The Council on Foreign Relations is "dedicated to increasing America’s understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. The Council accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive debates and discussions, clarifying world issues, and publishing Foreign Affairs."
Board of Directors
Officers
- Peter G. Peterson, Chairman of the Board
- Carla Anderson Hills, Vice Chairman of the Board
- William J. McDonough, Vice Chairman of the Board
- Leslie H. Gelb, President
- Michael P. Peters, Executive Vice President, CEO, and Director of Studies
- David Kellogg, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, and Publisher
- Janice L. Murray, Senior Vice President and Treasurer
- Irina Faskianos, Vice President, National and Outreach Programs
- Elise Carlson Lewis, Vice President, Membership and Fellowship Affairs
- Abraham Lowenthal, Vice President
- Anne R. Luzzatto, Vice President, Meetings
- Robert C. Orr, Vice President; Director, Washington Program
- Lisa Shields, Vice President, Communications
- Lilita Gusts, Secretary of the Corporation
Current Directors
- Fouad Ajami
- Jeffrey Bewkes
- Henry S. Bienen
- Lee Cullum
- John Mark Deutch
- Kenneth M. Duberstein
- Margaret Peggy Rockefeller Dulany
- Jessica P. Einhorn
- Martin S. Feldstein
- Leslie H. Gelb ex officio
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
- Carla Anderson Hills, Vice Chairman
- Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke
- Robert D. Hormats
- Bette Bao Lord
- Vincent A. Mai
- William J. McDonough, Vice Chairman
- George J. Mitchell
- Michael H. Moskow
- Ronald L. Olson
- Peter G. Peterson, Chairman
- Thomas R. Pickering
- Robert E. Rubin
- Warren Bruce Rudman
- Theodore C. Sorensen
- George Soros
- Joan Edelman Spero
- Laura D’Andrea Tyson
- Garrick Utley
- Vin Weber
- Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.
Directors Emeriti
- Maurice R. Greenberg, Honorary Vice Chairman
- Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
- David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman
- Robert A. Scalapino