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The [[International Rescue Committee]] was founded in 1942 to assist social democratic refugees from Europe. During the Cold War it became increasingly integrated into the US foreign policy establishment.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.249.</ref> | The [[International Rescue Committee]] was founded in 1942 to assist social democratic refugees from Europe. During the Cold War it became increasingly integrated into the US foreign policy establishment.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.249.</ref> | ||
| − | ==People 2010== | + | ==People== |
| − | ===Headquarters - New York=== | + | ===Presidents=== |
| + | *[[Angier Biddle Duke]] 1955-60<ref name="Chester242">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.242.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[John Richardson Jr.]] 1960-61<ref name="Chester245">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[William vanden Heuvel]]<ref name="Chester246">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.246.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[William Casey]] 1970-71<ref name="Chester241">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.241.</ref> | ||
| + | ====Chair==== | ||
| + | *[[Reinhold Neibuhr]] 1952<ref name="Chester245">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Leo Cherne]] 1952-1991<ref name="Chester241">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.241.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[John Whitehead]] 1991-<ref name="Chester246">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.246.</ref> | ||
| + | ====Executive Director==== | ||
| + | *[[Sheba Strunsky]] 1942-1949<ref name="Chester246">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.246.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[David Martin]] 1949-1952<ref name="Chester244">Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.244.</ref> | ||
| + | ===People 2010=== | ||
| + | ====Headquarters - New York==== | ||
*[[George Rupp]] - President and CEO | *[[George Rupp]] - President and CEO | ||
*[[George Biddle]] - Executive Vice President | *[[George Biddle]] - Executive Vice President | ||
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*[[Ellen O'Connell]] - Vice President, Administration and Board Relations | *[[Ellen O'Connell]] - Vice President, Administration and Board Relations | ||
*[[Anne Richard]] - Vice President, Government Relations and Advocacy<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/leadership IRC Leadership], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | *[[Anne Richard]] - Vice President, Government Relations and Advocacy<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/leadership IRC Leadership], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | ===Headquarters - Europe=== | + | ====Headquarters - Europe==== |
*[[Jane Ellis]] - Acting Director, IRC United Kingdom | *[[Jane Ellis]] - Acting Director, IRC United Kingdom | ||
*[[Gregory Brow]] - Director, Geneva | *[[Gregory Brow]] - Director, Geneva | ||
*[[Nathalie Stiennon]] - Director, Brussels<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/leadership IRC Leadership], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | *[[Nathalie Stiennon]] - Director, Brussels<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/leadership IRC Leadership], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | ===Board of Directors=== | + | ====Board of Directors==== |
*[[Alan R. Batkin]] - Co-Chair | *[[Alan R. Batkin]] - Co-Chair | ||
*[[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] - Co-Chair | *[[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] - Co-Chair | ||
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*[[John Whitehead]] Chair Emeritus | *[[John Whitehead]] Chair Emeritus | ||
*[[Morton I. Abramowitz]] | [[Simin Nazem Allison]] | [[Cliff S. Asness]] | [[Alan R. Batkin]] | [[Christoph Becker]] | [[Betsy Blumenthal]] | [[Glenda Burkhart]] | [[Florence A. Davis]] |[[Susan Dentzer]] | [[Trinh D. Doan]] | [[Kenneth R. French]] | [[Christopher Gardner]] | [[Michael J. Gerson]] | [[George F. Hritz]] | [[Frederick J. Iseman]] | [[Aly S. Jeddy]] | [[M. Farooq Kathwari]] | [[William Lucy]] | [[Robert E. Marks]] | [[Kathleen O’Donovan]] | [[Scott Pelley]] | [[Gideon Rose]] | [[George Rupp]] | [[George S. Sarlo]] | [[Scott Scheirman]] |[[Thomas Schick]] | [[Jean Kennedy Smith]] | [[Michael VanRooyen]] | [[Leah Zell Wanger]] | [[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] | [[William T. Winters]] | [[Tracy R. Wolstencroft]]<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/board-and-overseers IRC Board of Directors and Overseers], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | *[[Morton I. Abramowitz]] | [[Simin Nazem Allison]] | [[Cliff S. Asness]] | [[Alan R. Batkin]] | [[Christoph Becker]] | [[Betsy Blumenthal]] | [[Glenda Burkhart]] | [[Florence A. Davis]] |[[Susan Dentzer]] | [[Trinh D. Doan]] | [[Kenneth R. French]] | [[Christopher Gardner]] | [[Michael J. Gerson]] | [[George F. Hritz]] | [[Frederick J. Iseman]] | [[Aly S. Jeddy]] | [[M. Farooq Kathwari]] | [[William Lucy]] | [[Robert E. Marks]] | [[Kathleen O’Donovan]] | [[Scott Pelley]] | [[Gideon Rose]] | [[George Rupp]] | [[George S. Sarlo]] | [[Scott Scheirman]] |[[Thomas Schick]] | [[Jean Kennedy Smith]] | [[Michael VanRooyen]] | [[Leah Zell Wanger]] | [[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] | [[William T. Winters]] | [[Tracy R. Wolstencroft]]<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/board-and-overseers IRC Board of Directors and Overseers], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | ||
| − | ===Overseers=== | + | ====Overseers==== |
[[Madeleine K. Albright]] | [[Laurent Alpert]] | [[Kofi A. Annan]] | [[Lila Azam Zanganeh]] | [[F. William Barnett]] | [[Alan R. Batkin]] | [[Georgette F. Bennett]] | [[Vera Blinken]] | [[Michael Blumenthal]] | [[Andrew Brimmer]] | [[Jennifer Brokaw]], M.D. | [[Tom Brokaw]] | [[Frederick Burkle]], M.D. | [[Nestor Carbonell]] | [[Jeremy Carver]] | [[Geoffrey Colvin]] | [[Karen Cook]] | [[Robert M. Cotten]] | [[Robert P. DeVecchi]] | [[Dina Dublon]] | [[Robin Chandler Duke]] | [[Jodie Eastman]] | [[Katherine Farley]] | [[H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan]] | [[Harold Ford, Jr.]] | [[Theodore J. Forstmann]] | [[Jeffrey E. Garten]] | [[Evan G. Greenberg]] | [[Maurice R. Greenberg]] | [[Andrew S. Grove]] | [[Morton I. Hamburg]] | [[Karen Hein]], M.D. | [[Lucile P. Herbert]] | [[Howard Jonas]] | [[Marvin Josephson]] | [[Alton Kastner]] | [[Henry A. Kissinger]] | [[Yong Kwok]] | [[Reynold Levy]] | [[Winston Lord]] | [[Dan Lufkin]] | [[Vincent A. Mai]] | [[John Makinson]] | [[Lucretia Martin]] | [[Roberto Martinez]] | [[Roman Martinez IV]] | [[Kati Marton]] | [[Jay Mazur]] | [[W. Allen Moore]] | [[Kathleen Newland]] | [[Indra Nooyi]] | [[Robert B. Oakley]] | [[Sadako Ogata]] | [[Sarah O’Hagan]] | [[Catherine O’Neill]] | [[Susan Patricof]] | [[Alexandra L. Peters]] | [[David L. Phillips]] | [[David N. Pincus]] | General [[Colin L. Powell]], USA (Retired) | [[Donald H. Putnam]] | [[Bruce C. Ratner]] | [[Milbrey Rennie]] | [[John Richardson]] | [[Felix G. Rohatyn]] | [[George Rupp]] | [[Jessica T. Seinfeld]] | [[Barbara Shailor]] | [[James T. Sherwin]] | [[Nancy Starr]] | [[H. Peter Stern]] | [[James C. Strickler]], M.D | [[Lee Thaw]] | [[Georgia Travers]] | [[Liv Ullmann]] | [[William J. Vanden Heuvel]] | [[Ronald J. Waldman]], M.D. | [[Rhonda Weingarten]] | [[Edwin J. Wesely]] | [[Josh Weston]] | [[Anne Whitehead]] | [[John C. Whitehead]] | [[Elie Wiesel]] | [[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] | [[James D. Wolfensohn]] | [[Guy Wyser Pratte]]<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/board-and-overseers IRC Board of Directors and Overseers], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | [[Madeleine K. Albright]] | [[Laurent Alpert]] | [[Kofi A. Annan]] | [[Lila Azam Zanganeh]] | [[F. William Barnett]] | [[Alan R. Batkin]] | [[Georgette F. Bennett]] | [[Vera Blinken]] | [[Michael Blumenthal]] | [[Andrew Brimmer]] | [[Jennifer Brokaw]], M.D. | [[Tom Brokaw]] | [[Frederick Burkle]], M.D. | [[Nestor Carbonell]] | [[Jeremy Carver]] | [[Geoffrey Colvin]] | [[Karen Cook]] | [[Robert M. Cotten]] | [[Robert P. DeVecchi]] | [[Dina Dublon]] | [[Robin Chandler Duke]] | [[Jodie Eastman]] | [[Katherine Farley]] | [[H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan]] | [[Harold Ford, Jr.]] | [[Theodore J. Forstmann]] | [[Jeffrey E. Garten]] | [[Evan G. Greenberg]] | [[Maurice R. Greenberg]] | [[Andrew S. Grove]] | [[Morton I. Hamburg]] | [[Karen Hein]], M.D. | [[Lucile P. Herbert]] | [[Howard Jonas]] | [[Marvin Josephson]] | [[Alton Kastner]] | [[Henry A. Kissinger]] | [[Yong Kwok]] | [[Reynold Levy]] | [[Winston Lord]] | [[Dan Lufkin]] | [[Vincent A. Mai]] | [[John Makinson]] | [[Lucretia Martin]] | [[Roberto Martinez]] | [[Roman Martinez IV]] | [[Kati Marton]] | [[Jay Mazur]] | [[W. Allen Moore]] | [[Kathleen Newland]] | [[Indra Nooyi]] | [[Robert B. Oakley]] | [[Sadako Ogata]] | [[Sarah O’Hagan]] | [[Catherine O’Neill]] | [[Susan Patricof]] | [[Alexandra L. Peters]] | [[David L. Phillips]] | [[David N. Pincus]] | General [[Colin L. Powell]], USA (Retired) | [[Donald H. Putnam]] | [[Bruce C. Ratner]] | [[Milbrey Rennie]] | [[John Richardson]] | [[Felix G. Rohatyn]] | [[George Rupp]] | [[Jessica T. Seinfeld]] | [[Barbara Shailor]] | [[James T. Sherwin]] | [[Nancy Starr]] | [[H. Peter Stern]] | [[James C. Strickler]], M.D | [[Lee Thaw]] | [[Georgia Travers]] | [[Liv Ullmann]] | [[William J. Vanden Heuvel]] | [[Ronald J. Waldman]], M.D. | [[Rhonda Weingarten]] | [[Edwin J. Wesely]] | [[Josh Weston]] | [[Anne Whitehead]] | [[John C. Whitehead]] | [[Elie Wiesel]] | [[Jonathan L. Wiesner]] | [[James D. Wolfensohn]] | [[Guy Wyser Pratte]]<ref>[http://www.theirc.org/board-and-overseers IRC Board of Directors and Overseers], International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 28 March 2013
The International Rescue Committee was founded in 1942 to assist social democratic refugees from Europe. During the Cold War it became increasingly integrated into the US foreign policy establishment.[1]
Contents
People
Presidents
- Angier Biddle Duke 1955-60[2]
- John Richardson Jr. 1960-61[3]
- William vanden Heuvel[4]
- William Casey 1970-71[5]
Chair
- Reinhold Neibuhr 1952[3]
- Leo Cherne 1952-1991[5]
- John Whitehead 1991-[4]
Executive Director
- Sheba Strunsky 1942-1949[4]
- David Martin 1949-1952[6]
People 2010
Headquarters - New York
- George Rupp - President and CEO
- George Biddle - Executive Vice President
- Patricia Long - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- Carrie Simon - General Counsel
- John Keys - Senior Vice President, International Programs
- Carrie Ross Welch - Senior Vice President, External Relations
- Kay Bellor - Vice President, US Programs
- Edward Bligh - Vice President, Editorial Director
- Donna Campbell - Vice President, Human Resources
- Robert Carey - Vice President, Resettlement and Migration Policy
- Sue Dwyer - Vice President, Programs
- Michael Kocher - Vice President, International Programs
- Carolyn Makinson - Executive Director, Women's Refugee Commission
- Ellen O'Connell - Vice President, Administration and Board Relations
- Anne Richard - Vice President, Government Relations and Advocacy[7]
Headquarters - Europe
- Jane Ellis - Acting Director, IRC United Kingdom
- Gregory Brow - Director, Geneva
- Nathalie Stiennon - Director, Brussels[8]
Board of Directors
- Alan R. Batkin - Co-Chair
- Jonathan L. Wiesner - Co-Chair
- Liv Ullmann - Vice Chair, International
- Jean Kennedy Smith - Secretary
- George Rupp - President and Chief Executive Officer
- Winston Lord - Chair Emeritus
- James Strickler - Chair Emeritus
- John Whitehead Chair Emeritus
- Morton I. Abramowitz | Simin Nazem Allison | Cliff S. Asness | Alan R. Batkin | Christoph Becker | Betsy Blumenthal | Glenda Burkhart | Florence A. Davis |Susan Dentzer | Trinh D. Doan | Kenneth R. French | Christopher Gardner | Michael J. Gerson | George F. Hritz | Frederick J. Iseman | Aly S. Jeddy | M. Farooq Kathwari | William Lucy | Robert E. Marks | Kathleen O’Donovan | Scott Pelley | Gideon Rose | George Rupp | George S. Sarlo | Scott Scheirman |Thomas Schick | Jean Kennedy Smith | Michael VanRooyen | Leah Zell Wanger | Jonathan L. Wiesner | William T. Winters | Tracy R. Wolstencroft[9]
Overseers
Madeleine K. Albright | Laurent Alpert | Kofi A. Annan | Lila Azam Zanganeh | F. William Barnett | Alan R. Batkin | Georgette F. Bennett | Vera Blinken | Michael Blumenthal | Andrew Brimmer | Jennifer Brokaw, M.D. | Tom Brokaw | Frederick Burkle, M.D. | Nestor Carbonell | Jeremy Carver | Geoffrey Colvin | Karen Cook | Robert M. Cotten | Robert P. DeVecchi | Dina Dublon | Robin Chandler Duke | Jodie Eastman | Katherine Farley | H.R.H. Princess Firyal of Jordan | Harold Ford, Jr. | Theodore J. Forstmann | Jeffrey E. Garten | Evan G. Greenberg | Maurice R. Greenberg | Andrew S. Grove | Morton I. Hamburg | Karen Hein, M.D. | Lucile P. Herbert | Howard Jonas | Marvin Josephson | Alton Kastner | Henry A. Kissinger | Yong Kwok | Reynold Levy | Winston Lord | Dan Lufkin | Vincent A. Mai | John Makinson | Lucretia Martin | Roberto Martinez | Roman Martinez IV | Kati Marton | Jay Mazur | W. Allen Moore | Kathleen Newland | Indra Nooyi | Robert B. Oakley | Sadako Ogata | Sarah O’Hagan | Catherine O’Neill | Susan Patricof | Alexandra L. Peters | David L. Phillips | David N. Pincus | General Colin L. Powell, USA (Retired) | Donald H. Putnam | Bruce C. Ratner | Milbrey Rennie | John Richardson | Felix G. Rohatyn | George Rupp | Jessica T. Seinfeld | Barbara Shailor | James T. Sherwin | Nancy Starr | H. Peter Stern | James C. Strickler, M.D | Lee Thaw | Georgia Travers | Liv Ullmann | William J. Vanden Heuvel | Ronald J. Waldman, M.D. | Rhonda Weingarten | Edwin J. Wesely | Josh Weston | Anne Whitehead | John C. Whitehead | Elie Wiesel | Jonathan L. Wiesner | James D. Wolfensohn | Guy Wyser Pratte[10]
Contact
- Website http://www.theirc.org/
External Resources
- RightWeb International Rescue Committee, Inc.
Reading
- Eric Thomas Chester Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe (31 Aug 1995) ISBN-10: 1563245507 ISBN-13: 978-1563245503
- Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell International Rescue Committee, VSD (1 Jan 2012)
Notes
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.249.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.242.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.246.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.241.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.244.
- ↑ IRC Leadership, International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.
- ↑ IRC Leadership, International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.
- ↑ IRC Board of Directors and Overseers, International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.
- ↑ IRC Board of Directors and Overseers, International Rescue Committee, accessed 24 February 2010.
