Just before the holidays, the White House announced nominations for nine of the twelve seats on the President’s Global Development Council. As you recall, the Council—established by executive order last February—was originally called for in the 2010 Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development (PPD-6).
Click here to see the nine individuals appointed to the Council so far.
As MFAN Principal Sarah Jane Staats, director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Project at the Center for Global Development, writes, “The line-up so far pulls in research, private sector and philanthropic expertise and does not include operational or advocacy organizations (which may be a smart move to avoid conflict of interest with organizations who receive federal dollars for aid programs).”
Though the President is not obligated to fill all twelve slots, we’re interested to hear who you think should fill the remaining three seats.
Who else should be on the Global Development Council? Let us know by:
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Send us your suggestions by January 14.
Once we’ve gotten enough suggestions, we will ask you to take our poll and vote on who you think should be on the Council. The names of the three individuals with the most votes will then be shared with the White House.
We look forward to collecting your nominations!
Tags: Global Development Council, PPD-6
Larry Cooley, President and CEO of Washington DC-based Management Systems International (www.msiworldwide.com)
It’s important to have folks with social justice perspectives and a critical approach. I nominate Jennifer Lentfer, founder of HowMatters.org and John Harvey currently at Council on Foundations and former founder of Grantmakers without Borders. It would also be good to have someone from Global Fund for Women.
I believe Mr. Gregs G. Thomopulos, PE, ExecEng, FACEC, Chairman of Stanley Consultants, Inc. should be added. Global development depends on physical infrastructure to be successful. Transportation, water, power, communications, flood control, buildings (hospitals, warehouses. schools, etc.), and other physical infrastructure are the foundation for social, economic, and political development and quality of life. There needs to be an engineer on the Council to bring real world considerations to light. Gregs is a World leader who is the Past President of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and is Chairman-elect of the American Council of Engineering Companies (the business association of the U.S. engineering industry.
There should be some representation from at least a few of the major church denominations in the U.S.; i.e., leader of the Catholic church (from the Conference of Bishops); protestant leaders/bishops of churches like the ELCA, LCMS, NALC, ECUSA, United Methodist, etc.
Jeff Sachs
Paul Farmer
Bill Foege