He is the former Chair of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund. In 2008, he served as co-chair of President Obama’s transition team, where he coordinated the priorities of the incoming administration’s agenda, oversaw the development of its policies, and spearheaded its appointments of major cabinet secretaries and political appointees. Prior to joining Hillary Clinton’s campaign he served as Counselor to President Barack Obama. John Podesta served as Chair of Hillary for America. Palacio was presented with the Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Prize for extraordinary contributions to the rule of law, justice and human rights by the O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University, and was awarded the insignia of Officier of the Order of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic. She is also a recurrent participant and speaker at international conferences and fora, most recently giving evidence on post-Brexit foreign and defense cooperation before the UK House of Lords’ European Union External Affairs Sub-Committee. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is a visiting professor at the Edmund E. In particular, she maintains a monthly column at Project Syndicate. ![]() Palacio publishes regularly in periodicals and journals. She has recently been appointed as member of the Global Leadership Foundation. Palacio serves as member of the External Advisory Board of the US former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz’s Energy Futures Initiative, of the Advisory Board of the Sandra Day O’Connor Justice Prize and of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Human Sciences. She is a member of the Board as well as of the Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council of the United States. She is a member of the International Advisory Boards of Investcorp (a world-leading manager of alternative investments) and Office Chérifien des Phosphates – OCP – (fertilizers) and of the Governing Council of the Instituto de Empresa (business school). She is a member of the Board of Enagás (Spanish gas system), Pharmamar (biotechnology), and AEE Power (energy infrastructure). ![]() She has been Senior Vice-President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group and Secretary General of ICSID (2006-2008), and she has been a member of the Executive Committee and Senior Vice-President for International Affairs of AREVA (2008-2009). She was a Member of the Spanish Parliament (2004 to 2006), where she chaired the Joint Committee of the Two Houses for European Union Affairs. Palacio became the first woman to serve as Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain (2002-2004). She participated as member of the Presidium of the Convention for the Future of Europe (2001-2003) in the debate and drafting of the European Constitution. ![]() Palacio was a Member of the European Parliament, where she chaired the Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee as well as the Citizens Rights, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. Palacio is a Member of the Council of State of Spain and is the Founding Partner of the law and public affairs firm Palacio y Asociados.īetween 19, Ms. Bush Presidential Center’s Human Freedom Project.Īna Palacio is an international lawyer specializing in international and European Union law. Kramer is a member of the board of directors of the Halifax International Security Forum and a member of the advisory council for the George W. Bush administration, including as assistant secretary of state for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs professional staff member in the Secretary’s Office of Policy Planning and senior advisor to the undersecretary for Global Affairs. Prior to that, he was a senior transatlantic fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Before that, he served for four years as president of Freedom House. Before moving to Miami, Kramer had worked in Washington, DC for 24 years, most recently as senior director for Human Rights and Democracy with The McCain Institute for International Leadership. Green School of International and Public Affairs as a senior fellow in the Vaclav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy in May 2017. Kramer joined Florida International University’s Steven J.
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