The Asia Society Policy Institute is supported by two high-level advisory bodies which contribute knowledge and insights to ASPI’s work. ASPI also benefits from the experience and guidance of Asia Society’s Global Council, a distinguished network of more than 160 Asia-focused leaders from government, business, academia, and other sectors.
Honorary Counselors (as of April 2015)
Madeleine Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Secretary of State; Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited
Hushang Ansary, Chairman, Parman Capital Group; Asia Society Trustee Emeritus
Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
James Baker, III, Partner, Baker Botts; Former U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, Chairman & CEO, C.V. Starr & Company; Former Chairman & CEO, AIG; Asia Society Chairman Emeritus
Sadako Ogata, Chairperson, World Economic Forum Japan; Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Former President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Condoleezza Rice, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former U.S. Secretary of State
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO, & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
George P. Shultz, Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, and Secretary of Labor
M.S. Swaminathan, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Washington SyCip, Founder, Asian Institute of Management and Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co.
Tung Chee Hwa “C.H.”, Vice Chairman, Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Former Chief Executive and President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Advisory Council (as of April 2015)
Hamid Biglari, Managing Partner, TGG Group; Asia Society Trustee
Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at Large, Singapore Foreign Ministry; Former Ambassador of Singapore to the United States; Asia Society Trustee
Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited; Co-Chair, Asia Society Board of Trustees
Purnendu “PC” Chatterjee, Chairman, Chatterjee Group; Asia Society Trustee
Betsy Z. Cohen, Chairman & CEO, The Bancorp; Asia Society Trustee
J. Michael Evans (Co-Chair), Former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Group; Asia Society Trustee
Henrietta H. Fore, Chairman & CEO, Holsman International; Co-Chair, Asia Society Board of Trustees
John H. Foster, Chairman & Managing Director, HealthpointCapital
Thomas E. Freston, Chairman of the Board, ONE Campaign; Principal, Firefly3; Asia Society Trustee
Mitchell R. Julis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO, Canyon Partners, LLC; Asia Society Trustee
Lewis B. Kaden, Senior Advisor, TGG Group; Asia Society Trustee
John Negroponte, Vice-Chairman, McLarty Associates; Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State; Asia Society Trustee Emeritus
Harold J. Newman, President, Harold J. Newman Capital; Asia Society Trustee
Robert Niehaus, Chairman, GCP Capital Partners; Asia Society Trustee
Thomas Pickering, Vice Chairman, Hills & Company; Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
James E. Rogers, Former Chairman & CEO, Duke Energy Corporation; Asia Society Trustee
Moshe Safdie, Architect, Safdie Architects
Richard Solomon (Co-Chair), Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation; Former President, United States Institute of Peace; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Lulu C. Wang, CEO, Tupelo Capital Management; Asia Society Trustee
Frank Wisner, Foreign Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs; Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, the Philippines, and India; Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Wu Xinbo, Director, Center for American Studies and Executive Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
