Lisa Lerer, Julian Zelizer, and Harry Smith
John F. Kennedy Library
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a Senior Strategic Engagement Leader at Special Operations Command. He served as ambassador to Zimbabwe (2016-2018), the Philippines (2010-2013) and Bangladesh (2003-2005). He retired in March 2018 with the rank of Career Minister after more than three decades in the Foreign Service. Ambassador Thomas also served as Executive Secretary and Special Assistant to Secretary Rice, Director General of the Foreign Service, Director for South Asia at the National Security Council and Director of the Operations Center.
Virtual
J.T. Turner
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
Lisa Haugaard, the co-director of the Latin America Working Group, has spearheaded advocacy on human rights and peace issues in Latin America for two decades. She directs advocacy on Colombia, Central America, development and military aid and policy and coordinates coalition campaigns with U.S. and Latin American partners. Lisa has testified multiple times before the U.S. Congress and produced reports on human rights topics. She has participated in international human rights verification missions in Colombia, Mexico and Central America, including on human rights defenders, migrant rights, extrajudicial executions, peace accord implementation, and electoral observation.
Virtual
Toshi Reagon and Mariama White-Hammond
John F. Kennedy Library
Fred Dust has designed conversations for all sorts of scenarios from the Aspen Institute to victims of gun violence in Brooklyn. He chairs the board of Parsons School of Design and sits on the board of NPR, the New School and Sundance Institute.
Virtual
Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis
Virtual
Dan Balz, Jonathan Capehart, Maria Hinojosa, and Alice Stewart
John F. Kennedy Library
Stephan Wolfert
Virtual
Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.) and Chief Justice Margaret Marshall
John F. Kennedy Library
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