Program Director
East Asia Middle East Initiative

Fahad spent 9 years (from October 1997- February 2006) working in the Treasury and Finance Department of the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), the largest producer of crude oil in the world. Dr. Altouraif served as financial coordinator responsible for the Petro Rabigh Project ($12 billion joint venture with Sumitomo Chemical.), Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Project ($ 8 billion joint venture with Exxon Mobile and Sinopec Oil Corp) and Sinopec Sen-Mei Fujian Petroleum Project ($ 2.5 billion joint venture with Sinopec Oil Corp. in China).

Mr. Costello was a central figure in promoting closer Korea-US ties in the program on "Korea in Transition" at the Atlantic Council of the United States. In that capacity, Mr. Costello developed alternatives in U.S. policy toward Korea for government and non-government audiences. The focus was on the context, dynamics and direction of developments in South Korea and the U.S., and a search for consensus solutions. He worked on the Forum of Democratic Leaders in the Asia-Pacific (FDL-AP), headed by Former President Dae-Jung Kim, President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias Sanchez, and Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino in December 1994. He is a regular speaker in Washington, D.C. and writes frequently on international issues.

Ms. Johnson's significant experience includes positions with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and the United States Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee. She has a deep interest in Asian culture and society and is an avid collector of Asian art. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States National Museum of Asian Art, the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Museums.

Established in 1951, Kajimoto Concert Management Co., Ltd. is engaged in planning a concert and managing a leading artist in classical music field has offices in Tokyo, Shanghai and Paris managing about 200 artists, nationally and internationally.

Consulting work includes Korean venture companies and medium size enterprises accelerating their entry into the US market, supporting and advising on strategies for overseas operations, ramping up sales and attracting investments/funding.

Mr. Kim takes a deep interest in environmental issues and international cooperation.

Mr. Malone is a graduate of Cornell University and has a JD degree from the University of Detroit School of Law where he served as the executive director of the University of Detroit Law Review. Among the many honors Mr. Malone has received is included the Michigan State Bar "Champion of Justice" award. He was named "Citizen Lawyer" by the Michigan Bar Journal in 1992.

Steve holds a BA in computer science from New York University and a MBA with concentrations in marketing, finance and managerial economics from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

At the APEC Investment conference in Korea May 1999, Mr. Tucker gave the response to the keynote address given by Mr. Kim Woo-Chung, then president of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI). On December 16, 2000, Mr. Tucker was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, his undergraduate university.

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Dr. Choi received his Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics and statistics from the State University of New York Stony Brook in 1984 and his BS degree from Seoul National University in industrial engineering. In 1976.

Professor Reinhard Drifte has served as a central figure in Japanese and Northeast Asian political and securities studies in Europe, writing seminal books on Japan's emerging role on the global stage. He has also served as a visiting professor at Waseda University in Japan and was visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics. His current research is on Japanese-Chinese relations, focusing on the growing Chinese business presence in Japan. His books include:

The Security Factor in Japan's Foreign Policy, 1945-1952
Ripe, East Sussex, Saltire Press 1983

Japan's Quest for Comprehensive Security: Defence, Diplomacy & Dependence
(co-authored with John Chapman and Ian Gow)
London, Frances Pinter, 1983, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983

Europe & Japan. Changing Relationships since 1945
Tenterden: Paul Norbury Publishers, 1986

Arms Production in Japan: The Military Use of Civilian Technology Boulder, Colorado, Westview Press, 1986

Japan's Foreign Policy
Chatham House Papers - Royal Institute of International Affairs, Routledge, London, 1990

Japan's Quest for a Permanent Security Council Seat. A Matter of Pride or Justice? St Martin's Press 2000

Japan's Security Relationship with China since 1989. From Balancing to Bandwagoning?
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Series, Oxford/London 2003 For further information see Professor Drifte`s homepage: www.rfwdrifte@ukgo.com/

His publications include three books: John Fairbank and the American Understanding of Modern China. Basil Blackwell, 1988; Reluctant Adversaries: Canada and the People's Republic of China, 1949-1970. University of Toronto Press, 1991. (co-edited); Studying Asia Pacific Security. Joint Centre, 1994.

Professor Evans has previously served as visiting scholar at the Asia Center, Harvard University (1997-99) and directed project on "The New Institutionalism in Asia."

Previously (1994-1997), he served as director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has considerable experience with national policy on medical research and biotechnology.

After leaving NIH, Dr. Hall served as executive vice chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where his major responsibility was the development of the new 43 acre campus at Mission Bay.

In 2001-2002, Dr. Hall served as president and CEO of EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a start-up biotechnology company for the discovery and development of pharmaceuticals for neurodegenerative disease.

He has, thus, experience in government policy, research, university administration and venture companies.

Dr. Hall, a neuroscientist, has made fundamental contributions to investigation of the neuromuscular junction, and has published more than 100 original papers and reviews in scientific journals.

He is the author and editor of An Introduction to Molecular Neurobiology, a widely used textbook, and was a founding editor of Neuron, a leading journal of neuroscience.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Hall held a faculty position at Harvard Medical School.

He has served on advisory boards for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, , the Max-Planck Institutes in Germany, and the RIKEN Institute in Japan. He is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Neurological Association, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2003, he received the Purkynje Medal for Scientific Achievement from the Czech Academy of Science.

His current research and related activities are focused on multilateral and regional developments in Northeast Asia, including the ongoing Six Party Talks and related non-proliferation in Northeast Asia, and the Iron Silk Road, a railway connection between Europe and Northeast Asia. He has been active observer since 1998 of the Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone for Northeast Asia (LNWFZ-NEA) project, led by Vice Chancellor John Endicott of the SolBridge International School of Business.

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Dr. Kim was previously chairman of the Korean Trade Commission, Korea’s antidumping authority, from 1989 to 1998. He has served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (1967-1971) and a senior fellow at the Korea Development Institute (1971-1973). He is generally recognized as Korea’s foremost expert on FDI.

Dr. Kim earned his doctoral degree in economics from Harvard University in 1969, with a major in public finance. Among his numerous publications on taxation, economic cooperation and investment policies, The Korean Economy: The Challenges of FDI-Led Globalization, 2007, is the most recent.

Ambassador Pritchard served as ambassador and special envoy for negotiations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and United States representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization in the administration of President George W. Bush from April 2001 until September 2003. Previously, he served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asian affairs in the administration of President William J. Clinton. During the Clinton administration, Ambassador Pritchard was also the director of Asian Affairs in the National Security Council and deputy chief negotiator for the Four Party Peace Talks, which aimed at reducing the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Ambassador Pritchard is a former United States Army officer and attaché in Tokyo, Japan. He received a B.A. in political science from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia; an M.A. in international studies from the University of Hawaii; and a diploma from the Japanese National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo.

His postings in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs include director of the Security Division, American Affairs Bureau (1976-77), private secretary to Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (1977-79), director of the Policy Coordination Division (1985-87), assistant vice-minister for parliamentary affairs (1987-88), director-general of the Information Analysis, Research and Policy Planning Bureau (1990-92), and director-general of the North American Affairs Bureau (1992-94). He was also the chief of Prefectural Police of Miyazaki Prefecture from 1984-85.

Mr. Satoh graduated from University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law, and studied history at Edinburgh University in UK from 1961-63. He was research associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 1980-81. He has written numerous articles on Japanese security policy both in English and in Japanese

From 1949 to 1990 he taught in the Political Science Department at the University of California at Berkeley. He was department chair from 1962 to 1965 and Robson research professor of government from 1977 until 1990. In 1978 he founded the Institute of East Asian Studies and remained its director until his retirement in 1990. He is currently Robson research professor of government emeritus.

Dr.Scalapino received his B.A. degree from Santa Barbara College and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.

Dr. Quinones has written extensively on US relations with Northeast Asia, particularly the Korean Peninsula. He has published three books: The North Korea Nuclear Crisis-Off the Record Memories, (translated into Korean and Japanese in 2000; Beyond Diplomacy: Implementation of the Agreed Frame Work (published in Japanese in 2003), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding North Korea, published in English by Penguin Publishers' Alpha Books in 2004. He continues to publish numerous articles in academic journals in the United States and beyond. His articles appear regularly in Japan's Mainichi Shimbun and South Korea's English newspapers.

Schreurs' work focuses on comparative environmental politics and policy in Europe, the US, and East Asia. She was born and raised in the United States and has also lived for extended periods in Japan and Germany and briefly in the Netherlands.

Her PhD is from the University of Michigan and her MA and BA from the University of Washington. She has also spent time researching or teaching at Harvard University, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, the Freie University Berlin, Keio University, Chuo University, and Rikkyo University in Japan and has held fellowships from the SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Program on International Peace and Security Affairs, the Fulbright Foundation, and the National Science Foundation/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.