FSI Council Directory
FSI Council
The FSI Council members serve as ambassadors for FSI and international policy research, teaching, and outreach at Stanford University. They provide strategic advice to the director of FSI and assist in strengthening and advising the Institute's mission to teach, train, and influence international policy.
FSI Council Members
Susan Liautaud (Chair)
Susan Liautaud is the Founder and Managing Director of Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited. She also serves as Chair of Council (trustees) of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Sohaib Abbasi
Sohaib Abbasi served as the CEO and president of Informatica Corporation from 2004-2015. Currently, Sohaib serves on the board of McAfee and Streamsets.
Tarek AbuZayyad
Tarek AbuZayyad is a director at Rezayat Group and co-founder of Eighteen48 Partners. He was a partner at Stanhope Capital and a managing director at Berggruen Holdings. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Jared Cohen
Jared Cohen is President of Jigsaw at Alphabet, Inc. where he also serves as an advisor to Alphabet's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton.
Steven A. Denning
Steve Denning is the chairman emeritus of General Atlantic LLC. He currently serves as chair of the Global Advisory Council to the president and is vice chair of the Human-Centered AI Institute Advisory Council.
Susan Ford Dorsey
Susan Ford Dorsey is President of the Sand Hill Foundation. She serves on the Parent’s Advisory Board as well as the boards of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the School of Humanities and Sciences. She served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
William H. Draper III
Bill Draper is the co-founder and co-chair of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. He was a trustee of Yale University and has served on the board of Hoover Institution and as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Sakurako Daniel Fisher
Sako Fisher is President of the San Francisco Symphony. She is a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees, and she served on the Task Force on Undergraduate Education. She served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board as well as the School of Humanities and Sciences Board.
Bradford Freeman
Brad Freeman is a General Partner of Freeman Spogli & Co. He is currently a board member of Edison International and CB Richard Ellis. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Arun Gupta
Arun Gupta is a venture partner at Columbia Capital in Alexandria, VA. He is an adjunct professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where he teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital.
Nina Hachigian
Nina Hachigian is the first deputy mayor of international affairs for Los Angeles. She served as U.S. ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 2014-2017.
Philip W. Halperin
Phil Halperin is a founder of both California Education Partners and the Silver Giving Foundation and has dedicated his career to the kids of California. In addition, Phil is a member of the VPUE Kitchen Cabinet, which serves as a sounding board to Harry Elam and the Stanford LEAD Council.
Gail Harris
Gail Harris is the lead director of Evercore Partners Inc. and serves as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee and as a member of the audit committee. She is also on the board of Seacor Holdings Inc.
Jae Youl Kim
Jae Youl Kim is currently President of Samsung Global Strategy Group. He is a veteran South Korean sports administrator and was elected president of the International Skating Union (ISU) in 2022, and to the International Olympic Committee in 2023.
J. Richard Kushel (Vice Chair)
Rich Kushel is the Global Head of Multi-Asset Strategies for BlackRock and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee. Prior to joining BlackRock in 1991, he was an associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Prudential Securities. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Anna Makanju
Anna Makanju is a public policy and legal expert and currently the head of public policy at Open AI. Previously, she was the special policy adviser for Europe and Eurasia to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
William McKenna
Bill McKenna serves as the President, CEO, and Principal of Footprint Retail Services. Prior to this role, Bill was the President and Chief Executive Officer and Principal of Schwarz Supply. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Jack Mosbacher
Jack Mosbacher is a partner at Watchfire Ventures. Prior, Jack spent a decade as a touring musician, producer, and professional theatre actor. Jack began his career as a research associate at FSI in 2012; his research and writing have been featured in Foreign Affairs, The Washington Quarterly, and The Los Angeles Times.
Kenneth Olivier
Ken Olivier was the Chairman, CEO, and President of Dodge & Cox. He joined Dodge & Cox in 1979. He is a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees and serves on the Stanford Management Company’s Board of Directors. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Dina Powell McCormick
Dina Powell McCormick is vice chairman and president of global client services at BDT & MSD Partners. Previously, she was the global head of sustainability and inclusive growth at Goldman Sachs and served as global head of the sovereign business.
Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz
Ricky Rosenkranz is an assistant professor of clinical medicine in pediatrics with Children’s Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University, specializing in neonatal and prenatal medicine. Ricky served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Lily Sarafan (Vice Chair)
Lily Sarafan is the executive chair and co-founder of Home Care Assistance. She serves on several corporate and non-profit boards and is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. She serves on the Stanford Board of Trustees as well as on various university committees.
Ronald P. Spogli
Ron Spogli is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Italian Republic and to the Republic of San Marino. He is a founder of Freeman Spogli & Co. Ron is a member of the Stanford Board of Trustees and the Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust. He served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Diane Stewart
Diane Stewart Zezza is an attorney, international legal consultant, social impact investor, and human rights advocate. Diane co-founded the Stanford Women’s Network UK and serves on the leadership committee of Stanford OVAL UK. She served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Scott Swid
Scott Swid is the chairman of Monaco Sports Group. Previously, he was the founder and general partner at SLS Capital Management, LLC, and was the chairman of Venturi Grand Prix. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he served as a member of the FSI Advisory Board.
Steven Udvar-Hazy
Steven Udvar-Hazy is senior vice president and chief procurement officer at Aviation Capital Group. In 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Steven was recognized as one of the top 40 executives under 40 years of age in the commercial aviation industry by Airline Economics.
Gretchen Gerwe Welch
Gretchen Gerwe Welch is a former career senior Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. State Department. She served sixteen years overseas in US embassies in Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Kingdom.
Photos by Rod Searcey.