “Donations”

Gilead Sciences, Inc. $100,001 – $250,000

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (2000 – 2005)

MM DILLON (investment bankers) | MANAGING DIRECTOR (2005 – PRESENT)

AMAZYS HOLDINGS AG | DIRECTOR (2005 – 2006)

BMP SUNSTONE CORPORATION | DIRECTOR (2008 – 2009)

WORKSCAPE, INC | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (1999 – 2000)

UNISCRIBE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (1998 – 1999)

NCH PROMOTIONAL SERVICES | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (1988 – 1991)

THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION | DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AUDIT STAFF (1985 – 1987)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (GE) | SUPERVISING AUDITOR OF GE CORPORATE AUDIT STAFF (1980 – 1984)

CARDAX, INC. | CHAIRMAN

CAREDX, INC | DIRECTOR

ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS | DIRECTOR (CURRENT)

GLOBAL ONCOLOGY, INC. | CHAIRMAN (CURRENT)

CYCLICA INC. | CHAIRMAN (CURRENT)

VIVENTIA BIOTECH | DIRECTOR (2015 – 2016)

VION PHARMACEUTICALS | DIRECTOR (2005 – 2010)

GAVI ALLIANCE | MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2006 – 2009)

THE GLOBAL LEADERS | FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

INTERNATIONAL VACCINE INSTITUTE | MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

THE CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS, ECONOMICS & POLICY | MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation FREDDIE MAC | Appointed to the Board of Directors by Bill Clinton in 1995

Arizona Board of Regents | Appointed by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano

Keating Five | Drain the Swamp

Global Health Science | Board Member

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA | BOARD MEMBER

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

KEMET Electronics Corporation | Chief Executive Officer (2005 – present)

The QuanStar Group LLC | Managing Partner (2003 – 2004)

Sensormatic Electronics LLC | Chief Executive Officer (1992-2002)

AT&T Istel | Chief Executive Officer (past)

NCR Corporation | Senior Vice President (past)

Digital Equipment Corporation | Vice President of Sales & Marketing (past)

Evox Rifa Group Oyj | Chairman (2007 – present)

Global Options, Inc. | Vice Chairman (2004 – present)

NEC Tokin Corp. | Chairman (current)

Biosensors International USA | Director (current)

year contribution recipient 2012 $1,000 Patrick Murphy 2012 $2,500 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 2016 $2,700 Hillary For America

“Kemet is a group of private companies that invests in, and manages, a range of natural resource projects across Africa, and advises certain African governments on natural resource policy.”

“Kemet Group’s combination of deep knowledge of the African market, extensive investment experience, the capability to add value to portfolio company operations, and strong network of reliable and trusted local financial, industrial and governmental relationships, position it well to identify and execute on attractive investment opportunities across the region.”

“Kemet Group has been directly involved in the development of a wide range of mining, energy and natural resources projects across seventeen African countries, including: South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Gabon.”

Looks like the fight against slave-labor-sourced materials might be a sham too.

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR

Surrounding Light Properties Corp.

Son of Abraham “Barry” Cohen

Abraham E “Barry” Cohen (dead)

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN – DIRECTOR (former)

AKZO NOBEL NV | BOARD MEMBER

BIOTIME, INC. | BOARD MEMBER

CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO | BOARD MEMBER

MANNKIND CORPORATION | BOARD MEMBER

MERCK SHARP & DOHME INTERNATIONAL DIVISION (MSDI) | DEVELOPER OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

MERCK SHARP & DOHME INTERNATIONAL DIVISION (MSDI) | EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

MERCK SHARP & DOHME INTERNATIONAL DIVISION (MSDI) | PRESIDENT OF THE DIVISION

NESS LTD | BOARD MEMBER

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA | CONTRIBUTOR

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | BOARD MEMBER

VASOMEDICAL, INC. | BOARD MEMBER

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | BOARD OF ADVISORS

GENTAG | PARTNERED TO DEVELOP BIOSENSORS

The Mayo Clinic | LEADING RESEARCHER

The Infrastructure for Biosensors in Medicine: Better Mathematics and a Mindset Shift | OXFORD EPIDEMIOLOGY SERVICES

WHAT IS NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION?

Drug And Human Trafficking In ‘Lawless’ Libya Is Funding Isis | IB TIMES | JUL 16, 2015

Speaking before rapturous crowds on Sept. 15, 2011, in liberated Benghazi, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced, “Today the Libyan people have taken their country back.”

That was then.

This is now: The Libyan people have lost their country to rival groups and warring factions – the eastern cities of Beida and Tobruk support the military while Tripoli, in the west, is dominated by Islamist militants — the most infamous among them the so-called Islamic State group, or ISIS.

This lack of foresight has enabled different groups of fighters to traffic a continuous supply of arms, drugs and people across Libya’s borders, helping to bankroll some of the world’s most violent terrorists.

Saturday’s U.N.-brokered peace deal between rebel groups and Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tobruk was the first positive step towards change, but experts say Libya has a long way to go before east and west are reunited.

“Libya is completely lawless,” Tuesday Reitano, an expert on migrant and trade networks in Libya and the wider region told International Business Times. “We have now reached a stalemate where the fragmentation in the country is so significant that you can’t have a government anymore.”

Calm Seas, Libya’s Lawless State Open Door For Migrant Flows | REUTERS | AUG 31, 2016

Calmer seas and Libya’s lawlessness have opened the way for smugglers to ship thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean this week, in a striking reminder of how far Europe is from ending the migrant crisis.

In just four days, Italy’s coastguard and European vessels pulled 13,000 migrants from packed wooden boats and rubber dinghies crossing from Libya’s coast through the Strait of Sicily, one of the shortest routes from North Africa.

Images from rescue vessels showed migrants crammed into fragile boats, some in orange life jackets, others jumping into the water to swim as rescuers shouted for them to stop. Many were women and children, most of them Subsaharan Africans.

Some 1,800 migrants were saved in 12 rescue missions on Wednesday, 3,000 migrants on Tuesday, 6,600 on Monday, 1,600 on Sunday and 500 on Saturday, according to Italy’s coastguard, which coordinates sea rescues between Libya and Italy.

Aid agencies and Libyan officials say calm waters after rough winds in July may have prompted smugglers to dispatch more boats for migrants who can wait weeks for a chance to sail.

“It’s not like people were not coming out, but on Monday they came out by the thousands,” Nicholas Papachrysostomou, coordinator for Medecins Sans Frontieres on board the Dignity 1 rescue ship, told Reuters.

“In the 10 days before this weekend, we didn’t rescue anyone, or very few. It wasn’t bad weather, but there were 1 meter to 1-1/2 meter waves. The rubber boats won’t come out in those conditions.”

In Tripoli, naval authorities say they are undermanned and ill-equipped. Years of conflict and chaos have left their naval and coastguard services in tatters.

Since the 2011 NATO-backed revolution toppled Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has descended into chaos, with rival governments and armed factions battling for control, leaving both migrant smugglers and Islamist militants space to expand.

“This is the season for illegal migrants. The calm seas have helped them take advantage,” said Ayoub Qassem, a spokesman for Libya’s naval forces in Tripoli. “Also our vessels are in severe need of maintenance and spare parts to operate again.”

Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES | MAY 26, 2015

Even by the standards of arms deals between the United States and Saudi Arabia, this one was enormous. A consortium of American defense contractors led by Boeing would deliver $29 billion worth of advanced fighter jets to the United States’ oil-rich ally in the Middle East.

At press conferences in Washington to announce the department’s approval, an assistant secretary of state, Andrew Shapiro, declared that the deal had been “a top priority” for Clinton personally.

In the years before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contributed at least $10 million to the Clinton Foundation.

Just two months before the deal was finalized, Boeing — the defense contractor that manufactures one of the fighter jets the Saudis were especially keen to acquire, the F-15 — contributed $900,000 to the Clinton Foundation, according to a company press release.

Clinton Charity Received About $12,000,000 from the King of Morocco and Various Moroccan Owned Entities | DAILYCALLER | CNN | HUFFPOST

OCP, the mining company owned by the Moroccan government has a horrible human rights track record. Hillary accepted their donation, and in return, your tax dollars guaranteed a $92,000,000 loan.

Military intel predicted rise of ISIS in 2012, detailed arms shipments from Benghazi to Syria | FOX | MAY 18, 2015

Seventeen months before President Obama dismissed the Islamic State as a “JV team,” a Defense Intelligence Agency report predicted the rise of the terror group and likely establishment of a caliphate if its momentum was not reversed.

While the report was circulated to the CIA, State Department and senior military leaders, among others, it’s not known whether Obama was ever briefed on the document.

The DIA report, which was reviewed by Fox News, was obtained through a federal lawsuit by conservative watchdog Judicial Watch. Documents from the lawsuit also reveal a host of new details about events leading up to the 2012 Benghazi terror attack — and how the movement of weapons from Libya to Syria fueled the violence there.

The report on the growing threat posed by what is now known as the Islamic State was sent on Aug. 5, 2012.

The report warned the continued deterioration of security conditions would have “dire consequences on the Iraqi situation,” and huge benefits for ISIS — which grew out of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

“This creates the ideal atmosphere for AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) to return to its old pockets in Mosul and Ramadi,” the document states, adding “ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) could also declare an Islamic state through its union with other terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria, which will create grave danger in regards to unifying Iraq and the protection of its territory.” ISIS would, in June 2014, go on to declare a caliphate in territory spanning Iraq and Syria, in turn drawing more foreign fighters to their cause from around the world.

Weapons shipments highlight the ambiguous roles of Qatar and Turkey in the fight against Islamic militants | ITALY 24 | DEC 5, 2015

In the fight against ISIS the choice seems clear: either you side with civilization or you side with terror. There is no middle ground.

But is that really so? For example, are Turkey and Qatar really to be trusted? And could the United States in fact have contributed to arming terrorist groups in Syria?

No one dares to ask these questions out loud. But suspicions are circulating. And for good reason.

An investigation by Il Sole 24 Ore-Italy24 shows that Turkey’s and Qatar’s interests are in conflict with those of the West, and that those two countries probably have been arming militant groups associated with terrorists. Our investigation shows also that the United States may have facilitated shipments of weapons to Islamists in Syria, the land of the Caliphate.

For years, Washington has worried about Ankara and Doha arming Islamists both in Libya and in Syria. But a series of flights by military cargo planes reported by The New York Times and investigated by the UN suggests that the US helped them to do so.

The suspicion that those planes were carrying weapons hasn’t yet been supported by hard evidence, but a number of facts have been established. We know for example that the C-17 used for those cargoes belonged to the Qatar Air Force, that the planes’ final destination was Turkey and that a US company provided logistical support for the flights. Not just any US company, but one that was called by the US media “the CIA’s travel agent,” which leads to the conclusion that the cargo of those planes did not consist of humanitarian goods.

To understand the likelihood of such a scenario, one must learn more about the role played by Ankara and Doha.

Formally, Turkey and Qatar are on our side. Ankara has a solid history of commercial partnerships with the West, while Doha has long being investing its petrodollars in the US and Europe. Most importantly, both continue to allow what no other Muslim country allows: the use of its territory by Western military forces. NATO in Turkey, the US and Britain in Qatar.

In combating terrorism, however, Turkey and Qatar are not merely negligent. They have different interests than those of the West. This has become evident in the two hot spots of the moment: Libya and Syria, where Ankara and Doha have been actively supporting Islamic militants under the worried but also accommodating eyes of American intelligence. Here the parallel with al Qaeda, which branched out of the Islamic militants supported by the US in Afghanistan in the 80s, is disturbing.

In 2009, in a message classified “secret” but made public by WikiLeaks, the US State Department called the degree of cooperation of Qatar in fighting terrorism, “the lowest in the region.” In October of last year, the then-Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence of the US Treasury David Cohen called Qatar a “permissive jurisdiction for terrorist financing.”

QATAR’S EMIR VISITS GAZA, PLEDGING $400,000,000 TO HAMAS | NEW YORK TIMES | OCT 23, 2012

JERUSALEM — The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas took full control of it in 2007, the latest step in an ambitious campaign by the tiny Persian Gulf nation to leverage its outsize pocketbook in support of Islamists across the region — and one that threatened to widen the rift between rival Palestinian factions.

Qatar’s Support of Islamists Alienates Allies Near and Far | NY TIMES | SEP 7, 2014

Qatar supports terrorists.

QATAR ISLAMIC CHARITY OFFICIALS GAVE MILLIONS TO AL-QAEDA, U.S. SAYS | WA POST | DEC 22, 2013

Qatar supports terrorists.

FORMER HEAD OF HUMAN RIGHTS CHARITY ACCUSED OF LEADING DOUBLE LIFE AS TERRORIST FUNDRAISER | TELEGRAPH | SEP 20, 2014

“Abdul Rahman al-Nuaimi accused of sitting at centre of web of funding for al-Qaeda affiliates in countries ranging from Yemen to Syria, to Iraq to Somalia.”

“Mr Nuaimi, 60, has previously worked as a professor of history at Qatar University and even as president of the Qatar Football Association.”

“A leaked cable from the US Embassy in Doha in 2007 describes him as an “Islamist hardliner” and states that he was briefly jailed in 2000, for criticising the wife of Qatar’s then ruler for her role in public life.” | WIKILEAKS 07DOHA709_a

He also was a founding board member of the Eid bin Mohammed Al Thani Charitable Association and a past board member of Qatar Islamic Bank.

STATE DEPARTMENT DEFENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH HAMAS-SUPPORTING QATAR | CNS NEWS | DEC 2, 2014

We support Qatar supporting terrorists, apparently.

Should Qatar be Judged by the Company they Keep? | CONSORTIUM AGAINST TERRORISM FINANCING | SEP 10, 2015

A 2015 report by the Consortium Against Terrorist Finance (CATF) called attention on Qatar Islamic Bank’s correspondents claiming that some of them “have controversial histories of affiliation with or support of terrorist or extremist activities.”

Qatar Islamic Bank’s (QIB) controversial correspondents include:

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) | WIKIPEDIA despite evidence suggesting they have also engaged in terrorist financing.

The presence of IBBL among QIB’s financial partners is not surprising given that Al Rajhi Bank had a 37% direct ownership in IBBL.

Moneyjihad reported that in 2011 “the Bangladeshi home ministry intelligence revealed that 8 percent of the bank’s profits were diverted as corporate zakat to support jihad in Bangladesh.”

Lobbying fees paid to Podesta Group: $390,000

2015 | Islami Bank Bangladesh | $300,000

2016 | Islami Bank Bangladesh | $90,000

TERRORIST FINANCE: ACTION REQUEST FOR SENIOR LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TERRORISM FINANCE | WIKILEAKS 09STATE131801_a

While the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) takes seriously the threat of terrorism within Saudi Arabia, it has been an ongoing challenge to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist financing emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic priority.

Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al-Qa’ida, the Taliban, LeT, and other terrorist groups, including Hamas. Riyadh has taken only limited action to disrupt fundraising for the UN 1267-listed Taliban and LeT-groups that are also aligned with al-Qa’ida and focused on undermining stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

While the GOK has demonstrated a willingness to take action when attacks target Kuwait, it has been less inclined to take action against Kuwait-based financiers and facilitators plotting attacks outside of Kuwait. Al-Qa’ida and other groups continue to exploit Kuwait both as a source of funds and as a key transit point.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based donors have provided financial support to a variety of terrorist groups, including al-Qa’ida, the Taliban, LeT and other terrorist groups, including Hamas.

Pakistan’s intermittent support to terrorist groups and militant organizations threatens to undermine regional security and endanger U.S. national security objectives in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Qatar has adopted a largely passive approach to cooperating with the U.S. against terrorist financing. Qatar’s overall level of CT cooperation with the U.S. is considered the worst in the region. Al-Qaida, the Taliban, UN-1267 listed LeT, and other terrorist groups exploit Qatar as a fundraising locale. Although Qatar’s security services have the capability to deal with direct threats and occasionally have put that capability to use, they have been hesitant to act against known terrorists out of concern for appearing to be aligned with the U.S. and provoking reprisals.

Perhaps we should think twice about the reasons Qatar is helping us.

How did Qatar get so rich?

Liquefied Natural Gas Makes Qatar an Energy Giant | NEW YORK TIMES | AUG 5, 2015

Expanding Trade Routes

In less than 20 years, Qatar has become the world’s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas, accounting for about a third of the global L.N.G. trade. Five Asian countries purchased more than 70 percent of global L.N.G. imports in 2014.

Looking to the example of Malaysia and Indonesia, Qatar and Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who was then its emir, started promoting L.N.G. in the mid-1990s. Exxon Mobil was the important early investor; Shell, Total and ConocoPhillips soon followed.

Qatar and its energy partners took the business to a new level, developing far bigger and more efficient plants. Last year, Qatar produced about a third of all liquefied natural gas, although Australia and the United States have big export ambitions.

It is a lucrative business that has made Qatar the world’s wealthiest country by output per capita. While industry growth has recently been flat, worldwide volumes have roughly quadrupled in the last two decades to about 240 million metric tons a year, or 264 million short tons, accounting for about one-third of overall gas exports. Annual sales are estimated at $180 billion.

“With the full development of Qatar, L.N.G. came of age,” said Michael Stoppard, chief gas strategist at IHS, a market research firm. “Qatar made L.N.G. a bigger business — bigger projects, bigger ships, bigger volumes and a much bigger global footprint.“

The Qataris originally planned to deliver much of their L.N.G. to the United States and Europe, but those plans were frustrated by the shale gas boom in North America. Instead, three-quarters of Qatari gas flowed last year to Asian countries like China, India and South Korea. Japan was Qatar’s largest customer as its electric utilities substituted natural gas generation for nuclear after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Podesta knocks greens on gas | POLITICO | MAR 19, 2014

White House adviser John Podesta took aim Wednesday at environmentalists who have criticized the Obama administration’s support for natural gas.

What else is Qatar doing with all that money? Investing in art and foreign corporations.

Qatari Riches Are Buying Art World Influence | NY TIMES

Qataris have used it to secure a host of undisputed modern and contemporary masterpieces by Francis Bacon, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.

Until Qatar’s 2007 purchase, for example, the most expensive Rothko ever sold at auction (“Homage to Matisse”) had drawn $22 million in 2005, less than one-third of the price Qatar paid.

$250 million for Cézanne’s “Card Players” from the family of Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos

Qatar has been buying up about $1 billion worth of art annually

Why would a hardline Wahhabi government splash out billions of dollars to secular Western artists?

What Are The Top 10 Al-Thani Family Art Acquisitions? | ARTNET

Damien Hirst, Lullaby Spring, $19 million | A pill cabinet with thousands of pills was purchased in the spring of 2007 at Sotheby’s.

9/11 wicked but a work of art, says Damien Hirst | THE GUARDIAN | SEP 10, 2002

The artist Damien Hirst said last night he believed the terrorists responsible for the September 11 attacks “need congratulating” because they achieved “something which nobody would ever have thought possible” on an artistic level.

Hirst, who is no stranger to controversy, said many people would “shy away” from looking at the event as art but he believed the World Trade Centre attack was “kind of like an artwork in its own right”.

In an interview, Hirst told BBC News Online: “The thing about 9/11 is that it’s kind of an artwork in its own right. It was wicked, but it was devised in this way for this kind of impact. It was devised visually.”

Describing the image of the hijacked planes crashing into the twin towers as “visually stunning”, he added: “You’ve got to hand it to them on some level because they’ve achieved something which nobody would have ever have thought possible, especially to a country as big as America.

“So on one level they kind of need congratulating, which a lot of people shy away from, which is a very dangerous thing.”

Qatar’s oil boom created the world’s most extravagant art scene—and also led to its demise | QUARTZ | AUG 14, 2016

“Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, and Naomi Campbell made their way through the VIP crowd, past the fleet of Bentleys, and toward the waiting helicopter.”

“Hirst—the English artist best known for his multi-million dollar sculpture of a shark floating in formaldehyde—was in town on official business. Qatar Museums (QM) had ponied up over $20 million to fund a retrospective of his work and commission a series of pieces. He had spent the last hour showing QM’s chairperson, Sheikha Mayassa (who is also the daughter of the Emir), around the exhibition, pointing out exactly how her country’s money had been spent. The other two were just tagging along, presumably. Besides, the after-party sounded promising: QM had organized a pop-up Prada shop in the middle of the desert, and guests were being ferried there via private helicopter.”

“As the rotor blades sprang to life and the unlikely trio was lifted into the sky, the South-Asian laborers working nearby stopped to watch the spectacle. They were being paid $11 a day to swing pickaxes in the desert sun and lay the groundwork for the new Qatar National Museum.”

The nation’s stark wealth disparity was also a source of tension. While QM’s offices offered panoramic views of Doha’s futuristic skyline, you only had to look to the streets below to see the South-Asian laborers who had made those skyscrapers a reality. Since the Qatari population barely numbers 200,000 and lacked the specialist skills—and inclination—to do any of this grunt work, plane loads of migrant workers started arriving to make up the shortfall. These were guys who had been shipped over with promises of big money only to have their contracts rewritten, their passports confiscated, and their wages slashed before being pointed toward the nearest construction site.

Qatar is notorious for human rights abuses against foreign workers.

South Asia ‘shares blame’ for Gulf migrant abuses | ASIAN REVIEW | JUN 30, 2016

Amid growing concern about Qatar’s treatment of South Asian migrants building the infrastructure for the 2022 soccer World Cup, activists are warning that labor abuses are widespread throughout the Gulf, and that workers’ home countries share the blame.

Concerns have been raised over working conditions with Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar’s authoritarian ruler.

Amnesty International, a human rights group, said that almost all of more than 200 laborers it interviewed on two World Cup-related construction sites in Doha were being exploited by their employers.

However, Qatar is neither the top Gulf destination for South Asian migrant workers nor the worst alleged violator of their rights. Indian embassies received more than 7,000 labor complaints from Gulf countries in the 11 months to November 2015, mostly from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told parliament in New Delhi in December.

Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘slaves’ | THE GUARDIAN

Dozens of Nepalese migrant labourers have died in Qatar in recent weeks and thousands more are enduring appalling labour abuses, a Guardian investigation has found, raising serious questions about Qatar’s preparations to host the 2022 World Cup.

This summer, Nepalese workers died at a rate of almost one a day in Qatar, many of them young men who had sudden heart attacks.

The investigation found evidence to suggest that thousands of Nepalese, who make up the single largest group of labourers in Qatar, face exploitation and abuses that amount to modern-day slavery, as defined by the International Labour Organisation, during a building binge paving the way for 2022.

Qatar: The Shape of Tomorrow | BLOUINART | JUN 19, 2016

Qatar has taken a keen interest in Jeff Koons, and not just his artwork either. A frequent guest of the Qatari royal family, Jeff Koons has played a major role in the development of their billion dollar Museum of Modern Art.

Distinguished Artists to Join Curators, Art Collectors and Museum Directors at the New York Times ‘Art For Tomorrow’ Conference | NY TIMES | JAN 20, 2016

Artist Marina Abramović, Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler, UNESCO’s Francesco Bandarin among diverse mix of art-world leaders to appear in Doha March 12-15

The invitation-only event, organized under the patronage of Qatar Museums, will expand its exploration of the myriad global influences shaping the creative infrastructure of nations and cities. The conference will be introduced by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, chairwoman, Qatar Museums, and Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., chairman and publisher, The New York Times Company.

Speakers include:

Marina Abramović | artist

Jeff Koons | artist

Francesco Bandarin | assistant director general for culture, UNESCO

Dakis Joannou | collector

Jeffrey Deitch | curator and gallerist, former director, MOCA

Gail Lord | co-president, Lord Culture Resources

Sotheby’s and QNB are the headline sponsors for the Art for Tomorrow conference. Qatar Tourism Authority is the destination sponsor. The host sponsors are Jaidah Group and W Hotels.

Enter PodestaGroup



Lobbyists Set to Fight Royalty Bill for Artists. | NY TIMES

Sotheby’s hired the Podesta Group. This same auction house is selling hundreds of millions of dollars in art to Qatar including a “Cezanne” that sold for $250 million

Tony Podesta is world class trader. | WASHINGTON LIFE MAGAZINE

“Go inside power lobbyist, philanthropist and contemporary art collector Tony Podesta’s Kalorama home…”

“He regularly opens his house to casual pizza parties co-hosted by his friend James Alefantis, the owner of Comet Ping Pong. Over 200 pies emerge from the outdoor pizza oven as guests wander through the house and garden while studying his art collection.”

Some of his favorite artists are mentioned: Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Marina Abramovic.

Tony Podesta owns entire collections of Damien Hirst pieces | http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/press/exh/4843/4843-list.pdf

PODESTA GROUP, QATAR PETROLEUM



Anthony “Tony” Podesta began lobbying in late 2013 on behalf of Goldenpass Products, a company co-owned by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum, aiming to export liquefied natural gas. | WIKILEAKS PODESTA 37308

Brother of Hillary Clinton’s Top Campaign Aide Lobbied for Fracked Gas Export Terminal Co-Owned by Qatar. DESMOG BLOG

Podesta Group’s lobbying for expedited permitting for LNG export terminals paid dividends.

During the same quarter that Tony Podesta began lobbying for Golden Pass, President Obama hired John Podesta in December 2013 as his top counselor on climate change and energy issues. | GLOBAL RESARCH

On March 26, 2014, a week after John Podesta made his remarks about the environmental movement and fracking, Tony had a meeting with the White House. On April 4 and August 4, the logs show, Tony Podesta met with John Podesta in the White House. | WIKILEAKS PODESTA 41443

Returning to Jeff Koons and his ties to Qatar:

Qatar: The Shape of Tomorrow | JUN 19, 2016

Doha: Plastic and ready-made, it’s a city built for Jeff Koons.

“I love the readymade because of the idea of acceptance,” Koons tells me, “that everything is in play and that everything is perfect in its own being.” It’s little wonder that he is attracted to Qatar. The mini-state’s boom mirrors the artist’s own rise to fame. Two decades ago, Doha had no skyline. It was just a smattering of one- or two-story edifices on the desert coast.

In Qatar, Koons could never exhibit “Made in Heaven,” his collaboration with the Italian pornography star Ilona; the racy sculptures ”Woman in Tub” and “Fait d’Hiver” wouldn’t fly, either.

“My idea of participating and of art having a moral responsibility, I think, comes from my experience of growing up,” he said, “in that first you have a concept of self and of transcendence of the self, and then you become aware of your place within the community and your responsibility to the community, and that just gets played out on larger scales later in life, depending upon your desire for participation.”

Next year, Marina Abramović will conduct a series of lectures and performances, and exhibit at Al Riwaq.

Jeff Koons Koons, Gaga, Abramovic

It turns out, Jeff Koons has been a donor to Democratic causes and candidates for a long time.

Jeff Koons donated contributed to Correct the Record | FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Jeff Koons donated $50,000 USD to correct the record, a political hit squad founded by David Brock, a close associate of John Podesta and James Alefantis.

Jeff Koons Endorses Hillary Clinton for President, Says Trump Not ‘Suitable’ | ARTNET | OCT 20, 2016

Jeff Koons joins a growing list of artists and art world personalities who are endorsing Hillary Clinton in the upcoming American presidential election.

Speaking to the German art magazine Monopol, the artist argued that the Democratic candidate will do more to support the visual arts in America than Republican nominee Donald Trump. He revealed that he has supported Clinton since meeting her at the White House 20 years ago. The two have had a number of interactions since then; for instance, in 2012, Clinton presented him with the Medal of Arts.

“Hillary Clinton has always supported the arts,” Koons said, adding that she “closely follows the developments in the art world.”

Artists raise millions for Hillary Clinton | THE ART NEWSPAPER | NOV 3, 2016

“Jeff Koons has donated more than $50,000 in cash and through his work to support the US presidential candidate”

“Jeff Koons’s donation of $50,000 to Correct the Record, a “Super Pac” (Public Action Committee) backing Hillary Clinton, is the biggest cash donation by an artist to this year’s US presidential campaign. According to reports from the Federal Election Committee, Koons made the donation on 17 June this year.”

“But the artist has potentially donated significantly more in kind: he created a print in an edition of 40, Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), which was given to those who bought a $50,000 ticket to an auction hosted by Larry Gagosian in September.”

“If all 40 of those prints sold, it would raise $2m for the Hillary Victory Fund, however a spokesman for the campaign said it could not release such donor information.”

“Koons was not available for comment, but recently told Monopol magazine that he had supported Clinton for 20 years. She awarded him with the Medal of Arts in 2013, when she was Secretary of State.”

“Other prominent artists to have supported the Clinton campaign according to the FEC reports, through cash donations or auctioned works—many given as part of September’s Gagosian auction—include Marina Abramovic ($2,700 cash donation made in May), Glenn Ligon ($30,000 “joint fundraising contribution” in September), Ed Ruscha ($12,500 contribution in September), Richard Serra ($28,000 contribution in September), Cindy Sherman ($33,400 and $75,000 contributions in August and September) and Sarah Sze ($21,000 contribution in September).”

“Art dealers including Gagosian and David Zwirner have also donated to the Clinton campaign.”

He’s With Her: Larry Gagosian to Host Fundraising Auction for Hillary Clinton at 21st Street Gallery | ARTNEWS | AUG 29, 2016

ARTnews has learned that on September 12, Larry Gagosian will host “Art for Hillary Auction 2016” at the Gagosian Gallery space on West 21st Street in Chelsea, presiding over a benefit sale that will raise money for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Jeff Koons | International Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Director | RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE | ICMEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The International Center for Missing & Exploited Children held its first Board of Directors meeting in May 1998. It was officially launched in April 1999 by Hillary Clinton, then-First Lady of the United States, and Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ICMEC HISTORY / FOUNDING

Dakis Joannou | Joannou & Paraskevaides | INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN | DIRECTOR (FORMER)

Joannou & Paraskevaides is a Cypriot international building, civil and electromechanical engineering contractor with an involvement in the energy (oil and gas) and industrial sectors operating in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Asia.

J&P has built several airports in the Middle East, including Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan & UAE.

They also build roads, tunnels, bridges, islands etc.

The company was founded by his father Stelios Ioannou along with his partner George Paraskevaides.

Mr. Paraskevaides founded the Cyprus Kidney Association, the Surgical and Transplant Foundation and the Cyprus Heart Association.

Ambassador Maura Harty | President & CEO, ICMEC

Ambassador Maura Harty is our President and Chief Executive Officer. She came to ICMEC after a career in the United States Foreign Service, devoted in large part to serving the interests of American citizens abroad. As Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, Ambassador Harty directed fundamental changes in visa policies and procedures in the wake of the September 11th attacks, prioritizing national security needs while facilitating legitimate travel to the United States..An expert in crisis management, Ambassador Harty created the Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues (OCI) to address two daunting diplomatic challenges: the abduction of children by parents across international borders, and intercountry adoptions.Ambassador Harty served in a variety of senior positions at the State Department including Special Assistant to Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Executive Assistant to Secretary Warren Christopher, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and Executive Secretary of the Department of State under Secretary Colin Powell. Ambassador Harty demanded that Romania accept foreign adoption agreement, or be denied inclusion for U.S. Visa Waiver Program A/S HARTY MEETINGS IN ROMANIA ON ADOPTIONS | WIKILEAKS 05BUCHAREST1173_a | MAY 20, 2005 SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST 1.(C) In meetings May 10 and 11 with President Basescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other officials of the Government of Romania (GOR), Assistant Secretary Maura Harty found no evidence that the GOR had specific plans or strong commitment to resolve pending cases of international adoption affected by the law in place since January 1 banning adoptions out of Romania. She informed her interlocutors she would have to share that impression with American families whose petitions to adopt Romanian children were affected by the ban. She reiterated to FM Ungureanu the message given by the Secretary during his meeting with her in Washington, that establishing a road map towards eventual inclusion of Romania in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) would depend on progress towards resolving the pending cases. 2.(C) (Summary, cont,d.) After his meeting with A/S Harty, President Basescu appeared to have changed his mind and decided to take positive action on the issue. On May 12, he informed Charge d,Affaires that he had discussed the adoption issue with EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn on May 11; would instruct FM Ungureanu to write the EC expressing the desirability of putting in motion a process to resolve the cases; and that Romania would take the initiative to convince the Germans, Italians, French and others to wield their influence and urge the EC to view resolution of the cases favorably. End summary. 3.(C) Action Request: Per internal discussions during A/S Harty,s visit, post requests Department consideration of a letter from the Secretary to the European Commission urging the EC support humanitarian resolution of pending international adoption cases from Romania. End request.

COMMENT

24.(C) Post believes Basescu’s May 12 statements indicate he took to heart A/S Harty’s message and realized anew how seriously the USG takes resolution of the pending cases. His was the most forward-leaning commitment to action by the GOR leadership to date. Post will follow up with his advisors, the Prime Minister’s office and the MFA in the coming days, and continue to discreetly explore with European embassy interlocutors possibilities for their engaging the EC and European Parliament to resolve pending adoptions. End comment.

Why is she so obsessed with foreign adoptions? Why Romania?



The Board of Directors (past & present)

BOARD MEMBERS | APR 2004

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BOARD MEMBERS | AUG 2007

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BOARD MEMBERS | JUL 2011

BOARD MEMBERS | MAR 2012

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BOARD MEMBERS | MAY 2013

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BOARD MEMBERS | AUG 2014

BOARD MEMBERS | JUL 2015

BOARD MEMBERS | NOV 2016

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Secretary

Fundatia Renasterea (Romania) | President

Mihaela Geoana is married to: Mircea Geoana

Government of Romania | Ambassador to the United States (youngest ever)

The Aspen Institute of Romania | President

The Aspen Institute, Inc. | Member, Board of Trustees (Current)

World Bank Group Executive Development Program at the Harvard Business School | 1999 Graduate

Mircea Geoana ran for the Presidency of Romania in 2009. In an unprecedented narrow and contested election, he received 49.6% of the casted ballot.

Diplomatic cables revealed the discussion of agreements between Romanian organized crime and radical Muslim groups

ROMANIA: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES DIALOGUE WITH ISLAM, ORGANIZED CRIME, BORDER SECURITY | WIKILEAKS 06BUCHAREST660_a | APR 21, 2006

(C) Summary. During the recent Russian Embassy-hosted G8 Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting (Ref A), participants agreed upon the importance of dialogue and exchange with moderate Muslims but acknowledged that their Embassies had not engaged in such efforts. Several participants discussed the nexus between organized crime networks and terrorism, with one diplomat decrying Romania’s well-organized and politically connected “silent Mafia”. End Summary.

(C/NF) Specifically addressing risks posed by organized crime, the EU Counselor proposed that the “Mafia” plays a pernicious and frequently sub rosa role in Romania. Noting the absence of press or police reports about gangland killings, he suggested that Romanian organized crime “may be so well organized they don’t need to shoot each other.” He conceded that the EU had no specific information to share on this point, opining that organized crime groups Romania “stay below the radar” and frequently collude with government officials. He observed that some sources had alleged that a “deal” existed between “certain Arab groups” and the Romanian government: “let us launder money (in Romania) and we won’t attack” Romanian targets. Later in the dialogue, he stated that PKK “operations are financed by illegal operations in Romania.”

Bush admits to secret prisons | THE GLOBE AND MAIL | SEP 7, 2006 | UPDATED MAR 17, 2009

After his administration spent months steadfastly refusing to confirm the existence of the widely criticized “black sites,”

Bush not only acknowledged that terrorists had been “held and questioned outside the United States” by the Central Intelligence Agency but he praised the program as one that had broken up several plots and kept “potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill us.”

The presumed terrorists, including suspects in the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 and the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, have already been transferred to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where 455 other suspects are also being held.

Another Secret CIA Prison Found | ABC | DEC 8, 2011

Another CIA secret prison was located and identified today in Eastern Europe, and unlike others previously discovered, this one is in a heavily populated section of a capital city.

According to an AP investigation, the CIA housed six so-called high-value terrorism detainees in a Romanian government building in central Bucharest, in the midst of a leafy neighborhood and next to a railway line.

A secret CIA prison found by ABC News in Lithuania was in a forest on the premises of a former horseback riding academy outside the capital city of Vilnius.

Teresa Carlson

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Director

Amazon Web Services Worldwide | Vice-President of Public Sector

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The Rise of Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services

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The Details About the CIA’s Deal With Amazon | THE ATLANTIC | JUL 17, 2014

A $600 million computing cloud built by an outside company is a “radical departure” for the risk-averse intelligence community.

This summer, a $600 million computing cloud developed by Amazon Web Services for the Central Intelligence Agency over the past year will begin servicing all 17 agencies that make up the intelligence community.

Intelligence community loves its new Amazon cloud | FORTUNE | JUN 29, 2015

The new Amazon Web Services-built CIA cloud is more secure and capable than legacy systems, according to intelligence IT officials speaking at an AWS event.

The new Amazon Web Services-built CIA cloud is more secure and capable than legacy systems, according to intelligence IT officials speaking at an AWS event.

U.S. intelligence agencies moving from legacy systems to new cloud computing infrastructure built by Amazon AMZN Web Services are pretty happy about it thus far, according to a report in NextGov.

The use of a single set of infrastructure improves security over using older multiple data centers, speakers said. Jason Hess, cloud security manager for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the first of 17 agencies to put an application in the new cloud, said consolidation means less complexity, which makes the infrastructure easier to protect.

Two years ago, the CIA selected AWS to build and run a special, secure cloud to be used by 17 intelligence-related agencies, in a contract valued at $600 million. That was a watershed event for Amazon, the leader in public cloud services. Many companies with regulatory and compliance concerns resist the notion of using public cloud infrastructure, in which resources are typically shared by many customers, although Amazon cordons off sections of its public cloud for use by select customers.

Why Amazon’s Collaboration With the CIA Is So Ominous — and Vulnerable | HUFFINGTON POST | FEB 20, 2014

As the world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon wants a benevolent image to encourage trust from customers. Obtaining vast quantities of their personal information has been central to the firm’ business model.

Amazon is diversifying — and a few months ago the company signed a $600 million contract with the Central Intelligence Agency to provide “cloud computing” services.

Amazon now has the means, motive and opportunity to provide huge amounts of customer information to its new business partner. An official statement from Amazon headquarters last fall declared: “We look forward to a successful relationship with the CIA.”

The Central Intelligence Agency has plenty of money to throw around. Thanks to documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, we know that the CIA’s annual budget is $14.7 billion; the NSA’s is $10.8 billion.

The Cloud has been a Godsend | NEXTGOV | AUG 12, 2016

One of the CIA’s top security officials said the cloud infrastructure built by Amazon Web Services is improving the spy agency’s cybersecurity posture and speed to mission handling national security threats.

“We’re very happy with it,” Nicely added. “Our agency and other [intelligence community] components are busily working to move their workloads into the cloud, and off legacy and into the new.”

Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison | THE INDEPENDENT | DEC 08, 2011

In northern Bucharest, in a busy residential neighbourhood minutes from the heart of the capital city, is a secret the Romanian government has long tried to protect.

For years, the CIA used a government building — codenamed “Bright Light” — as a makeshift prison for its most valuable detainees. There it held al-Qa’ida operatives Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, and others in a basement prison before they were ultimately transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2006, according to former US intelligence officials familiar with the location and inner workings of the prison.

The existence of a CIA prison in Romania has been widely reported, but its location has never been made public. The Associated Press and German public television ARD located the former prison and learned details of the facility where harsh interrogation tactics were used. ARD’s programme on the CIA prison is set to air today.

The Romanian prison was part of a network of so-called black sites that the CIA operated and controlled overseas in Thailand, Lithuania and Poland. All the prisons were closed by May 2006, and the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme ended in 2009.

The CIA prison opened for business in the autumn of 2003, after the CIA decided to empty the black site in Poland, according to former US officials.

Lawyer: CIA gave Romania millions to host secret prisons | FOX NEWS | JUN 29, 2016

BUCHAREST, Romania – A rights lawyer says Romania was paid “millions of dollars” by the CIA to host secret prisons. He spoke at a European Court of Human Rights hearing into accusations that Romania allowed the agency to torture terrorism suspects as part of a secret renditions program under President George W. Bush.

Amrit Singh told the court on Wednesday there were CIA prisons in Romania from 2003-2005 with Romania’s “acquiescence and connivance.”

Singh said her client, Saudi Arabian national Abd al-Rahim Al Nashiri, was shackled, slapped and given forced rectal feeding at a Bucharest CIA prison in 2004. He is currently in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay.

Department of State Travel Information: Romania | DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Be cautious about entering into contracts with Romanian businesses and/or organizations without legal assistance. Both official and societal corruption remains problematic in Romania. The Romanian legal system is difficult for foreigners to navigate, making the assistance of a local attorney nearly essential.

See the Department of State and the FBI pages for information on scams.

Balkan Transnational Organized Crime Groups | FBI

Balkan TOC groups are politically and financially motivated groups influenced by, associated with, or originating from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania. These organized crime groups cause significant financial harm to the United States each year.

Unlike traditional organized crime groups, Balkan groups do not appear to operate under a traditional hierarchy, but rather around ethnic associations and friendship ties. They also appear to be more agile, organic, and project-based. Balkan TOC groups are adept at adopting new technologies, thus increasing their ability to expand their criminal market base through cyber-enabled fraud.

These groups engage in a myriad of criminal activity including passport fraud, access device fraud, identify theft, healthcare fraud, real estate fraud, insurance fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, human smuggling, prostitution, and extortion.

Romania Information | CIA FACTBOOK

Illicit drugs:

Major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin transiting the Balkan route and small amounts of Latin American cocaine bound for Western Europe; although not a significant financial center, role as a narcotics conduit leaves it vulnerable to laundering, which occurs via the banking system, currency exchange houses, and casinos

Economy – overview:

Romania, which joined the EU on 1 January 2007, began the transition from communism in 1989 with a largely obsolete industrial base and a pattern of output unsuited to the country’s needs. Romania’s macroeconomic gains have only recently started to spur creation of a middle class and to address Romania’s widespread poverty. Corruption and red tape continue to permeate the business environment.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Romania signed a $26 billion emergency assistance package from the IMF, the EU, and other international lenders, but GDP contracted until 2011. In March 2011, Romania and the IMF/EU/World Bank signed a 24-month precautionary standby agreement, worth $6.6 billion, to promote fiscal discipline, encourage progress on structural reforms, and strengthen financial sector stability; no funds were drawn. In September 2013, Romanian authorities and the IMF/EU agreed to a follow-on standby agreement, worth $5.4 billion, to continue with reforms. This agreement expired in September 2015, and no funds were drawn. Progress on structural reforms has been uneven, and the economy still is vulnerable to external shocks.

Disputes – international:

The ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine’s reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea

Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley

International Center for Missing & Exploited Children | Director

Regis College | B.A. in French & Spanish (graduated 1974)

Department of State | Congressional Liaison Officer (1977 – 1979)

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe | Congressional Liaison (1980 – 1981)

Department of State | Ambassador to Portugal (1994 – 1997)

Department of State | Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (1997 – 2001) during which time she established and headed the Office of Media Programming Acquisition in the “newly independent” Balkan States and served as Senate liaison for NATO Enlargement.

Department of State | Special Representative for Global Partnerships (2009 – 2013)

Department of State | Senior Advisor for Secretary’s Initiatives in the Office of the Secretary of State under John Kerry

U.N. General Assembly | U.S. Representative

US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | Vice Chair

Democratic National Committee | Chair, National Advisory Board

Council on Foreign Relations | Associate Director, Task Force on Democracy

Foreign Affairs Museum Council | Member

The Atlantic Council of the United States | Member, Board of Directors (Current)

Securing America’s Future Energy | Co-Chair, Diplomatic Council on Energy Security

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs | Member, Board of Directors (Current)

The American Ireland Fund | Member, Board of Directors (Current)

Smith Bagley, Inc. | Director

Clinton Community Library | Chair, Board of Trustees (past)

Clinton Foundation Donations

Smith and Elizabeth Bagley | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000 to the Clinton foundation | The Clinton Foundation: The Contributors

Smith Bagley, Inc. doing business as CellularOne | $50,000 – $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation

The American Ireland Fund | $250,000-$500,000

Smith Bagley provides commercial mobile wireless service in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, and has extensive wireless coverage throughout Native American lands, including federally recognized tribal lands such as the Navajo Nation and the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation.

Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | SKOLL

From 1994 to 1997, she served as the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. Ambassador Bagley is a longstanding member of The Council on Foreign Relations and the Clinton Library Foundation.

She served as Senior Advisor under former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright where she established and headed the Office of Media Programming Acquisition for the newly independent Balkan states.

Ambassador Bagley was sworn in as Special Representative for Global Partnerships in the Office of the Secretary of State on June 18, 2009.

On Public-Private Partnerships: A Conversation with Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | DELOITTE REVIEW | 2010

The past several decades have witnessed a marked shift in sources of foreign aid. Whereas the bulk of the money flowing from the United States to the developing world in the 1960s was official development assistance, today over 80 percent of it comes from private sources. In response to the increased role the private sector and civil society are playing in international development, the U.S. Department of State is shifting the way it views the department’s role in advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

To better integrate the development work being undertaken across regions and by different sectors, the State Department has created a new office under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton responsible for creating partnerships with individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations around issues of common interest ranging from food security to HIV/AIDS.

To lead this effort, Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley was appointed Special Representative for Global Partnerships. In this role, she leads the State Department’s new Global Partnership Initiative, making public-private partnerships a core component of diplomacy. A seasoned diplomat, Ambassador Bagley comes to this newly created position having previously served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and as U.S. Ambassador to Portugal.

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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN | HOME PAGE

The International Center for Missing & Exploited Children held its first Board of Directors meeting in May 1998. It was officially launched in April 1999 by Hillary Clinton, then-First Lady of the United States, and Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

ICMEC was born out of tragedy, created as a reaction to heinous crimes committed against children. Since our inception, we have worked to safeguard children from abduction, sexual abuse and exploitation, partnering with governments, academia, law enforcement, and the NGO community, to offer a range of practical measures that protect children.

Since we opened our doors to the world we have trained over 7,500 law enforcement officers. We have contributed substantially to both new and refined laws against child pornography in 100 countries. We have expanded the Global Missing Children’s Network; 24 countries are now members. We have advocated for the commemoration of International Missing Children’s Day, which is presently recognized on May 25th in 17 countries across four continents. And we have expanded our global partnerships.

Keep this in mind. Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | Senior Advisor to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Returning to Organized Crime

The Spoils of War: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade | Washington’s Hidden Agenda: Restore the Drug Trade | GLOBAL RESEARCH.

In 2014 the Afghan opium cultivation has once again hit a record high, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2014 Afghan Opium Survey.



Post 9/11 Afghanistan: Opium Cultivation, Production Increases Nearly 20-Fold | BREITBART | SEP 11, 2016

Opium cultivation and production has thrived over the course of the Afghanistan war despite a dramatic drop after the U.S. and NATO ended their combat mission in Afghanistan and withdrew most of their troops at the end of 2014.

Amid the ongoing heroin epidemic in the United States that is killing thousands, the White House and other government agencies have sounded the alarm on Afghanistan heroin possibly flowing into the U.S. through Canada, where most of the heroin available is from Afghanistan.

Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit From It | NEW YORK TIMES | FEB 15, 2016

More than ever, Afghan government officials have become directly involved in the opium trade, expanding their competition with the Taliban beyond politics and into a struggle for control of the drug traffic and revenue.

Middle Eastern Transnational Organized Crime Groups | FBI

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI has taken a new look at the various criminal threats originating in the Middle East and from Middle Eastern communities in the United States. The Bureau, and law enforcement in general, recognize that Middle Eastern criminal groups often have no direct nexus to terror. Rather, these groups frequently have the same goals as any traditional organized crime ring—to make money through illegal activities.

Criminal groups with associations to the Middle East have been active in the U.S. since at least the 1970s, particularly in areas with significant Middle Eastern or Southwest Asian populations. These organizations are typically loosely organized theft or financial fraud rings formed along familial or tribal lines, and include criminals from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. They typically use small storefronts as bases for criminal operations.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S ORGANIZATION EXPANDS GLOBAL REACH WITH NEW BOARD MEMBERS | ICMEC ARCHIVE

Eve Branson: Mrs. Branson was a founding board member of ICMEC in 1999 and served on the first board of directors until 2005. She is also the mother of Sir Richard Branson who was ICMEC’s founding sponsor. Last month she released her new autobiography “Mums the Word.” Mrs. Branson also heads the Eve Branson Foundation which works to improve the lives of women and girls in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley: Ambassador Bagley served as the Special Representative for Global Partnerships for the U.S. State Department from 2009 until 2013. She is an attorney specializing in international law, was an Adjunct Law Professor at Georgetown University, was a Senior Advisor to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and served as the US Ambassador to Portugal.

RICHARD BRANSON | FOUNDER, VIRGIN | 4-TRADERS What travel ban? The Obamas visit neighboring island with billionaire host Richard Branson during second week of holiday on his private island | DAILY MAIL

Leading the Global Partnership Initiative: Insights from Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | IBM CENTER FOR THE BUSINESSS OF GOVERNMENT | SPRING 2010

Leading the global partnership initiative: insights from Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley

Strengthening America’s Global Development Partnerships: A Policy Blueprint for Better Collaboration Between the U.S. Government, Business and Civil Society | BROOKINGS

Early Progress on Reform and Partnerships

Only a few months into their tenures, the Obama administration and the 111th Congress have already initiated efforts that present opportunities to strengthen America’s global development partnerships. Since taking office, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consistently voiced her support for making development an equal partner, along with defense and diplomacy, in advancing U.S. national security. In April 2009, she also announced the launch of the Global Partnership Initiative to facilitate the expansion of current partnerships with business and non-governmental organizations and the creation of new ones. Additionally, Secretary Clinton’s designation of Elizabeth Bagley, a politically connected diplomat, to lead the initiative along with Kris Balderston, one of Clinton’s close advisers, serves as a sign of her significant interest in this area.

In May 2009, the President announced a $63 billion commitment over six years to tackle global health issues such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal health, building on the success of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), one of the most significant foreign assistance programs of the previous administration. It is still unclear what shape these nascent efforts will take as they develop, and President Obama’s designee to head USAID should figure prominently in guiding foreign assistance reform, but early signs indicate clear recognition of the need and opportunity to strengthen partnerships.

On Public-Private Partnerships: A Conversation with Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley | DELOITTE REVIEW | 2010

The past several decades have witnessed a marked shift in sources of foreign aid. Whereas the bulk of the money flowing from the United States to the developing world in the 1960s was official development assistance, today over 80 percent of it comes from private sources. In response to the increased role the private sector and civil society are playing in international development, the U.S. Department of State is shifting the way it views the department’s role in advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

To better integrate the development work being undertaken across regions and by different sectors, the State Department has created a new office under Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton responsible for creating partnerships with individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations around issues of common interest ranging from food security to HIV/AIDS.

To lead this effort, Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley was appointed Special Representative for Global Partnerships. In this role, she leads the State Department’s new Global Partnership Initiative, making public-private partnerships a core component of diplomacy. A seasoned diplomat, Ambassador Bagley comes to this newly created position having previously served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and as U.S. Ambassador to Portugal.

Q: in the 1960s, nearly 70 Percent of all the money flowing from the united states to the developing world was official development assistance. today over 80 Percent is from Private sources. How did that come about and what are the implications for our foreign Policy?

BAGLEY: It is an amazing figure. This came about because more and more corporations, foundations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were entering these countries. I think it came about due to the globalization of the world economy. Even though we’ve scaled up on what we do as a government, the big development is the proliferation of companies, nonprofts, for-profts and foundations. It just shows how the world has changed. Foreign policy is not just made by governments anymore.

Q: How do you balance the needs of companies, the role of the government and the needs of the country involved?

BAGLEY: I think companies have realized that they can’t exploit the local market. It’s not only not good moral practice but it’s not good business, because if you go in and basically ravage a country, you’re not getting anything out of it. You’re not developing sustainable solutions for whatever business you’re involved in. I think companies realize as we do this that they can’t do it alone, that they need us to be there with them to be partners and that they have to be more strategic about how they do business. They have to be more socially responsible than in the old days.

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Clinton Foundation Donations

Smith and Elizabeth Bagley | $1,000,001 – $5,000,000 to the Clinton foundation | The Clinton Foundation: The Contributors

Smith Bagley, Inc. doing business as CellularOne | $50,000 – $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation

The American Ireland Fund | $250,000-$500,000

Smith Bagley provides commercial mobile wireless service in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, and has extensive wireless coverage throughout Native American lands, including federally recognized tribal lands such as the Navajo Nation and the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation.

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Good Governance Group (G3) | Founder

C5 Capital (partnered with Amazon Web Services) | Founder

Kroll | Manager, Africa & Natural Resources Division

BAE Systems | Contractor for BAE through C5 Capital

United States Institute of Peace | Board of Advisors

Africa Union Foundation | Council Member

Convicted of Aiding Adversaries : S. Africa Major a Spy for Black-Ruled State | LOS ANGELES TIMES | MAY 13, 1987

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A 32-year-old major in the South African armed forces, accused of spying for at least one of the country’s black-ruled neighbors, was convicted Tuesday in Pretoria of betraying national secrets. Maj. Andre Etienne Pienaar, reputedly a key officer in military intelligence at the Voortrekkerhoogte defense headquarters outside Pretoria, was convicted of three charges under the country’s official secrets act after pleading guilty to some counts but innocent to several others. The indictment is still classified. Although Pienaar was tried in secret and no information has been released officially, local newspapers have reported that he was working for the intelligence services of at least one of the black-ruled nations committed to ending minority white rule in South Africa and that the material he supplied was shared with the outlawed African National Congress. A South African intelligence expert made payments of as much as £60,000 through his security company for an unregistered charity linked to Dr Liam Fox | THE TELEGRAPH | OCT 22, 2011 Andre Pienaar, a multi-millionaire who keeps out of the public limelight, runs G3 Good Governance Group, a corporate security and intelligence company whose clients include the defence contractor BAE Systems. In a lucrative industry reliant on insider information and expertise, Mr Pienaar has made it his business to be well-connected. A number of Establishment figures are on the company’s payroll. G3’s main source of income is providing intelligence for big business including “competitor analysis” and cyber security at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds. There is no suggestion that the company, which is worth about £20 million, has operated in any way outside the law. The chairman of G3’s advisory board is the Duke of Westminster, while the company worked behind the scenes — and free of charge — as security consultants in the run-up to this summer’s royal wedding. As a result, Mr Pienaar, 41, received an invite to the wedding ceremony as a guest of Buckingham Palace. Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb, the former director of UK Special Forces, is also listed as a G3 adviser, while Lord Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, is a non-executive director of Proven, an investigatory arm of G3. C5 Capital aims to raise $150m cloud computing fund | FINANCIAL TIMES | AUG 23, 2016

C5 Capital, the London-based fund manager, is aiming to raise a $150m fund to tap the booming cloud computing sector after poaching the European head of Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of the US technology group. Marcos Battisti will join the firm in September to run what would be the largest fund of its type in Europe targeting businesses that operate in the cloud computing market, enabling the remote processing and storage of internet content and services. At Intel, Mr Battisti led investments in companies including mobile connectivity group Sigfox in France and Anobit, the Israeli semiconductor company that was bought by Apple in 2012. The origin of the new cloud fund was C5’s partnership with Amazon Web Services earlier this year in a Bahrain-based fund that backed start-up companies in the Middle East and Africa. The new fund will aim at funding the next stage of development of companies in the cloud sector, with a typical investment likely to be between $5m and $15m. G3 | BAHRAIN WATCH | APR 29, 2017 G3 was hired by the Bahrain government’s Information Affairs Authority in July 2011, according to official tender documents, for a sum of £1.5 million (US$ 2,370,000). G3 was tasked with developing a “media campaign to support Bahrain’s position in the international community”. Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb is a retired British army officer who now works as a “special adviser” to G3. He has had a distinguished career in the British Army, having served as the commander of the SAS and Commander Field Army, and held senior military positions in the Western military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been particularly outspoken in the media about his views on the political unrest in Bahrain, without at any point clarifying that his company has been contracted to do PR for the government.

Alain Mérieux

Fondation Mérieux | President

Fondation Christophe et Rodolphe Mérieux | President (2001 – present)

The two independent family foundations are dedicated to the fight against infectious diseases in developing countries. In 1994, Fondation Mérieux created the “P4 Jean Mérieux” BSL4 maximum-security laboratory in Lyon, which is managed today by Inserm.

Institut Mérieux | Chairman | Bioindustrial group comprising 5 companies dedicated to global public health:

bioMérieux

Transgene

Mérieux NutriSciences

ABL, Inc.

Mérieux Développement

The Mérieux family has over a century of experience in infectious diseases in the field of vaccines and in vitro diagnostics.

In 1963, with Becton Dickinson, he created BD Mérieux, specialized in in vitro diagnostic solutions. He became majority shareholder in 1974 and changed the name to bioMérieux. The company is present today in more than 150 countries with over 7,700 employees. From 1968 to 1994, Alain Mérieux was Chairman and CEO of Institut Mérieux, taking the group to the position of world leader in the field of human and veterinary vaccines.

He acquired Institut Pasteur Production in France in 1985 and Connaught Laboratories in North America in 1989.

From 1986 to 1998, he was also the First Vice President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Assembly (France), in charge of International Relations, Economic Development, Research and Higher Education.

Fondation Mérieux USA $10,001 – $25,000

Honors and Awards:

National Order of the Southern Cross of Brazil (1974)

Commander of the National Order of Merit of France (1994)

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1998)

Commander of the National Order of Mali as a Foreigner (2004)

Commander of the Legion of Honor of France (2004)

Officer of the National Order of Burkina Faso (2014).

Amanda Gutkin | Strategic Business Advisor – Middle East

GRG Partners | Co-Founder | A consultancy firm specializing in intermediation and fundraising for corporate acquisitions and high-end real estate development projects with a focus on the Middle East, Africa, the UK and the US

Global Virus Network | Senior Advisor, UAE

Raymond Schinazi | Board of Directors

Prudence Bushnell | Senior Advisor —- Where do we know her from?



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Environmental causes and impacts of the genocide in Rwanda | ACCORD | OCT 26, 2010

Empirical evidence obtained and secondary data sources indicate that the genocide in Rwanda destroyed not only human resources and social and cultural structures but also infrastructure, development facilities and natural resources which had serious negative consequences on the total environment.

Spread of malaria

The primary research also shows that malaria has now become evident in Cyangugu and other areas where previously this was rare. Most leaders reported that after the genocide malaria posed a significant problem with serious consequences for much of the population. Leaders attributed the prevalence of the disease to poor environmental management and poverty.

Poverty, Global Health and Infectious Disease: Lessons from Haiti and Rwanda | NCBI | SEP 1, 2012

As demonstrated above, poverty and associated disease rarely arise de novo. Heavy burdens of disease predictably strike those places, most often resource-poor communities, where structural violence weighs most heavily. Moreover, structural violence—institutionalized biases and inequalities including racism, elitism, gender inequality, militarism, and economic policy that fosters inequity—often emanates from global centers of power and privilege, and increases the risk of encounter with communicable disease [18].

In 1996, Prudence Bushnell was appointed ambassador to Kenya.

Stationed at the US Embassy in Nairobi, she used her office to push Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to institute democratic reforms and to root out corruption in his government, a major drag on Kenya’s economy.

Bushnell soon became alarmed at the vulnerability of the U.S. embassy compound to attack.

Before Bombings, Omens and Fears | NEW YORK TIMES | JAN 9, 1999

In the spring of 1998, Prudence Bushnell, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, sent an emotional letter to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright begging for the secretary’s personal help.

Ms. Bushnell, a career diplomat, had been fighting for months for a more secure embassy in the face of mounting terrorist threats and a warning that she was the target of an assassination plot.

The department had repeatedly refused to grant her request, citing a lack of money. But that kind of response, she wrote Albright, was “endangering the lives of embassy personnel.”

The CIA and the FBI had been amassing increasingly ominous and detailed clues about potential threats in Kenya, officials said. But the State Department bureaucracy still dismissed Ms. Bushnell.

Albright took no action. And three months later, on Aug. 7, the American Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya were simultaneously attacked with car bombs. Twelve American diplomats and more than 200 Africans were killed in Kenya.

The State Department has acknowledged that Ms. Bushnell raised questions about security before the bombing. But a close examination of events in the year before the assaults, based on interviews with officials throughout the U.S. government, shows her concerns were more intense, more well-founded, more specific, and more forcefully expressed than has previously been known.

The CIA repeatedly told State Department officials in Washington and in the Kenya Embassy that there was an active terrorist cell in Kenya connected to Osama bin Laden, the Saudi exile who is accused of mastermindin