Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established by an Act of Congress to build a memorial in Washington, DC to commemorate the more than 100 million victims of communism; to honor those who successfully resisted communist tyranny; to educate current and future generations about communism's crimes against humanity; and to pay tribute to those who helped win the Cold War. [1]
Principal Officers & Directors (2004)
- Lev E. Dobriansky — Chairman Emeritus
- Lee Edwards, PhD — Chairman
- Jay Katzen — President & CEO
- Michael B. Ryan — Vice Chairman
- Michael Sawkiw, Jr. — Secretary
- Jeffrey Gayner — Treasurer
- Richard W. Carlson — Director
- Eugene M. Iwanciw — Director
- Grover G. Norquist — Director
- Robert A. Schadler — Director
- Radi Slavoff — Director
- Randal C. Teague Director
- David B. Rivkin — Legal Counsel
International Advisory Council
- Sali Berisha, President (ret.) Albania
- Elena Bonner, Russia
- Vladimir Bukovsky, Russia
- Emil Constantinescu, President (ret.) Romania
- Brian Crozier, Great Britain
- Arpad Goncz, President (ret.) Hungary
- Vytautas Landsbergis, President (ret.) Lithuania
- Lenart Meri, President (ret.) Estonia
- Guntis Ulmanis, President (ret.) Latvia
- Lech Walesa, President (ret.) Poland
