Council Cabinet

The Council Cabinet is composed of individuals, corporations, and foundations who share a commitment to education in international affairs and stand ready to lead and support the goals of the Council. As a member of the Council Cabinet, you will meet regularly with distinguished leaders from the United States and abroad.  You will enjoy private dinners, exclusive receptions, and off-the-record briefings. Three or more Cabinet events are normally held each month, even during the summer. 

View upcoming Cabinet events here.

Benefits Include

• Invitations to private dinners with select Council speakers
• Invitations to special receptions that are not open to the general membership
• Opportunities to host receptions and dinners in your home
• Opportunities to guide the future of the Council
• Special recognition in Council publications
• Satisfaction from the personal commitment to the Council's mission
• Each event will have limited attendance and will be a rare opportunity to meet and converse with some of the most influential people of our time. 

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For more information contact Linda Wuest at info@wachouston.org or (713) 522-7811.

2011 Council Cabinet Programs:

Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds
Thursday, December 1

Past Council Cabinet Programs Include

2011

Nicholas Blanford, Times of London
Tuesday, November 15 - Private Dinner

Robin Wright, Woodrow Wilson International Center
Wednesday, November 2nd - Evening Reception

Sylvia Longmire, Consultant
Thursday, October 20th - Evening Reception

Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute of International Economics
Thursday, October 13th - Private Dinner

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Hoover Institution
Wednesday, October 5th - Private Dinner

My Pakistan
Marvi Memon, former member of Pakistan's Parliament
Private Dinner

Israel - Search for Security and Lasting Peace
Danny Rothschild, IDC Herzliya
Private Luncheon

Turmoil in Syria
Murhaf Jouejati, National Defense University
Private Reception

Cuba Today
Nicolas Shumway, Rice University
Private Dinner

Sushi Tasting & Discussion on Japan
Carl Rosa, Japan-American Initiative
Private Dinner

The Gulen Movement: Structure and Goals
Helen Ebaugh, University of Houston
Private Dinner

2010

Patrick Cirillo, International Monetary Fund
Hosted by Federal Reserve Bank of Houston
Dinner

Cyber Wafare: The Impending Battle
Lt. General Henry Raduege Jr., USAF (Ret.), Deloitte
Reception

The Real War in Mexico
Shannon O'Neil, Council on Foreign Relations
Reception

The Law of the Sea
Scott Borgerson, Council on Foreign Relations
Reception

The Global Financial Architecture
Robert Kimmitt, former US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
Reception

Is Russia’s Democratic Experiment Over?
David Satter, Hoover Institution
Dinner

The Honorable Ichiro Fujisaki
Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Luncheon

Ten Days in Iran: What I Saw at the Revolution
Joe Klein, Newsweek
Reception

A Discussion of Energy in China
Michael Economides, University of Houston
Reception

Economic Policy: Hits and Misses
Marty Lobel, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, LLP
Dinner

The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Romesh Ratnesar, TIME
Reception

Entrepreneurs in Africa
June Arunga, Open Quest Media
Reception

Vietnam Rising?
Thomas Vallely
Reception

Opportunities and Challenges for a Palestinian State
Maen Areikat, Chief Representative of the PLO Mission
Reception

Al Qaeda’s Grand Strategy
Bruce Hoffman
Reception

The Century Ahead
George Friedman, STRATFOR
Reception

Democracy in Latin America
Alejandro Toledo, Former President of Peru
Reception

Understanding China
Dimitri Devan, The World Bank
Reception

America’s Role in the World
Mitt Romney
Reception 

Russian/Kazakhstan Energy
Ariel Cohen, Council of Foreign Relations
Reception

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing
Preston Keat, Eurasia Group
Reception

Is There an Emerging Terrorist Threat in Latin America?
Doug Farah, Author
Reception

The Search for Truth in Iraq
Charles Duelfer, CIA
Private Dinner

Opening the Mexican Economy
Eduardo Perez Motta, Federal Competition Commission of Mexico
Dinner

The Peacemakers
Martin Indyk, former Ambassador of United States to Israel
Reception

Talking with Iran
Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Association
Reception

Global Food Crisis
Edwin Price, Texas A&M Borlaug Institute
Reception

Argentina Unveiled
Nicolas Shumway, University of Texas
Reception

Russia’s Nervous Neighbors
Robert Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel
Reception

Force and Diplomacy: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq
Peter Mansoor, US Army Colonel
Reception

Brazil Rising
Simon Marks, Journalist
Reception

Shaping a World of Freedom: the foreign policy budget
Robert Pearson, Ambassador
Reception

Tomorrow's Middle East
Robin Wright, Journalist
Reception

Putin’s Labyrinth
Steve Levine, Author
Dinner

The Arab Center
Marwan Muasher, Jordanian diplomat
Reception

Russia and the Caucuses
Jon Sawyer, Journalist
Dinner

China in Africa: Implications for Human Rights and Energy
Robert G. Houdek, US Ambassador to Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Uganda
Dinner

The United States and Germany: Common Values, New Challenges
His Excellency Klaus Scharioth
Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany
Dinner

The Cost of Corruption
Peter Eigen
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Transparency International
Reception

Smart Power: A Smarter, More Secure America
Joseph Nye
Harvard University, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Reception

A Discussion on Energy Independence
Robert Bryce
Energy Tribune
Reception

The Russian Elections: Putin-3
Leon Aron
American Enterprise Institute
Dinner

Islamic Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Major Kathleen Meilahn
CENTCOM
Reception

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
Anders Aslund
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Dinner

U.S.-Iranian relations
Trita Parsi
National American Iranian Council
Reception

Revolution of Hope
Vicente Fox
Former President of Mexico
Reception

Unrest in Bolivia: Implications for the Region
Jorge Quiroga
Former President of Bolivia
Reception

Law & Rwanda
Don Wallace
International Law Institute
Dinner

Presidential Courage
Michael Beschloss
Historian and Author
Dinner