Board Members

This diverse group of prominent individuals lends perspective to the formulation of the activities of CNS.

Mr. Urban Ahlin
Deputy Chairman
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Parliament of Sweden

Dr. Alexei Arbatov
Director, Center for International Defense
Institute for World Economy & International Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation

Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala
Former UN Under-Secretary-General for
Disarmament Affairs
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr. Gloria Duffy
Chief Executive Officer
Commonwealth Club of California
San Jose, CA

Ambassador Rolf Ekéus
Chairman of the Board
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Stockholm, Sweden

Ambassador Nabil Fahmy
Former Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
Cairo, Egypt

Representative Sam Farr
U.S. House of Representatives (D-California)
Washington, DC

Ms. Rosemarie Forsythe
Manager, International Political Strategy
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Washington, DC

Mr. Prashant Gupta
Software Entrepreneur
Carmel Valley, CA

Dr. David Hamburg
President Emeritus
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, NY

The Honorable John Holum
Former U.S. Under Secretary of State
for Arms Control and International Security
Annapolis, MD

Mr. Roy S. Jespersen
Director (Retired)
Wasatch Advisors
Salt Lake City, UT

Senator Richard Lugar
U.S. Senate (R-Indiana)
Washington, DC

Dr. Robert E. Montgomery
Of Counsel
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Pebble Beach, CA

Mr. Cary Neiman
Real Estate Developer
Carmel Valley, CA

Senator Sam Nunn (Ret., D-Georgia)
Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Senior Partner, King & Spalding
Washington, DC

Dr. Sunder Ramaswamy (ex-officio)
President
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA

Dr. Edward J. Shanahan
Headmaster
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford, CT