CIP Board of Directors
Board Co-Chairs
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Cynthia McClintock
professor, George Washington University
Cynthia McClintock is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University and Director of GWU’s Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program. She holds the B.A. degree from Harvard University and the Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. McClintock was President of the Latin American Studies... Read Full Bio >
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Luis Gilberto Murillo has been a catalytic force in creating links between Afro-Colombian and African –American civil society, the public, and popular elected leaders. Moreover, Murillo is a well-known political advocate for U.S. aid that promotes peace with justice, both in Colombia and around the world. He calls for broad... Read Full Bio >
Board Members
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Matt Balitsaris is a musician and record producer. He lives with his wife, Margaret, and various animals in Bucks County Pennsylvania, where he has a recording studio, Maggie’s Farm (maggiesfarmrecording.com).... Read Full Bio >
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Philip Brenner
professor, American University
Philip Brenner is Professor of International Relations and Affiliate Professor of History at American University. He has served as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the U.S. Foreign Policy Program in the School of International Service, and and as Co-Director of American University's Inter-Disciplinary Council on... Read Full Bio >
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Gilbert Brownstone is the founder and manager of the Brownstone Foundation, a foundation open to all forms of creativity, with the goal of sustaining and accompanying social and humanitarian actions in favor of cultural development. He lives and works between the United States, Latin America and Paris.... Read Full Bio >
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Darcy Burner
Progressive Congress Action Fund
Darcy Burner is the President and Executive Director of ProgressiveCongress.org and the Progressive Congress Action Fund. A candidate for Congress in 2006 and 2008, she was the principal author and organizer of the Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, endorsed by more than sixty candidates for the U.S.... Read Full Bio >
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Tom Cooper
Gulfstream Intl Airlines
Mr. Cooper was born in High Point. N.C. in 1936. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1954-1957 and graduated from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1973 where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Management. He was employed by Eastern Airlines as a pilot in 1962 and was promoted... Read Full Bio >
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Alfredo G. Duran is a lawyer practicing law in Miami, Florida. Mr. Duran has a long standing record of participation in Democratic Party politics including chairmanship of the Florida Democratic Party, 1976-1980 and membership in various DNC party committes and commissions. He has also served as member of the Dade... Read Full Bio >
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Joe Eldridge has spent more than twenty five years working in the public policy arena as an advocate and analyst on international human rights and humanitarian issues. In 1991, he established the Washington office of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights; during the mid-1980s he worked in Honduras consulting on... Read Full Bio >
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Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and five seasons on “Providence,” actor Mike Farrell is also a writer, director and producer, his most recent project the motion picture “Patch Adams.” A social and political activist for over three decades, Farrell has served on human rights and peace delegations to Honduras, El... Read Full Bio >
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After graduation from the University of Wisconsin (BS ART, 1963) Ms. Lehman worked at the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Oriental Art. In 1966, she started a successful wholesale sterling silver jewelry business -- importing from several countries -- supplying major art museums and fine specialty stores... Read Full Bio >
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Conrad Martin
Fund for Constitutional Government
Conrad Martin is the Executive Director of Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust, managing an annual philanthropic budget of approximately 1.5 million dollars. Mr. Martin's areas of expertise include government accountability, arms control, political finance reform, civil rights/civil liberties, and population & reproductive rights. Concurrently, Mr. Martin serves as Executive Director... Read Full Bio >
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As a businessman, Paul Sack’s career has been in real estate—acquiring and managing properties for investors. In 1975, he founded The RREEF Funds to facilitate such investment by large pension funds. RREEF owned and managed $95 billion of real estate at its peak and is now owned by Deutche Bank. In 1966-7, he was... Read Full Bio >
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Robert Stark has been engaged in social justice work in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean for the last 40 years. He worked in Central American and the Caribbean in the 1980s and 1990s on peace and sustainable development. He served as the executive director of Policy Alternatives... Read Full Bio >
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Dessima Williams
ambassador of Grenada to the United Nations
Dessima Williams is the Ambassador of Grenada to the United Nations. Prior to her appointment, she was a professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Brandeis and served as Grenada's ambassador to UNESO and to the Organization of American States. She is also the founder and director of the Grenada... Read Full Bio >
