Mr. Glickman is presently a senior-fellow with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington DC, co-chairing its Commission on Political Reform, Democracy Project, and Prevention Initiative, and serves as executive director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, a nongovernmental and non-partisan educational program for members of the U.S. Congress. Previous to his current activities Mr. Glickman served most recently as President & CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, before that as a partner in the D.C. public law and policy practice group of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld L.L.P., and also as a Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Before he joined Harvard and the law firm Mr. Glickman served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in the Clinton Administration from March 1995 until January 2001. Under his leadership, the department modernized food safety regulations, focused extensively on improving our nation's diet and nutrition, forged international trade agreements to expand U.S. markets, and improved the agency's commitment to fairness and equality in civil rights, both in the treatment of its employees and in the execution of its programs.

Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Glickman served for 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Kansas's 4th Congressional District. During that time he served as a member of the House Agriculture Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Judiciary Committee. Before his election to Congress Mr. Glickman served as president of the Wichita Kansas School Board, was a partner in the law firm of Sargent, Klenda and Glickman, and worked as a trial attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from The George Washington University.

Thomas F. McLarty is Chairman of McLarty Associates, which he co-founded in 1998 following a distinguished record of business leadership and public service, including various roles advising three US Presidents: Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter. Mr. McLarty is also Chairman of the McLarty Companies, a fourth-generation family transportation business.

As President Clinton’s White House Chief of Staff, Mr. McLarty helped enact the historic 1993 deficit reduction package, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Family and Medical Leave law, and the landmark welfare reform legislation that enabled more than 6.8 million people to move from welfare to work. He also organized the successful 1994 Summit of the Americas in Miami, which ultimately led to his appointment as Special Envoy for the Americas in 1997.

As Counselor to President Clinton, Mr. McLarty advised on a broad range of international and domestic issues. He traveled to the Persian Gulf on the president’s behalf to build financial support for the Bosnian peace process, led the US delegation to the inauguration of South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, and signed the peace accords that brought peace to Guatemala for the first time in three decades. Mr. McLarty planned US participation in the 1998 Summit of the Americas in Santiago, and participated in several G-7 and APEC Summits.

Prior to his government service, Mr. McLarty was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arkla, a Fortune 500 natural gas company. During his tenure Arkla grew into the nation’s largest natural gas distributor, with customers in eleven states and significant exploration and pipeline operations. Mr. McLarty was appointed by President Bush to the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Environmental Quality, and he was a member of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board from 1989 through 1992.

Mr. McLarty is a frequent public speaker, and has published numerous articles on US trade and foreign policy. He has served on the boards of many corporate and non-profit institutions including as a Director of Union Pacific and the Acxiom Corporation, and on the boards of the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund, the Council of the Americas, the InterAmerican Dialogue, Ford’s Theatre, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. In addition, he serves as a Senior International Fellow at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. McLarty is the recipient of the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Medal; the highest civilian honors of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela; and the Center for the Study of the Presidency Distinguished Service Award. Mr. McLarty is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Arkansas.

Mr. Scher is presently the Chairman & Head of Corporate Responsibility for/at JP-Morgan Chase in New York. Prior to joining the investment banking company he served as a partner at the Mayor-Brown law firm in Washington D.C., where his primary areas of focus included corporate and financial international transactions, as well as counsel specializing in market access issues, and federal legislative/regulatory affairs in trade, tax policy, environmental policy, copyright and intellectual property.

Before joining Mayor-Brown Mr. Scher served as the U.S. Special Trade Negotiator for Agriculture at USTR in the prior Administration from 1997 until 2000. There he addressed international trade policy issues related to agriculture & food safety, and forged numerous international trade agreements to expand U.S. markets for American products.

Prior to his USTR appointment, Mr. Scher served as Chief of Staff in both the U.S. Commerce Department (1996-1997) and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office (1995-1996) to then Secretary/Ambassador Kantor; as staff director in the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (1993-1995); as Chief of Staff to Montana Senator Baucus (1991-1993); and as an associate in the Washington D.C. based law firm Keck, Mahin & Café (1989-1991).

Mr. Scher holds a B.A. in political science and a J.D. from The American University in Washington D.C.

George Gellert presently serves as Chairman of the Board for Atalanta Corporation, a New Jersey based multinational food importer specializing in meat, cheese, groceries, fruit-juice concentrates and fish products from around the world.

Providing its customers, suppliers and partners with the best possible service, Mr. Gellert has transformed Atalanta to the leading U.S. distributor of imported foods in the eastern United States. As such, the company is currently positioned as the number one market maker in selling premium quality imported hams and related pork products, cheeses, frozen meats, seafood, canned fish, canned fruits and vegetables, and specialties.

Mr. Gellert joined Atalanta in 1966, was appointed vice-president in 1969, and was named president in 1973. He became chairman of the board in 1980, where he has remained ever since. Prior to joining the company Mr. Gellert worked as an attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 1963-1964, and for the U.S. Army Material Command, Staff Judge Advocate from 1964-1966 - both in Washington, D.C.

In addition to leading Atalanta, Mr. Gellert serves as Chairman of the U.S.-Romanian Economic Council, as Director of the Executive Committee for the American Association of Exporters & Importers, and as a board member of the American Importers Meat Products Group - all based in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

Mr. Gellert received his BS, MBA, and LLB from Cornell University. He is very active in the school's present activities, serving as a member of its alumni council, its personal enterprise task force, and its school of management oversight council. Mr. Gellert is an avid runner and tennis player, resides in Oradell, New Jersey with his wife Barbara, and has three grown children.