Monterey Institute of International Studies - an affiliate of Middlebury College

About CNS

CNS at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is the largest nongovernmental organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research & training to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Updated: Oct 21, 2008

International Advisory Board

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

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

Mr. Daniel Cort
Chief Executive Officer
The Cort Companies
Pacific Grove, CA

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

Senator Pete V. Domenici
U.S. Senate (R-New Mexico)
Washington, DC

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

Ambassador Rolf Ekeus
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
High Commissioner on National Minorities
Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe
Stockholm, Sweden

Ambassador Nabil Fahmy
Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
Washington, DC

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

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

Ms. Noël Irwin Hentschel
Chief Executive Officer
American Tours International
Los Angeles, CA

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

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

Major General Roland Lajoie (Ret.)
Chairman
U.S. Russia Joint Commission on POW-MIAs
West Wilton, NH

Mr. Cary Neiman
Real Estate Developer

Mr. Eugene Podsiadlo
Managing Director
Cross Creek Capital Partners, LLC
Salt Lake City, UT

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

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

Dr. Clara Yu
(ex-officio)
President, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey, CA

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