Honolulu Leadership Dialogue 2012 - Ashford & Wriston...Carlsmith Wichman Case Mukai and Ichiki. Mr. Carey began his tenure at Outrigger as executive vice president and general counsel

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Founder’s Welcome 2

Message from the Leader of the Honolulu Leadership Dialogue 3

Message from the East-West Center 4

Honolulu 2012 Agenda 6

Closed Session Policy 8

American Participants 9

Leadership Dialogue Photo Gallery 20

Australian Participants 22

Staff 28

Our Supporters 29

Leadership Dialogue History 32

CONTENTS

WAIKIKI

M A P OF HONOLULU 1. Halekulani 2. East-West Center 3. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse

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2 3 Message from the Leader of the Honolulu Leadership Dialogue

Welcome to the 2012 Honolulu Leadership Dialogue co-hosted by the Australian American Leadership Dialogue and the East-West Center.

The world is facing significant challenges in many areas including economic, political, environment, security and defence.

Asia Pacific is the most dynamic region in the world today with its continued economic expansion and rising influence in world affairs. Both Australia and the United States have deep ties into the region and shared interests, and are uniquely placed to engage with the region.

As we look toward the future, it is timely that we meet once again to learn from each other and discuss the implications of these changes for our countries.

We are indebted to Charles Morrison, the East-West Center, Australian Consul-General Scott Dewar, and U.S. Pacific Command for their continued support in helping foster this important relationship between Australia and the United States – founded on our common interest and shared values.

We look forward to two days of intensive discussion, sharing ideas and most importantly, strengthening the ties between our countries.

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Ma r t i n Ad a msExecutive Director Australian American Leadership Dialogue

We are grateful to Martin Adams as delegation leader, and for his continued stewardship of the agenda and engagement with our co-hosts. Mehrdad Baghai’s innovative flair as chairman of the Australian American Education Leadership Foundation (AAELF)—the Australian resourcing vehicle for Leadership Dialogue events —is a continuing feature of our ongoing success. The opportunity to engage Pacific Command during this Honolulu Leadership Dialogue is a rare privilege indeed, and offers a unique and insightful learning experience with consequential personal growth.

I wish each American and Australian delegate a very successful 2012 Honolulu Leadership Dialogue.

Kind personal regards,

Ph i l Sc a n la nFounderAustralian American Leadership Dialogue

As we continue to mark the 20th anniversary year of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, this is the fifth annual Honolulu Leadership Dialogue with our co-hosts the East-West Center and Pacific Command. Charles Morrison and his East-West Center team have collaborated in setting the scene with a finely tuned, balanced and compelling agenda. The bipartisan Leadership Dialogue aims to advance understanding between American and Australian leaders on matters of designated mutual interest, such as defense, security and conversation about our shared Indo Pacific neighbourhood. Since last year, there are potentially more disturbing flash points which warrant our focused attention and concern. We also meet at a sensitive and fascinating stage in the US Presidential and Congressional election timetable. The premise of the Leadership Dialogue is that

• Individuals—people like you—really do make a difference

• Australians should not presume the permanence of their alliance with the United States

• America should not take Australia for granted

• Leadership is about listening and learning, giving not taking

FOU NDER’S W ELCOME TO 2012 HONOLULU LE A DER SHIP DI A LOGUE

Founder’s Welcome

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21 – 23 OCTOBERHONOLULU HAWAII

HONOLULU 2012

It is my pleasure to welcome the participants to the East-West Center for the 2012 Australian-American Leadership Dialogue (AALD) program in Hawaii. The AALD continues to play a leading role in promoting bipartisan and informed dialogue between opinion leaders of Australia and the United States on issues that matter to both nations. We are pleased that the Hawaii program, launched four years ago by Phil Scanlan, continues as a vigorous element of the broader AALD process.

Australia and the United States are very important allies, not only in the narrower sense of their defense relationship, but in the broader context of sharing values and interests toward the outside world and

working in partnership toward achieving common goals. Moreover, as open and democratic societies adjusting to new social and economic realities, our two nations face many similar challenges in their domestic spheres, where sharing experiences and best practices may be mutually beneficial. I am convinced that non-governmental dialogue is an excellent means of strengthening our understanding of issues and shaping constructive cooperative policy approaches.

I am confident that participants in this 2012 AALD in Hawaii will once again will again find the exchange enriching. Particularly to our overseas participants from Australia, we wish the warmest welcome and promise a productive and enjoyable stay in our islands.

Cha rle s E . Morr i sonPresident, East-West Center

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Message from the East-West Center

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Monday 22, October Continued

5:00 pm Day one concludes

Dress code: Orchids Restaurant - dress shirt, long pants, and covered shoes for gentlemen, with evening resort wear for ladies. No shorts, t-shirts or slippers.

7:00 pm DinnerOrchids Restaurant, Halekulani 2199 Kalia Road Honolulu, HI, 96815

Tuesday 23, October

Dress code: Aloha

8:00 am Bus departs the Halekulani for the East-West Center

8:15 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Session III: PIVOT

10:15 am Morning Tea

10:30 am Session IV: Energy and Resources

11:45 am Lunch

1:30 pm Session V: Maritime Security – South China Sea / Japan / Korea

3:00 pm Afternoon Tea

3:15 pm Session VI: Trade / Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

4:45 pm Final Comments

5:00 pm Day two concludes Bus departs the East-West Center for the Halekulani

7:00 pm Dinner – Hosted by the East-West Centre

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Honolulu 2012 Agenda

HONOLULU 2012 AGENDA

Sunday 21, October

Dress code: Aloha

5:00 pm AALD delegation will depart from the Hotel Halekulani for the Welcome Reception Consul-General Scott Dewar’s Residence 1797 Laukahi Street Waialae Iki, Honolulu HI 96821

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Welcome ReceptionHosted by Australian Consul-General Scott Dewar

7:20 pm Buses depart the Consul-General’s Residence for the Hotel Halekulani

7:45 pm DinnerRuth’s Chris Steakhouse 226 Lewers Street Suite 233 Honolulu, HI, 96815

Monday 22, October

Dress code: Aloha

8:00 am Bus departs the Halekulani for the East-West Center

8:15 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Welcome, Introduction and Opening Remarks

9:30 am Session I: Australian Political Review

10:30 am Group Photo – Honolulu Leadership Dialogue delegation 2012

11:00 am Morning Tea

11:30 am Session II: U.S. Political Review

12:30 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Australian Delegation depart the East-West Center for US Pacific Command

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American Participants

W. Dav id P. Ca re y I I IPresident and Chief Executive OfficerOutrigger Enterprises, Inc.

David Carey is president and chief executive officer of Outrigger Enterprises, Inc., a Honolulu-based company that owns Outrigger Hotels & Resorts and OHANA Hotels of Hawaii. Outrigger is the largest full-service lodging and hospitality company in Hawaii, and currently operates, manages or has under development 46 hotels and resort condominiums representing over 11,000 rooms and condominium units in Hawaii, Australia, South East Asia, Guam and the South Pacific.

Mr. Carey has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University, a J.D., cum laude, and an M.B.A. with distinction from Santa Clara University. He was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Mr. Carey moved to Honolulu In 1982, and was an attorney specializing in corporate and real estate law at Carlsmith Wichman Case Mukai and Ichiki. Mr. Carey began his tenure at Outrigger as executive vice president and general counsel in 1986. He was named president in 1988, and chief executive officer in 1994.

Mr. Carey and his wife, Kathy, have four children. Kathy is an assistant coach for the University of Hawaii’s women’s soccer team.

Mr. Carey is involved with numerous business and community organizations. He is a director or trustee of the Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Council (Chair), Hawaii Business Roundtable, Honolulu Festival, James Campbell Company LLC, and Punahou School. He is a member of the APEC Host Committee, Chief Executives Organization, Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association, Hawaii State Bar Association, Urban Land Institute, and Young Presidents Organization/World Presidents Organization.

Mr. Carey is an avid golfer, an occasional tennis player and a retired soccer player.

R ay mond Bu rg ha rdtDirectorEast-West Seminars, East-West Center

Ambassador Raymond F. Burghardt joined the East-West Center in January 2005 as the Director of East-West Seminars, the Center’s division that organizes dialogue and exchange programs. In February 2006, Secretary of State Rice appointed Burghardt Chairman of the Board of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).

The Obama Administration has asked him to continue in that position which he holds concurrently with his position at the East-West Center. AIT is the entity established in 1979 to manage U.S. relations with Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.

Burghardt served as the Ambassador to Vietnam from 2001-2004. He was formerly in Taipei as Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) from 1999-2001. He previously served as Consul General in Shanghai (1997-1999),

as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Manila (1993-1996) and Seoul (1990-1993), and as Political Counselor in Beijing (1987-1989). Burghardt’s earlier career included an assignment on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to President Reagan and Senior Director of Latin American Affairs. Ambassador Burghardt received a B.A. from Columbia College in 1967 and did graduate study at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs.

All sessions of the Leadership Dialogue are ‘closed’ (‘off-the-record’) with all information and views expressed to remain in the room.

Media delegates may approach participants outside the sessions to ask for comments on the record.

This rule gives participants full control of how little or how much of their views may be published and will enable the Australian American Leadership Dialogue to serve both goals of facilitating deeper engagement between Australia and the United States, while also encouraging public discourse on the issues under discussion.

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Scot t De wa rAustralian Consul-General, Honolulu

Mr Dewar is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). His appointment as Consul-General, Honolulu was announced in August 2011.

Between February 2008 and September 2010 he was an adviser on international,

defence and national security issues in the Prime Minister’s Office. Between November 2010 and April 2011 he was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University’s Australian Centre on China in the World.

Mr Dewar has previously served in the Australian Embassies in Beijing and Seoul. At DFAT in Canberra he has been Director of the Speechwriting Section and has worked in the Conventional

and Nuclear Disarmament Section, the Korea Section and the Regional Security Section. He joined DFAT in 1994.

Mr Dewar holds a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University and a Bachelor of Arts with honours from the University of Melbourne. He speaks Japanese, Korean and Mandarin. He is married with three sons.

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R a lph A . C ossaPresidentPacific Forum CSIS

Ralph A. Cossa is President of the Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu, a non-profit, foreign policy research institute affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. He is a founding member and former international co-chair of the multinational track two Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), and co-chairs the

CSCAP study group aimed at halting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Asia Pacific region. He also serves as Executive Director of the US Member Committee (USCSCAP).

Mr. Cossa is the primary US representative to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Experts and Eminent Persons Group. He is senior editor of the Pacific Forum’s electronic journal, Comparative Connections and a member of the editorial boards of a number of international journals, including Korea Review and Security Challenges.

Cossa sits on the Board of the Pacific Asian Affairs Council (Honolulu) and is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NY), the Council on US-Korean Security Studies (Washington DC/Seoul), and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London). He is a frequent contributor to regional newspapers, including the Japan Times, Korea Times, and International Herald Tribune.

Tom C oone yU.S. State Department Foreign Policy Advisor U.S. Army, Pacific CommandFort Shafter, Hawaii

Tom Cooney has served since August 2011 as the Foreign Policy Advisor to the U.S. Army, Pacific Command (USARPAC), at Fort Shafter, HI. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1994 and has since served in Shanghai,

Beijing, Hong Kong, Santiago, Taipei and Washington.

Promoted to the Senior Foreign Service in 2010, his primary career track within the State Department is Public Diplomacy.

Tom speaks Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. He has been honored with multiple State Department Superior Honor and Meritorious Honor awards as well as the global Public Diplomacy Achievement Award in

2010 for his leadership efforts as Deputy Commissioner General of the USA Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, the largest world’s fair in history.

Tom is from Detroit, Michigan, and holds degrees from Cornell University (B.S., Communications) and the University of South Carolina (Master, International Business). He is married with three children.

Bla i r C ol l i s President and Chief Executive OfficerBishop Museum

Blair D Collis became the President and CEO of Bishop Museum in June 2011- the tenth executive leader in the museum’s 123 year history.

Collis first joined Bishop Museum in 1999, and has since worn many hats including Director of Bishop Museum Press, the Director of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Public

Operations and most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership Bishop Museum entered a new era of excellence with the award winning restoration of Hawaiian Hall completed in 2009, the completion of its award- winning Native Hawaiian Garden in 2010 and the current restoration of Polynesian Hall.Other evidence of his work manifests itself in Hawaii’s literary landscape.

While the Director of Sales and Marketing at Mutual Publishing, Collis supervised the publishing of over 200

book titles and products. He also served as the President of the “Hawai’i Book Publisher’s Association, and co-founded the Hawai’i Book & Music Festival” which now draws over 20,000 participants each year.

Australian- born Collis first came to Hawai’i as a freshman at the University of Hawai’i where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in International Business.

E d Ca seAttorney Bays Deaver Lung Rose and HolmaFormer Member of Congress

Congressman Ed Case served Hawaii in the U. S. House of Representatives from 2002 to 2007, focusing on economic, budget and Asia-Pacific issues.

His public service has also included eight years in the Hawaii House of Representatives. Ed Case has been a Hawaii lawyer since 1981, currently practicing real estate and business law with the Honolulu firm of Bays Lung Rose & Holma. He was born and raised in Hawaii and educated at Williams College (Massachusetts) and the

University of California/Hastings Law School (San Francisco). He has worked and traveled extensively throughout the Asia-Pacific, including Australia as a jackeroo in the Riverina. He is married with three sons.

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Brad Glos serma nExecutive DirectorPacific Forum CSIS

Brad Glosserman is Executive Director of the Pacific Forum CSIS in Honolulu, a nonprofit, foreign policy research institute affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Affairs (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. The Pacific Forum has provided policy-oriented analysis and promoted dialogue on regional security, political, economic and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific region since 1975. He oversees all aspects of Pacific Forum activities.

Mr. Glosserman is co-editor of Comparative Connections, the Pacific Forum’s quarterly electronic journal, and

writes, along with Pacific Forum President Ralph Cossa, the regional review. He directs the Pacific Forum’s Young Leaders program. He has written dozens of monographs on U.S. foreign policy and Asian security relations. Other articles have appeared in scholarly journals throughout the region, and he has contributed numerous chapters to various books on regional security. He is the editor (with Tae-hyo Kim) of The Future of U.S.-Korea-Japan Relations: Balancing Values and Interests (CSIS Press 2004). His opinion articles and commentary regularly appear in media around the globe. He is a frequent participant in U.S. State Department visiting lecture programs and speaks at conferences, research institutes and universities around the world.

Prior to joining Pacific Forum, Mr. Glosserman was, for 10 years, a member of The Japan Times editorial board, and wrote a weekly column on technology. He continues to serve as a contributing editor for the newspaper. While in Japan, he also was a lecturer on Japanese politics at the Institute for the International Education of Students. He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Management Center of Innsbruck (MCI).

Mr. Glosserman has a JD from George Washington University, an MA from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a BA from Reed College.

G a rre t t GraceSenior Vice President and Senior Manager Central Pacific Bank (Honolulu)

A native of Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, Mr. Garrett Grace was raised in Ireland and in countries throughout the Middle East, Africa and Australia. He immigrated to Australia in 1983 where he served in the Royal Australian Navy for 6-years. A Desert Storm veteran, Grace saw active service on the destroyer HMAS Brisbane. In 1993, he immigrated to the USA and settled in Hawaii.

Today, Mr. Grace is Senior Vice President at Central Pacific Bank with a specialty in corporate finance, renewable energy project finance and technology.

Mr. Grace is a member and former Director of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, a board member of the Hawaii Foundation for Agricultural Research, the Imperial Plaza Association and Ballet Hawaii. Grace has served on the board of USO of Hawaii and is a Bridge Member of the US Navy League. A graduate of Hawaii Pacific University, he has been recognized with the Alumni Service Award (2002) for his contributions to the community.

Grace is a 2007 graduate of the National Graduate School of Banking at the University of Washington.

Mr. Grace is a Pacific Century Fellow (2003) and was recognized as one of the Pacific Business News “Forty Under 40” (2004). He has served as an Economic Development Advisor for the Mayor of Honolulu, the 11th largest city in the USA.

He was awarded the Australian Active Service Medal, Australian Service Medal, Australian Defence Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medals (Saudi Arabia & Kuwait) and the Meritorious Unit Citation (HMAS Brisbane).

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Mel i s sa Finuc a neSenior FellowEast-West Center

Melissa Finucane, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Working in Pacific Islands and South-East Asia, Dr Finucane’s research focuses on human dimensions of regional environmental risks. Example research questions include: How do people make decisions about what is risky and what is an acceptable level of risk? How do people perceive and respond to vulnerability? What adaptation strategies are perceived to be most effective for complex, global risks such as climate change? What is the role of coupled human-natural systems in the spread of infectious disease? Dr Finucane’s work focuses on the interplay of affect and cognition and the role of socio-cultural factors in

judgment and decision processes under conditions of uncertainty. She is currently the Lead Principal Investigator for the Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This program aims to facilitate the use of climate science in climate adaptation efforts in the Pacific Islands via integrated research, assessment, and outreach activities. Dr. Finucane is also Co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation project examining the relationship between societal development and outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry in Vietnam.

Dr. Finucane received an M.Psych. and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Western Australia in 1997. During 1997-2001, she worked as a Research Scientist with Drs. Paul Slovic and others at Decision Research, Eugene, Oregon.

In 2001, Dr. Finucane moved to Honolulu, Hawai’i, to work as a Research Investigator at the Center for Health Research Hawai’i. In 2007, Dr. Finucane joined the Research Program at the East-West Center, working primarily with the Environmental Change, Vulnerability, and Governance group. She is a member of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Dr. Finucane has published in numerous journals, including: Journal of Behavioral Decision Making; Risk Analysis; Journal of Risk Research; Social Science and Medicine; Health, Risk and Society; The Contemporary Pacific; Psychology and Aging; Journal of Environmental Management; and others.

Pau la Dobr ia nsk yDistinguished National Security ChairU.S. Naval Academy Ambassador Dobriansky is the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She is also Chair of the World Affairs Councils of America. Recently, she was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs for two years at Thomson Reuters. From 2001 to 2009, Ambassador Dobriansky served as Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, during which time, she was appointed the President’s Special

Envoy to Northern Ireland. She received the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Medal for her work. Other previous government appointments include: Associate Director for Policy and Programs, USIA; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Deputy Head, U.S. Delegation, 1990 Copenhagen Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council, the White House. From 1997 to 2001, she was appointed by the President to the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. She also served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the

Council’s first George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies. From 1994 to 1998, she was appointed to George Mason University’s Board of Visitors. Ambassador Dobriansky received a BSFS summa cum laude in International Politics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MA and PhD in Soviet political/military affairs from Harvard University. She is a Fulbright Hays Scholar, Ford and Rotary Foundation Fellow, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a recipient of six international awards, including Poland’s Highest Medal of Merit. Ambassador Dobriansky has also received three Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters and one Honorary Doctorate of Laws.

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K a ren Gr i s se t tePublic Diplomacy AdvisorU.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu

Ms. Karen Grissette is the Public Diplomacy Advisor at U.S. Pacific Command in Honolulu. She coordinates security-focused public diplomacy programs that enhance partnerships between the United States and its governmental and nongovernmental partners throughout East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific.

Ms. Grissette was most recently Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. The Under Secretary leads the United States’ public diplomacy outreach, which includes communicating with international

audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism.

Abroad, Ms. Grissette was most recently the Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Embassy, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where she managed cultural affairs, faith communities engagement, and educational, professional, and youth exchanges. She worked closely with Tanzanian partners to advance women’s rights, and promote progress on health, education, good governance and security goals. She provided public affairs support for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and U.S. Africa Command. Her other assignments have included political officer at U.S. Embassy, Athens,

Greece, where she followed human rights and domestic political developments, and political and consular officer at U.S. Embassy, Kingston, Jamaica. Ms. Grissette supervised elections and voter registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Among Ms. Grissette’s awards are the State Department’s 2010 Swanee Hunt Award for Advancing Women’s Role in Policy Formulation, the Superior Honor Award and four Meritorious Honor Awards. She hails from Pittsburg, California and speaks Greek and Swahili. She graduated with academic distinction from Whittier College, and earned a Master in Public Policy degree from Princeton University.

Na nc y L e w isDirector, Research Program, East-West Center

Nancy D. Lewis brings extensive research, administrative, teaching and outreach, and international scientific leadership experience to the East-West Center (www.eastwestcenter.org) as the Director of the Research Program.

Nancy was recruited to the East-West Center from the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she served as the Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Geography with affiliate appointments in Public Health, Pacific Island Studies, Women’s Studies and Urban and Regional Planning. Nancy has long been involved with the Pacific Science Association (www.Pacificscience.org), a regional,

interdisciplinary science organization, and she currently serves as PSA president. She has led the organization’s efforts to promote women and science for over a decade. Nancy has also served on the gender advisory board of the International Federation of Institutes of Advanced Study and on the founding board of the International Association for Ecology and Health. She is a past president of the Hawaii chapter of Sigma Xi and has served on the editorial boards of Pacific Science, EcoHealth, and Ethics, Place and Environment. She also serves (ex-officio) on the US National Research Council for the Pacific Science Association.

Nancy’s research has revolved around the intersection between health and the environment, exploring the geography of health and disease; health and development; gender and

‘safe womanhood’; and currently climate change and health; and globalization, health and human security. She has over thirty years of field experience in the Pacific Islands and more recent experience in East, South and Southeast Asia.

Nancy holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in geography, a M.S. in health and medical science, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow in the mid-1980’s and was awarded an EWC teaching award for most outstanding instructor. She has received a number of grants, fellowships and awards, is the author of numerous professional publications, and has served as a consultant for national and international organizations.

Da n L ea fDirectorAsia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Dan “Fig” Leaf became the Director, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in January 2012. Prior to that, he worked in the defense industry as vice president of full spectrum initiatives at Northrop Grumman Information Systems. Formerly the Deputy Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), Lt. Gen. Leaf retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2008 after more than 33 years of service. Other assignments during his Air Force career included Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command, Air Force Director of Operational Requirements, and multiple commands at squadron, group and wing levels. He was a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2009 through 2011. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Leaf was a command pilot with more than 3,600 flight hours, including F-15 and F-16 combat missions. His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal,

the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and the Air Medal.

A native of Shawano, Wisconsin, Lt. Gen. Leaf earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his commission as a distinguished graduate of the university’s Air Force ROTC program in 1974. He also graduated with distinction from the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He earned a master’s degree in military art and science from the Command and General Staff College where he also served as a member of the faculty instructing Research Methodology and core Air Force courses, and serving as a thesis chairman for several masters candidates.

Lt. Gen. Leaf ’s Asia-Pacific experience includes his time at U. S. Pacific Command, a previous tour of duty at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, four years of duty assignments in both Korea

and Japan, and temporary military duty across the region. As a civilian, he worked as a national exercise senior observer for USPACOM, and at Northrop Grumman gained industry experience with several Asia-Pacific customers.

The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is a Department of Defense academic institute that addresses regional and global security issues. Military and civilian representatives, most from the U.S. and Asia-Pacific nations, participate in a comprehensive program of executive education, professional exchanges and outreach events, both in Hawaii and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The Center supports PACOM by developing and sustaining relationships among security practitioners and national security establishments throughout the region. APCSS’ mission is to build capacities and communities of interest by educating, connecting, and empowering security practitioners to advance Asia-Pacific security. It is one of the Department of Defense’s five regional security studies centers.

C ol le en Ha nabu saCongresswoman Honolulu

Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa proudly represents Hawaii’s 1st Congressional District. She brings to Washington a passionate, hardworking and fearless approach to advocacy, honed by more than three decades spent fighting for the rights of her clients in the halls of justice and her constituents on the floor of the Hawaii State Legislature. Congresswoman Hanabusa, a yonsei, fourth generation American of Japanese ancestry, whose grandparents were interned during World War II, has dedicated her life to service and is committed to providing for the people of Hawaii while preserving the unique values and traditions that define the Aloha spirit.

In November 1998, Congresswoman Hanabusa was elected to serve the people of the Twenty-First District as their State Senator. She was victorious in her first ever run for public office and immediately people recognized her talents and desire to improve the lives of Hawaii’s working families.

Her state legislative accomplishments include:

2001-2002: Vice-President of the State Senate and Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. 2001: Co-Chair of the Joint Senate-House Investigative Committee concerning the Felix Consent Decree. 2003-2004: Co-Chair of the Joint House-Senate Task Force on Ice and Drug Abatement. 2003-2006: Chair of the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee and Majority Leader.

2007 - Became President of the Senate, the first woman to lead either house in the Hawai‘i legislature.

Along with her legislative work, Congresswoman Hanabusa is also an attorney with more than three decades of experience. She has championed the causes of labor, preserving and protecting the environment and stood up for communities she saw being bullied by private interest.

Since 1993: Recognized by Honolulu Magazine’s as “One of Hawai`i’s A+ Attorneys.” 2004: Received the prestigious AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the top rating any lawyer can achieve. 2009: The American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity presented her with the Spirit of Excellence Award.

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Cha rle s E . Morr i sonPresidentEast-West Center

Charles E. Morrison has been president of the East-West Center since 1998. He has been associated with the Center since 1980 in various capacities, including heading its former Institute of Economics and Politics. A U.S. Senate aide early in his career, he has also been a research associate at the Japan Center for International Exchange. Dr. Morrison served as the international chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council from 2005 to 2012,

and is a member of other national and international bodies that promote trans-Pacific security and economic cooperation. His Ph.D. is from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he also once taught on Southeast Asia. He speaks and publishes widely on U.S. Asia policy issues and the countries of the region, and gives special emphasis to regional cooperation, particularly the APEC process.

Dr. Morrison’s research specialties include the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum; Asia-Pacific international

relations, economic issues, and security issues; U.S. Asia policy and trade policy; and regional mega-trends.

Publications in recent years include Four Adjectives Become a Noun: APEC the Future of Asia-Pacific Cooperation; An APEC Trade Agenda? The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific; Leadership Succession and U.S. Foreign Policy: Implications for East Asia; Japan, ASEAN, and East Asia from an American Perspective.

Ja me s RossEngagements Officer (Oceania)US Army Pacific

Major James M. Ross is originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia and graduated from Concord University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and received his Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Kansas State University. His military education includes completion of the Voice Interceptor course, the Korean and Japanese basic courses at the Defense Language Institute, Officer Candidate School, the Military Intelligence Officer Basic and Advanced courses, the Combined Arms Services Staff School, the Tactical SIGINT and Electronic Warfare Officer course, the Security Cooperation Management Overseas course and the Republic of Korea Army Staff College.

MAJ Ross’ first assignment was to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, where he served as an analyst. In 1999, upon completion of the Military Intelligence Officer Basic course, he was assigned to the Republic of Korea where he served as a Platoon Leader in B Company, 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion. Returning from Korea, MAJ Ross was assigned to 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment as an Executive Officer, and later, as Company Commander of B Company. In 2003, he was assigned as the Special Security Officer for Fort Riley, Kansas, and then in 2004 served as the G2 Plans Officer for 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized). MAJ Ross commanded the Headquarters and Operations Company, 741st Military Intelligence Battalion at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, before deploying as Detachment Commander to the Horn of Africa in 2006. MAJ Ross served for two years as the Japan and Korea desk officer and is currently assigned as the Oceania desk officer at US Army, Pacific.

MAJ Ross’ awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (with third oak leaf cluster), the Army Achievement Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (second award), the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon.

MAJ Ross is married to the former Christi Hall of Princeton, West Virginia. They have a son, Benjamin (9), and a daughter Ashley (6).

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Ch ri s topher McNa l lyAssociate Professor of Political EconomyChaminade University

Christopher A. McNally is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at Chaminade University and Nonresident Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, USA. His research focuses on comparative capitalisms, especially the nature and logic of China’s capitalist

transition. He is also working on a book project that studies the implications of China’s capitalist reemergence on the global order.

He has held fellowships conducting fieldwork and research at the Asia Research Centre in West Australia, the Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in political science

from the University of Washington. He has edited four volumes, including an examination of China’s political economy: China’s Emergent Political Economy – Capitalism in the Dragon’s Lair (Routledge, 2008). He also has authored numerous book chapters, policy analyses, editorials and articles in journals such as World Politics, The China Quarterly, Business and Politics, Communist and Post-Communist Studies and Comparative Social Research.

L au ren Mor ia r t yDean of AcademicsAsia Pacific Center for Security Studies

Lauren Kahea Moriarty joined the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies as Dean of Academics in 2010, after three decades of service as a career U.S. diplomat and ambassador. She leads the Center’s academic program of in-residence and outreach courses, conferences and research designed to educate, empower and connect security practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region. The Center, a U.S. Department of Defense institution, addresses the broad range of regional and global security issues.

Ms. Moriarty lived and worked twelve years in East and Southeast Asia (China, Taiwan, and Thailand) and seven years in South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan). From 2003-2005, she was U.S. Ambassador and Senior Official to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and served simultaneously as the U.S. Department of State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary-level Coordinator for East Asian and Pacific Economic Issues. She headed the Economic Sections at the U.S. Embassy in China (1999-2001) and the American Institute in Taiwan (1994-1997) and provided critical assistance in negotiations to bring those two, major economies into the World Trade Organization. She served as deputy head of the American Institute

in Taiwan (1997-1998), the institution established by the U.S. Congress to manage relations between the United States and Taiwan. Earlier in her career, Ms. Moriarty was Diplomat-in-Residence at the East-West Center in Honolulu (1993-1994). From abroad and as Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Development Finance (1991-1993), she shaped U.S. policy on lending from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other international financial institutions.

Ms. Moriarty was educated at the University of Hawai’i and the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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Hug h Den ny Wet hera ldRear Admiral, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies and Requirements, US Pacific Fleet

Rear Adm. Wetherald was born in Seattle. He is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and received his commission from the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at Washington in 1984.

Wetherald’s sea duty assignments include combat information center officer and anti-submarine warfare officer in USS Cushing (DD 985), combat systems officer in USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964), operations officer in USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and executive officer in USS Shiloh (CG 67). Wetherald took command of USS Lassen (DDG 82) in 2002, deploying to the Western Pacific as the alternate air defense commander in the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group.

He also served as the commanding officer in USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) where he deployed to the Arabian Gulf as the air defense commander in the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group. During both command tours, Wetherald’s ships were awarded the Battle “E” for operational excellence.

Wetherald first served ashore as a student at the Naval Postgraduate School where he received a Master of Science in Systems Engineering (Anti-Submarine Warfare). In Washington D.C., he then served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel as the department head detailer and sea coordinator. He has also served on the Navy Staff as a requirements officer in the Theater Air Warfare Branch in the Surface Warfare Directorate (N86) and in the Program Development Division (N80) as the head, Surface Warfare Branch and as the ship construction appropriation manager. Wetherald is a 2005 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed

Forces where he received a Master’s degree in National Resource Strategy after which he served as the military assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Systems and Concepts). He most recently served as branch head, Programming and Development Branch, Program Development Division (N80) on the OPNAV Staff. In May 2011, he assumed duty on the staff of Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet as deputy chief of staff for Plans, Policies, and Requirements (N5/N8).

Personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (three Awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal, various campaign and service medals and seven Battle “E” awards for shipboard excellence.

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R icha rd Tu rbinFounder and Senior Partner, Turbin Chu, Attorneys at Law

Richard Turbin is the Founder and President of the law firm Turbin Chu, where he practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death and malpractice in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Cornell University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Mr. Turbin served as the 2005 President of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and was elected to the Executive Board of the

National Council of Bar Presidents of the American Bar Association; Chair of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association from 1999 to 2000, which, with 30,000 members, is the largest such organization in the world. Richard Turbin was elected President of the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii for 2002-2003. Hawaii’s Governor Ben Cayetano appointed Mr. Turbin a Civil Rights Commissioner for Hawaii from 2002-2006.

He was chosen as a Traphagen Distinguished Alumni speaker at Harvard Law School in 2004.

He was the recipient of the Pursuit of Justice Award of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association in 2006.

In the community, Richard Turbin has served as Chair of the Waialae Kahala Neighborhood Board from 1995 to 2004; has been a member of the Boards of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and the Alliance Francaise of Hawaii.

He currently serves as Vice Chair on the East-West Center Board of Governors.

Bria n Schat zLieutenant GovernorState of Hawaii

On December 6, 2010, Brian Schatz was inaugurated as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawai`i.

Lt. Governor Schatz was raised in Hawaii, and attended Pomona College in Claremont, California.

From 1998 to 2006, he was a member of the State House of Representatives, representing the state’s 25th district, where he fought for passage of aggressive clean energy laws, helped to triple the

budget for school maintenance and repairs and supported high technology businesses. He served as the House Majority Whip, Chair of the Economic Development Committee, Vice-Chair of Water, Land and Ocean Resources, Vice-Chair of Consumer Protection and Commerce, and as a member of the Hawaiian Affairs, Higher Education, Energy and Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Committees.

Before being elected lieutenant governor, he served for eight years as the CEO of Helping Hands Hawaii, a major human services agency, during its most difficult period.

In his first year in office, Lt. Governor had a leading role in preparing for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, in which 21 delegations met to discuss the future of Asia-Pacific economies. He has also launched the Hawai`i Fair Share Initiative which seeks more private and public investment in Hawai’i. Following the 2011 Pacific tsunami, the Lt. Governor helped lead local recovery efforts including providing $8 million in aid to disaster victims in Japan.

Currently, Lt. Governor is tasked by Governor Abercrombie to help lead the State’s clean energy efforts and Asia-Pacific relations.

R ick Br ia n Tsujimu raAttorneyAshford and Wriston LLLP

Rick Tsujimura has practiced law in Hawaii for 37 years. Beginning at the Department of Attorney General for the State of Hawaii serving as a divisional supervisor, he joined the Law Department of AMFAC, Inc., one of Hawaii’s largest conglomerates. Rick was promoted to President of AMFAC Development Corporation, a subsidiary of AMFAC

Inc., responsible for the master planning of the Ka‘anapali Resort, and the Waikele development of Oahu. He later went out on his own becoming a principal in Mills Dowling Tsujimura, which engaged in residential development on all major islands. Rick is currently providing strategic business and governmental affairs advice to major national firms doing business in Hawaii, including State Farm Insurance Cos., General Motors, Marriott vacations, T-Mobile, Reed Elsevier, and Hertz.

Rick recently was elected as Chair of the Board of Governors of the East West Center. He also serves as the United States Chair of Global Hope Networks International based in Geneva Switzerland, and a member of the advisory board of the Geneva Institute for Leadership and Public Policy. Locally Rick is on the board of trustees of the Queens Health Systems, Honolulu’s premier hospital.

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Den ny RoySenior FellowEast-West Center

Denny Roy (Ph.D. in political science, University of Chicago 1991) focuses mostly on international security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining the East-West Center in 2007, Roy worked at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security

Studies (Honolulu), the Naval Postgraduate School, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, the National University of Singapore, and Brigham Young University. Roy’s articles have appeared in the journals International Security, Survival, Asian Survey, Security Dialogue, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Armed Forces & Society, and Issues & Studies.

His books include Return of the Dragon: China’s Rise and Regional Security (Columbia University Press, forthcoming); The Pacific War and its Political Legacies (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009), Taiwan: A Political History (Cornell University Press, 2003), and China’s Foreign Relations (Macmillan and Rowman & Littlefield, 1998).

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Sa nd ra Ha rd ingVice Chancellor and President, James Cook University

Professor Harding has extensive academic and academic leadership experience including more than 14 years experience in Australian university senior executive positions. Between 1997 and 2006 she held a number of senior executive roles at Queensland University of Technology including Deputy Vice-Chancellor

(International and Development) and (executive) Dean of the Business Faculty. She commenced her appointment as Vice-Chancellor and President of James Cook University in February 2007.

Professor Harding has undertaken a wide variety of external roles within the business community and the higher education sector. Her current roles include: Commissioner,

Queensland Independent Commission of Audit; Director of Regional Australia Institute; Board member of Skills Queensland; Council Member of the Australian Institute for Marine Sciences; Director of North Queensland Cowboys NRL club; Member of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) Advisory Board; Australia’s representative on the University Grants Commission for the University of the South Pacific; and Deputy Chair of Universities Australia.

Peter Ha r tcherPolitical & International Editor The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher is the political editor and the international editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

He is a Gold Walkley award winner, a former foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Washington and a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Hartcher wrote the article on June 24, 2010, that triggered Julia Gillard’s

successful challenge to the leadership of the then prime minister, Kevin Rudd, on that day.

His forthcoming book, The Sweet Spot, is an analysis of Australia’s political economy. It argues that Australia has a distinctive model and a highly successful one, but is threatened by a crisis of leadership.

His previous books include To the Bitter End, which is based on the fall of the Howard Government and the rise of Kevin Rudd, and Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing Seven Trillion

Dollars, which in 2005 predicted the collapse of the US housing market. He wrote the first book in English on Japan’s Finance Ministry as a study in Japan’s long economic dysfunction. That book, The Ministry, was published by Harvard Business School Press in 1998.

An independent survey of Australian pundits by Crikey.com found that there is no more balanced commentator than Hartcher on national politics.

Lu ke Jedy na kPolicy and Media AdviserOffice of Josh Frydenberg MP

Luke Jedynak was born in 1986 and grew up in Neerim South, a small town in country Victoria.

He completed law and chemical engineering degrees at the University of Melbourne and was a resident of Ormond College for three years. Luke has worked as a policy adviser to the member for Kooyong, Josh Frydenberg MP, since September 2010 and while at university

integrated and managed IT systems for a group of medical clinics. He has a deep interest in Australian and American history, particularly political history, and is an avid skier.

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Ma r t in Ad a msChief Executive OfficerBruel & Kjaer EMS

Executive DirectorAustralian American Leadership Dialogue

Martin Adams is a technology entrepreneur and investor.

Martin co-founded Lochard in 1990, an Australian headquartered company operating globally, which under his leadership as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer grew to become

the world leader in environmental monitoring systems and services for the aviation industry.

In 2009, Martin sold Lochard to a UK listed FTSE 100 company and continues to work with the new organisation. Martin has other business interests in the field of online education, renewable energy and internet based media.

Martin has a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Melbourne. He was awarded the E&Y National Entrepreneur of the Year for Technology, Communications, E-commerce and Life Sciences in

2002 and has served on the Growing Technology based SMEs working group of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council in 2004 and 2005.

Prior to founding Lochard, Martin worked as geophysical engineer for Schlumberger in offshore oil exploration in the North Sea and as a sales executive for Honeywell Bull.

Martin is a keen skier, part-time farmer and married with three children.

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Mel i s sa C on le y-TylerChief Executive Officer Australian Institute of International Affairs

Melissa H. Conley Tyler was appointed National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 2006. She is a lawyer and specialist in conflict resolution, including negotiation, mediation and peace education. She was previously Program Manager of the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne and Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law School. She has an international profile in conflict resolution including membership of the Editorial Board of the Conflict Resolution Quarterly.

In 2008 Ms Conley Tyler was selected as one of the nation’s 1,000 “best and brightest” to participate in the Australia 2020 Summit convened by the Prime Minister to discuss future challenges facing Australia. Later in 2008 she was selected by the Fletcher Alumni Association of Washington D.C. to receive its Young Alumni Award for most outstanding graduate of the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy under 40. She is a member of the International Advisory Council of the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy.

During six and a half years with the AIIA, she has edited 37 publications, organised 50 policy events, overseen dramatic growth in youth engagement and built stronger relations with other institutes of international affairs worldwide.

Her recent research includes book chapters on Australian foreign policy making and Australia’s role in the G20 and publications on public diplomacy and Australia as a middle power.

With more than 15 years’ experience working in community organisations in Australia, South Africa and the U.S.A., Ms Conley Tyler has a strong interest in non-profit management. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Charities Aid Foundation Australia, one of Australia’s largest grant-givers, and the Committee of Management of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture.

She is listed in Routledge’s Who’s Who in International Affairs and International Who’s Who of Women.

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A nd re w RobbShadow Minister for Finance, Deregulation and Debt Reduction

Chairman Coalition Policy Development Committee Andrew has qualifications in Agricultural Science and an Honours degree in Economics.

In the 1970s, Andrew worked initially as an animal health officer and then as agricultural economist. In the 1980s, Andrew served as Executive Director of the Cattle Council of Australia and later as Executive Director of the National Farmers’ Federation.

From 1990 to 1997, Andrew was the Federal Director and Campaign Director of the Liberal Party.

The highlight of that time was directing the successful 1996 federal election campaign.

From 1997 until 2004 Andrew worked for Kerry and James Packer, as well as advising major companies around Australia and overseas. During this time he also built an Australia-wide direct marketing technology company and was a board member of Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia’s largest consulting engineering company.

Andrew has also been a Board Member of both the Garvan Medical Research Foundation, and the Menzies Research Centre. He has also served: as Chairman of the Australian Direct Marketing Association, as a member of the national board of the Big Brother Big Sister mentoring organization, as a member of the YWCA Leadership group and as a honourary Treasurer of the Liberal Party in NSW.

In 2003, Andrew was awarded the Office of the Order of Australia for his service to agriculture, politics and the community.Andrew was elected to the Federal seat of Goldstein in October 2004, holding positions as Chairman of the Government’s Workplace Relations Taskforce, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Vocational and Further Education. In Opposition, Andrew has held positions as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Climate Change. Andrew is now the Chairman of the Coalition Policy Development Committee and Shadow Minister for Finance, Deregulation and Debt Reduction.

Andrew lives in Brighton with his wife Maureen and has three adult children Tom, Joe and Pip.

Bern ie R ipol lParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Bernie Ripoll is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Federal Member for Oxley. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in the Australian Parliament in 1998 and re-elected for a fifth term at the 2010 Federal Election.

Bernie was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary on 5 March 2012 and assists the Treasurer in the development and

implementation of policies in relation to corporate governance and financial literacy. He is also responsible for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Australian Bureau of Statistics and Royal Australian Mint. During his time as Parliamentary Secretary, Bernie has represented the Treasurer at international meetings of the Asian Development Bank, at the Pacific Islands Forum Economic Ministers’ Meeting, and participated in a high level business delegation to China.

He previously served on a number of parliamentary committees, including as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, and has participated in a number of overseas parliamentary delegations. Bernie is actively involved in local charity work and is a passionate ambassador for cycling. He grew up in the electorate based around Brisbane’s Western Corridor, and now lives there with his wife Margy and their three teenage children.

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Stephen L oose lyChairmanAustralian Strategic Policy InstituteStrategic CounselMinter Ellison Lawyers

Stephen is a chairman of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra and the Strategic Counsel with Minter Ellison Lawyers, Sydney. Stephen was the General Secretary of the NSW branch of the Australian Labour Party (1983-90) prior to being elected to the Australian Senate in 1990, where during his term he served as chairman of the Joint Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs.

He also served a term as ALP National President (1991-92). Currently he is Senior Vice President of the European-Australian Business Council and is a board member of the Asia Society.

In addition, Stephen also serves on the Advisory Boards of Thales Australia and Veolia Australia, the board of the Asia Society, St James Ethics Centre and the Salvation Army Advisory Council. Stephen recently retired as chairman of the committee for Sydney after eight successful years in the role and as a member of the Executive Partnership of the National Rugby League after eleven years, representing News Limited.

Stephen holds first class Honours degrees in Politics (UNSW, 1976) and the Law (UTS,1997) and has contributed chapters to the books Australian-American relations: Looking Toward the Next Century by William T. Tow (South Yarra: McMillan Education-1998) and The Wran Era by Troy Bramston (The Federation Press-2005).

He is a member of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (London) and a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies (Salzburg) Stephen is a contributor to the Review pages of The Australian and is a commentator on Australian and American politics for Sky News.

Peter Jen n i ng sExecutive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Peter Jennings joined ASPI in April 2012. Prior to that he was the Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Australian Department of Defence.

Peter’s career has included extensive experience advising Government at senior levels; developing major strategic policy documents; conducting crisis management, and researching, writing and teaching international security.

Peter has previously held a number First Assistant Secretary positions in Defence including First Assistant Secretary International Policy Division, First Assistant Secretary Coordination and Public Affairs and Secretary of the Defence Audit and Risk Committee.

Peter was for a number of years the Director of Programs at ASPI. He wrote and commentated widely on defence policy and international security, and taught postgraduate studies on terrorism at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).

In 2002-03 Peter was a Senior Adviser in the Prime Minister’s office responsible for developing a strategic policy framework for Cabinet. Peter had previously been Chief of Staff to the Minister for Defence (1996-1998) and Defence adviser to the Federal Opposition (1990-1993).

In the Defence Department, Peter has also been the Deputy Director of the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (2002) and as head of the Strategic Policy Branch (1998-1999). In late 1999 Peter was co-director of the East Timor Policy Unit, responsible for developing

Australia’s policy approaches to the international peacekeeping operation in East Timor. Following that, as an acting First Assistant Secretary, Peter was closely involved in developing the 2000 Defence White Paper.

Peter studied at the London Business School in 2000-2001 as a Sloan Fellow and was awarded a Masters of Science (Management) with Distinction. He has a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations from the Australian National University (1987) and a BA (Honours) in History from the University of Tasmania (1980-1984). He has been a Fulbright Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985). Peter taught politics and international relations at the University of New South Wales/ADFA (1987-1990). He has written and published widely on defence and security issues.

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Ma rk Sw in ner tonVice President Market AnalysisBHP Billiton

Mark Swinnerton is the Vice President for Market Analysis in BHP Billiton Marketing. Mark assumed his present position in 2011, and is responsible for supporting and developing the companies view of the external market. Prior to this, Mark held positions in BHP Billiton Marketing as head of logistics and distribution for Carbon Steel Materials, and as the global Scheduler for Iron Ore. Mark has previously held leadership positions in the BHP Billiton Iron Ore and Steel businesses.

Mark joined BHP Steel Port Kembla in 1995 as a Trainee Metallurgist. Mark was responsible for shift operations prior to joining BHP Billiton Iron Ore in 2001 as part of the Six Sigma field. During his time in business improvement he ran a series of operations efficiency projects that resulted in higher throughput at Port Hedland. In 2003 Mark was appointed Port Operations Superintendent where he successfully managed the introduction of new ore types and the closure of the Beneficiation Plant. In 2005 Mark joined BHP Billiton Marketing where he had responsibility for the global supply chain coordination of Iron Ore, and in 2007 Mark became the Distribution

Manager for Carbon Steel Materials. In that role Mark was responsible for the global logistics activities of the iron ore, metallurgical coal and manganese businesses. In 2011 Mark was appointed Vice President of Market Analysis with the responsibility of supporting and developing the companies view of the external market.

Mark holds Honours and Masters degrees in Materials Engineering from the University of Wollongong.

Joa n ne Wa l l i sStrategic and Defence Studies CentreAustralian National University (ANU)

Dr Joanne Wallis is a Lecturer in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, where she is also Convener of the Bachelor of Asia-Pacific Security program. Joanne completed her PhD in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. She also has a MA (Political Science), LLM (Public and International Law),

BA (Hons in Political Science) and LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne. Joanne has taught at the Australian Command and Staff College, University of Cambridge, University of Melbourne and Swinburne University.

From 2009 to 2012 Joanne was an Honorary Fellow of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. From 2008 to 2009 she was a Visiting Scholar at the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project at the Australian National University.

In 2006 she was a Fulbright Scholar at the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies at the University of South Carolina. Joanne has also conducted research consultancies for Australian and international NGOs, and writes analyses for a British political risk advisory service. Before her academic career Joanne worked as a lawyer at Allens Arthur Robinson, and she is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia.

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Ju l ie S inger Sc a n la nChief ExecutiveSinger Scanlan Group Pty Ltd

DirectorAustralian American Leadership Dialogue Julie Singer Scanlan is Chief Executive of Singer Scanlan Group Pty Ltd, a Melbourne-based communications and business consultancy, and relocated to New York with her family in 2009 where her husband is Consul-General of Australia.

In North America, Europe and Australia, her professional career has embraced journalism, media and presentation training, and leadership roles in broadcast production and NGOs.

Ms Singer Scanlan has a dual degree in broadcast communications and psychology from Newhouse School at

Syracuse University, New York, where she serves on the Global Advisory Board.

From 1975 to 1980, she worked for NBC and ABC television affiliates in the USA as a journalist, news anchor and documentary producer.

Ms Singer Scanlan moved to New York in 1980, where she became Vice-President of Hill & Knowlton Pty Ltd, then the world’s largest public affairs and public relations company.

Her clients included Fortune 100 CEOs and global civic leaders such as Rajiv Gandhi.

In 1985, she was appointed President of Dorf and Stanton Broadcast Communications in New York.

In December 1986, Ms Singer Scanlan moved to Sydney, Australia, where she became Chief Executive of Australian Imagemakers.

Australian clients comprised leaders from business, the professions and both sides of politics.

In 1997, she moved with her family to Melbourne where she continued her professional career on a part time basis while raising her 4 daughters – in 2012 – aged 25 to 15 years.

Since it was founded in 1992, Ms Singer Scanlan has played a pivotal role in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. The Leadership Dialogue is the only non-US NGO ever to have been accorded the privilege of private White House briefings.

She is a dual citizen of Australia and the United States, and serves on the boards of the S 501 C (3) American Australian Education Leadership Foundation in Washington D.C. and the Australian American Education Leadership Foundation in Melbourne.

Ph i l Sc a n la nAustralian Consul-General in New York

FounderAustralian American Leadership Dialogue Australian Consul-General in New York Phil Scanlan’s career spans enterprise, education, public policy, NGO entrepreneurship and diplomacy. He has more than 25 years of global experience in chief/senior executive and chairman roles, including his leadership at Coca Cola Amatil which achieved ‘best performer’ status among Australia’s top 30 listed companies in the early 1990s.

In 1992, Phil founded the bipartisan Australian American Leadership Dialogue,

described publicly as the most significant exercise in private diplomacy to come out of Australia.

He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), a longstanding member of the YPO/WPO global entrepreneurial network, has served on the Business Council of Australia, and on the Board of Asialink, Australia’s outreach vehicle to the Indo Pacific. He has served on the Fulbright board and was inaugural Chairman of The Sydney Institute, Australia’s premier current affairs forum.

As Consul-General, Phil has continued to strengthen the platform of engagement assembled by his predecessors, through a range of initiatives. These include, the Australian American Leadership Conversations, whereby speakers address

global challenges and opportunities; the New York Young Leaders Program, an assembly of young women and men from more than 30 countries who have self selected into women’s leadership, financial services, social/enterprise entrepreneurship, energy and innovation; young Indian leaders and young Chinese leaders; and the Australia Day Address, delivered by prominent Australians extolling the privileges of Australian citizenship through their personal narratives.

Phil Scanlan graduated in Economics from Sydney University, and holds Masters degrees from Oxford University and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Every available moment Phil spends with his wife Julie and seven children – in 2012 – aged between 15 and 35.

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The Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD) is a private diplomatic initiative, which brings together Australian and American leaders from government, enterprise, media, education and the community to help review and refine the parameters of the Australian-American bilateral relationship.

The mission of the Leadership Dialogue is to broaden and deepen mutual understanding between Australian and American leaders and to enhance the framework for regional security in a manner that underwrites economic and cultural prosperity for Australian and American citizens.

By doing so, both nations are able to contribute to the development of a robust, stable and economically healthy world. Since 1992, leaders have gathered in various cities across the two nations to shape the direction of the bilateral relationship.

These events allow a rich and ongoing dialogue to develop across seven key themes: economics and trade, security and defence, foreign policy, domestic politics, innovation and technology, energy and climate and education, health and social inclusion.

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The Leadership Dialogue was founded on, and continues to run, based on principles of bilateral interest, bipartisanship, voluntarism and leadership in the service of others, frank exchange, intergenerational perspectives, mutual tolerance and personal courtesy.

The bilateral and bipartisan nature of the Leadership Dialogue facilitates the pragmatic and free-flowing exchange of ideas that has become a hallmark of the events. The high calibre of discussion and debate leads to the formation of support for strategic policy in both countries.

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Leadership Dialogue History

Ca nberraAugust 1994August 1995

Ne w YorkJune 1993

January 2009July 2010July 2012

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June 2004June 2006June 2008July 2010July 2012

Honolu luSeptember 2008September 2009September 2010October 2011October 2012

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Syd ne yAugust 1994August 1999August 2001August 2005

Sa n DiegoJanuary 2007January 2008January 2010January 2011January 2012

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‘The Leadership Dialogue has woven ideas and friendships together in ways that

have influenced national security, trade, and business ties. I feel privileged to have

learned so much from an extraordinary group of Australians from diverse works of

life. The experience reinforces that special bond of outlook and trust and humor

that defines that Australian-American partnership.’

T he Hon. Rober t Z oe l l ickPresident of the World Bank

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