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William Burns

William Burns

Bill Burns, who became Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2021, is the first career diplomat to lead the Agency. Director Burns holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service –Career Ambassador- and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to...
Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D., is Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. In this capacity, Prabhakar is the President’s Chief Advisor for Science and Technology, a member of the...
Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations as well as the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United...
Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro N. Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. A political refugee born in Havana, Cuba, Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. He...
David Westin

David Westin

David Westin is the anchor of “Bloomberg Wall Street Week.” From 1997 through 2010, Westin was president of ABC News — overseeing the network’s global coverage including the 2008 economic crisis, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks. Before taking...
Shibley Telhami

Shibley Telhami

Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, the Director of the University of Maryland’s Critical Issues Poll, and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Before coming to the...
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