Board of Directors
James D. Rosener Esq.
Board Chairman
- Partner, Troutman Pepper
- President, European-American Chamber of Commerce
- President, Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Commission of the International Association of Lawyers
Alexander Blumrosen Esq.
Board Secretary Emeritus
- Founder, Polaris Law, Member of the Paris and New York Bars
- Life member of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor
Max Carrol Chapman Jr.
- Chairman and Owner, Gardner Capital Management Corp.
- Former: Chairman, Nomura Holding Securities America, Inc., Managing Director of the Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and Chairman of Nomura Europe Holding plc.
- Former: President and CEO, Kidder, Peabody & Co., founder Financial Futures Department
- Co-founder High-Yield Bond Group; President, COO, Kidder, Peabody Group, Inc.
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Distinguished Alumni
- Board of Directors, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Lanny S. Cohen
- President and CEO, Stockbridge International
- Former: CEO, Capgemini North America; Executive Advisor, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Technology Officer Capgemini Group
- Board Member (former Chair), St. Thomas Aquinas College
- Board Member, strides.ai
John Crawford
- Senior Advisor, MP Conseil SAS, Paris
- Retired Partner, Jones Day
- Vice Chairman, American Hospital of Paris
- Board of Trustees, Carnegie Institution for Science
- Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in France
- Member, Council of Foreign Relations
- Vice-President, American Society of the French Legion of Honor
Howard Leach
- Former U.S. Ambassador to France
- President, Leach Capital LLC
- Past President, Tejon Ranch Company; Foley Timber and Land Co Hunter Fan
- Vice President, American Society of the French Legion of Honor Inc.
- Former Chairman, Regents of the University of California
Kenneth B. Gilman
- Retired President and CEO, Asbury Automotive Group
- Chief Administrative Officer, L Brands (Victoria Secret, Bath & Body Works)
- Former CEO of Lane Bryant
- Trustee and Treasurer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- Trustee and member of the Executive Committee, The Manhattan Institute
- LTJG, US Navy, 1968-1971
R. James Nicholson, Esq.
- Senior Counsel, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Former Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
- Former Chairman, Republican National Committee
- Colonel (Ret) U.S. Army and US Army Reserve, 1961-1991
Stephen G. Oswald
- Chairman, President & CEO, Ducommun, Inc.
- Former CEO of Capital Safety; President, Sullair LLC.
- Board of Directors, The National World War II Museum; Gold Member: Young Presidents’ Organization, Inc.; Governors Board at Aerospace Industries Association; G100 Network, LLC.
Jerome Sheridan, Ph.D.
- Director of Brussels Center, Professor of International Relations, American University
- Frequent lecturer on transatlantic relations, the E.U. Common Security and Defense Policy, and NATO, Netherlands Defense College and elsewhere
- President, American Overseas Memorial Day Association
- Executive Board, Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Frederick W. Smith
- Founder, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corp.
- Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Former Chairman, US-China Business Council
- Former Co-Chairman, U.S. World War II Memorial Project
- Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 -1970
Craig R. Stapleton
- Senior Advisor, Stone Point Capital
- Former U.S. Ambassador to France and the Czech Republic
- Past President, Marsh and McLennan Real Estate Advisors of New York
- Board Member: 9/11 Memorial & Museum, WWI Centennial Commission, Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the National Medal of Honor Museum
- Founding Director, George W. Bush Presidential Library
LTG Olivier Tramond (French Army, ret.)
- Co-Chair, The First Alliance Foundation
- Former Director Public Affairs, Safran E & D
- Former Director, French Army Doctrine Center
- Former Head of the homeland planning group, the Prime Minister services
- Former High Commander, the French Forces South Pacific
- Former Commandant, the 3rd Airborne Marines Regiment
Harriette Owens Waldron
Director Emeritus
- Co-founder, Kelly/Waldron Company, pharmaceutical marketing, sold to McKesson
- Co-founder, PSKW, pioneered pharmaceutical copay reduction services
- LCDR, U.S. Navy, Operating Room Nurse
- U.S. Navy Reserves, Chief Training Officer
- Supported U.S. Marines in Desert Warfare training at 29 Palms
- Election judge, Radnor Township, PA
Advisors
Thomas Clark
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Director of Military & Veterans Outreach
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Former Executive Officer, American Battle Monuments Commission, Overseas Operations
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Former HR Director, Secretary of the Army, Office of the Administrative Assistant
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U.S. Army, 27 Years; Sergeant Major to the Adjutant General and SGM Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel and Communities, U.S. Army Europe
Michael S. McCullough
- Senior Advisor, ABMF International Council
- Director of Foreign Military Sales, A Harold and Associates
- Chief of Defense Cooperation, US Army, US Embassy, Paris, France
- 29 years of military service with assignments in Afghanistan, England, Armenia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Bosnia, DMZ South Korea
Sue Kenfield
- Director of Youth Engagement
- CEO, Sue Kenfield Consulting
- Former Interim Executive Director, Mount Saint Vincent Children’s Home
- President, Leadership Program of the Rockies 2016 Class
- Former Coordinator, Colorado STEM Summit
- Former Chair, Cultural Business Alliance Group South Metro Denver
Staff
Christine Quinn Burtt
- Executive Director, American Battle Monuments Foundation
- President, CQB & Associates, Inc.
- Executive Committee, Colorado Celebrity Classic to Benefit the TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
- Political trainer in emerging democracies, International Republican Institute
Chloe Appert
- Senior Advisor to the Executive, ABMF
(settled in the US for the cultural enrichment of our family) - Certified Agile Coach
- Sales & Marketing in Agrochemical Industry
- Sustainability expert about pesticides and environment