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Kim ArisSon of Aung San Suu Kyi
Martin BaronFormer executive editor of The Washington Post
Ida Bagus Made BimantaraFormer chargé d’affaires, Indonesian Embassy in Washington
Edward BoganFormer senior CIA operations officer
Mel BunceProfessor of international journalism and politics, University of London
Juan Carlos IsazaExecutive director, Alianza Informativa Latinoamericana
Michael CarpenterFormer U.S. ambassador to the OSCE, former Pentagon official
Thomas CountrymanFormer U.S. assistant secretary of state
William CourtneyFormer U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia
David CowhigFormer U.S. diplomat
Nicholas CullProfessor of public diplomacy, University of Southern California
Robert DalyFormer director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, former U.S. diplomat
Christopher DellFormer U.S. ambassador to Angola, Zimbabwe and Kosovo
Joseph Donovan JrFormer U.S. ambassador to Indonesia
David EnsorFormer VOA director
Jupti Esther Managing director at Kardopa Group, Indonesia
Nuno FerreiraCoordinator at Radio Morabeza, Cape Verde
Daniel FriedFormer U.S. assistant secretary of state for Europe, former U.S. ambassador to Poland
Jeffrey GedminPresident and CEO, Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Archil GegeshidzeFormer Georgian ambassador to the United States
Rose GottemoellerFormer NATO deputy secretary-general
Jay HendersonFormer VOA East Asia Division director
Nadine HoffmanExecutive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation
Jeffrey HovenierFormer U.S. ambassador to Kosovo
Andrew HydeFormer U.S. diplomat
Tedo JaparidzeFormer Georgian ambassador to the United States
David KaninFormer CIA senior analyst
Adrian KarmazynFormer VOA Ukrainian Service chief
Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster and human rights advocate
Michael David KirbyFormer U.S. ambassador to Moldova and Serbia
David KostelancikFormer U.S. diplomat
Richard KraemerCo-founder of U.S.-Europe Alliance
David KramerExecutive director of the George W. Bush Institute, former U.S. assistant secretary of state 
Dan KubiskeCo-chair of the international community, Society of Professional Journalists
Michael KugelmanSouth Asia regional expert
Charles KupchanFormer National Security Council and State Department official
Elisa Lees MuñozPresident of the International Women’s Media Foundation
Allan LichtmanPolitical historian and professor, American University
Ret. Lt. Gen. Douglas LuteFormer U.S. ambassador to NATO
Jim MaloneFormer VOA national, congressional and East Africa correspondent
Giorgi MargvelashviliFormer Georgian president
Ret. Col. David MaxwellU.S. Army Special Forces
William McKenziePulitzer Prize-winning journalist; senior editorial adviser at the George W. Bush Institute 
Roderick MooreFormer U.S. ambassador to Montenegro
Cameron MunterFormer U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and Serbia
Virginia PalmerFormer U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Malawi
Stevo PendarovskiFormer North Macedonian president 
João PintoDirector of Radio Nova, Angola
Daniel RosenblumFormer U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Gabriel RottmanVice president, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Muska SafiVOA reporter, Afghan Service
Daniel SerwerFormer U.S. special envoy for the Bosnian Federation, senior fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Maja SeverPresident of the European Federation of Journalists
Jamie SheaFormer NATO official
David SimonAssistant dean, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
Marko SomboracSerbian cartoonist
Christine Todd WhitmanFormer Republican governor of New Jersey
Ksenia TurkovaVOA journalist, Russian Service
Ret. Gen. Joseph VotelFormer commander, U.S. Central Command
Vivian WalkerFormer U.S. diplomat
Hoyt Brian YeeFormer U.S. deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
José ZamoraCPJ regional director for the Americas