http://www.usacc.org/content.php?type=page&id=2χ=5&par=3U.S. - Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
1212 Potomac Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
HONORARY COUNCIL OF ADVISORS
James Baker III
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Henry Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
John Sununu
CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD James A. Baker, IV
Partner, Baker Botts, L.L.P.
some members of the board of Directors..
Scott Blacklin Vice President, Cisco Systems
Charles Koontz Senior Vice President, SAIC
Robert Livingston President, Livingston Group
Albert Marchetti Vice President, Hess Corporation
Greg Saunders Director, International Affairs, BP
Diana Sedney Manager, International Government Relations for Chevron
Michael White Azerbaijan Country Manager, ExxonMobil International Limited
Gregory K. Williams Strategic Security Manager, Coca Cola
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The following individuals of high distinction have previously served on the Advisory Council and the Board of Directors:
Dick Cheney Vice President of the United States of America
Richard Armitage Deputy Secretary of State
Thomas J. Donohue
President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political force with expanded influence across the globe.
Donohue established the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), which has won significant legal reforms in the courts, at the state and federal levels, and in elections for state attorneys general and Supreme Court judges.
The Chamber’s lobbyists, policy experts, and communicators have helped secure many legislative victories, including major tax cuts, more sensible workplace and environmental regulations, and increased funding for transportation. The Chamber has advanced the business argument on outsourcing and the need for balance in applying new capital markets and accounting rules, among other issues.
On the international front, the Chamber has become a leader in knocking down trade barriers, winning new free trade agreements, and fighting protectionism both at home and abroad.
Under Donohue’s leadership, the Chamber has also emerged as a major player in election politics, helping elect congressional pro-business candidates through financial support and voter activism and turnout generated through the Chamber’s grassroots organization, VoteForBusiness.com.
The National Chamber Litigation Center, the Chamber’s law firm, has become more aggressive in challenging anti-business measures in court and entered a record 125 new cases of significance to the business community and helped secure 54 victories in 2007.
The National Chamber Foundation, the Chamber’s public policy think tank, drives the policy debate on key issues and provides a forum where leaders advance cutting-edge issues facing the U.S. business community.
Donohue is president of the Center for International Private Enterprise, a program of the National Endowment for Democracy dedicated to the development of market-oriented institutions around the world.