International Republican Institute

International Republican Institute
Website	http://www.iri.org/
Last revision	22.01.2013

Organizational Structure and Funding

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Scott Carpenter, board of directors

• Constance Berry Newman, board of directors

• Kay Granger, board of directors

• Mark Kirk, board of directors

• Margaret D. Tutwiler, board of directors

• Alfred Hoffman, board of directors

• Joseph R. Schmuckler, board of directors

• Alison B. Fortier, board of directors

• John F.W. Rogers, board of directors

• Kelly Ayotte, board of directors

• John McCain, chairman of the board of directors

• Brent Scowcroft, board of directors

• Jim Kolbe, vice chairman of the board of directors

• Randy Scheunemann, board of directors

• J. William II Middendorf, co-secretary - treasurer, board of directors

• Cheryl F. Halpern, board of directors

• William J. Hybl, board of directors

• Alec L. II Poitevint, co-secretary - treasurer, board of directors

• Gahl Hodges Burt, board of directors

• Tami Longaberger, board of directors

• Tom Cotton, board of directors

• Peter T. Madigan, board of directors

• Janet Mullins Grissom, board of directors

• Frank J. Fahrenkopf, board of directors

• Olin L. Wethington, board of directors

Staff

People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.

• Jennifer Crall, deputy director, monitoring and evaluation

• Thomas E. Garrett, vice president for Programs

• Mark Green, president

• Gretchen Birkle, regional director, Africa

• Bakhtiyor Nishanov, regional deputy director, Eurasia

• Derek vH. Luyten, regional director, Asia

• Judy Van Rest, executive vice President

• Sam LaHood, regional deputy director, Asia

• Katya Rimkunas, regional deputy director, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Madhu Sreekumar, director, human resources and administration

• Kimber Shearer, Counsel and vice president for Strategic Initiatives

• Daniel W. Fisk, chief Operations officer

• Scott Mastic, regional director, Middle East and North Africa

• Stephen Johnson, regional director, Latin America and the Caribbean

• Hallam Ferguson, regional deputy director, Middle East and North Africa

• Lisa A. Gates, director of communications

• Sue Yang, director of external relations

• Rima Kawas, deputy director, governance

• Colleen House, director, international political liaison

• Milica Panic, regional deputy director, Africa

• Claire Delahaye-Rhye, grants administrator

• Jan Erik Surotchak, regional director, Europe

• Paul Beriault, chief Financial officer

• Shawn Beighle, chief information officer

• Erika Veberyte, senior advisor to the president for international and women's organizations

• Mary T. Foster, director of philanthropy and development

• Michelle Bekkering, director, governance

• Stephen B. Nix, regional director, Eurasia

• Morgan Martinez, deputy director of communications

• Elizabeth Ruedy, director, monitoring and evaluation

• Sondra Govatski, director, consortium for elections and political process strengthening

• Paul McCarthy, regional deputy director, Europe

• Ann-Robin Anthony, deputy director, women's democracy network

Advisory board

People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)

• Brian Loughnane (2015-), international advisory council

• Luis Fortuño (2015-), international advisory council

• Mikuláš Dzurinda (2015-), international advisory council

• José Ramos-Horta (2015-), international advisory council

• Oyun Sanjaasuren (2015-), international advisory council

• Mel Martinez (2015-), international advisory council

• Anna Cabral (2015-), international advisory council

• Stockwell Day (2015-), international advisory council

• Lucinda Creighton (2015-), international advisory council

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.