“Always intelligent and provocative, as well as disciplined and civil. A stimulating way to spend an evening.”
- The Wall Street Journal
Executive producer of original programming with BET Networks where he oversees news, current affairs and other documentary programming. James is also the owner of Public Affairs Media Group a media production and consulting agency.
Senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Director of The Policy Forum, has run several private foundations involved in public policy grant making and served on The Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board from 2001-2008.
Co-founder of Intelligence Squared, London, and the media information company, Xtreme Information.
Private investor who headed creditors’ committees for WorldCom and Adelphia. His policy interests include military technology and Middle Eastern affairs.
Retired director & vice chairman of Alliance Bernstein Corporation. He is former Chairman of the Manhattan Institute and current President of the Hertog Foundation.
Attorney with Kirkland & Ellis in New York City. He has both legislative and executive branch experience and remains actively involved in politics and policy.
Award winning journalist, Sara is an ABC News executive and veteran television producer in Washington, DC where she oversees coverage for ABC News digital media.
Editor-at-Large of City Journal, the Manhattan Institute’s quarterly magazine of urban affairs, and a former member of the Board of Editors of Fortune magazine.
Samsung Senior Curator of Asia Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Director in the Washington office of Brunswick Group, the international strategic communications firm.
Private investor and non-executive chairman of The Ohrstrom Foundation, Inc.
Philanthropist and a trustee of Claremont Graduate University.
Professor of Law at Georgetown University.
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Slate Group.
Contributing editor for Time magazine, weekly host for CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and a New York Times bestselling author.