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The Leadership Council is a special circle of friends of
the organization that contribute $1,000 or more in annual membership dues.
As a supporter of our mission at this level, Leadership Council members
have the opportunity to be involved in a special leadership role with
our visitors and community programs. This includes invitations to exclusive
events featuring international visitors and local community leaders, cultural
hospitality opportunities, and briefings regarding on-going IIE/IVLP initiatives.
For more information about Leadership Council membership contact the
Lead Program Officer and Marketing Specialist.
Past Leadership Council Activities
Chamber Music Concert: Music Days in Forest Hill at the Forest
Hill Clubhouse
Presented by Ms. Mari Kodama and Maestro Kent Nagano with Members of the
Vienna Philharmonic.
Global Access Breakfast: “The United Nations’ Role
in Maintaining Peace and Security.”
Jan Kavan, President of the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations
General Assembly, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
Mr. Jan Kavan brings to the post political skills built on a lifetime
of experience, both in the Czech Republic and throughout his 20 years
of political exile in the United Kingdom. An advocate of democracy and
human rights, he served as the Czech Republic's Deputy Prime Minister
for Foreign and Security Policy from 1999 to 2002 and as Minister of Foreign
Affairs from 1998 to 2002. He is currently a Deputy in the Czech Parliament.
Dinner with Right Honorable Michael Jack, M.P. Great Britain
Mr. Jack has served on the Agriculture Select Committee (1999), and has
acted as Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1998), Financial
Secretary to HM Treasury (1995-1997), Minister of State at the Home Office
(1992-1993) and was Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries
and Food (1993-1995). He is currently a member of the Executive Committee
and Secretary to the North-West Members Group of Conservative MPs.
Dinner with Ambassador David Fischer
Ambassador Fischer served as acting American Ambassador to Tanzania (1979)
and Ambassador to the Seychelles (1982). In 1985 he became the Director
for East African affairs in the State Department, and served as the American
Consul-General in Munich (1997-1981). Ambassador Fischer is a Past President
of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, and is a frequent
commentator on international affairs. Ambassador Fischer was appointed
a Diplomat-in-Residence at San Francisco State University in August 1998.
Wells Fargo Reception with special guests from Vietnam:
Mr. Binh Thanh Pham Director of Customs Supervision and Control, General
Department of Customs and Ms. Trang Thuy Truong, Director of Industrial
Property Management Division, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science,
Technology, and Environment.
For more information about Leadership Council events and membership,
contact us at
415-362-6520 ext. 220.
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