National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Program Audio

Mr. Francisco J. Sánchez - Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Head of the International Trade Administration; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud - Chairman, King Faisal Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the Court of St. James and to the United States of America; former Director General, Intelligence Directorate General, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

LUNCHEON PROGRAM: "Muppet Diplomacy"

Mr. H. Melvin Ming − Chief Operating Officer, Sesame Workshop.

Sesame Workshop shares a common mission with the National Council on U.S.- Arab Relations - to promote awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the Arab countries and the Islamic world. Referring to its work as "Muppet Diplomacy," Sesame Workshop has been creating captivating youth programming that has reached across divides for over forty years. More than thirty countries, including Egypt, Palestine, and Jordan, have developed local co-productions of Sesame Street. With the help of furry and fuzzy Muppets, these programs reach children by focusing on the unique educational needs of each country - interspersing lessons on basic reading and math with lessons in cooperation, mutual respect, and understanding.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

WELCOME ON BEHALF OF HRH PRINCE TALAL BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SA'UD: HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Sa'ud - Chairman, Arab Open University Forum; Chairman, Transpacific Broadcast Group International.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Ms. Anne Joyce - Vice President, Middle East Policy Council; Editor, Middle East Policy. Dr. Mody Al Khalaf − Director of Social and Cultural Affairs, Saudi Cultural Mission, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. Ms. Magali Rheault − Senior Analyst with the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. Ms. Maggie Mitchell Salem − Executive Director of Qatar Foundation International; former Regional Director for the MENA region at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems; first Director of Communications and External Relations for the Middle East Institute; former Foreign Service Officer, United States Department of State. Mr. John Moran - Career Member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, United States Department of State; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

H.E. Ambassador Adel A. Al-Jubeir - Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States and Advisor at the Royal Court; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Dr. John Iskander − Chair of Near East and North Africa Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute; Professorial Lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgia State University. Dr. Flynt Leverett − Director, Iran Initiative, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation. Mr. Thomas Delare -Director, Terrorism Finance and Sanctions Policy, Economic Bureau, United States Department of State; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Dr. Trita Parsi − Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council [NIAC]; author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States and silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations; 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving world Order. Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman − Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. Dr. Thomas R. Mattair − Executive Director, Middle East Policy Council; Associate Editor, Middle East Policy.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Mr. Charles Dunne - Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute; former Foreign Policy Adviser to the J-5, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon; former Director for Iraq at the National Security Council. Dr. Michel Gabaudan − President, Refugees International. Mr. Michael Corbin − Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Ms. Manal Omar - Director of Iraq Programs, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, United States Institute of Peace. Mr. Brian Katulis - Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress. At NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Dr. Landrum Bolling is Director at Large and Senior Advisor to Mercy Corps working out of its Washington, D.C. office. His long career has spanned the academic world − where he was President of Earlham College for fifteen years; the foundation world - where he served as President of the Lilly Endowment, one of the largest grant-making foundations in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations; the world of ecumenical relations - where he was Director of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem; and the world of "non-official" diplomacy - where he has long served as a communications channel between the White House, the State Department, and Palestinian leaders.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. - Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense's highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of the newly published America's Misadventures in the Middle East as well as The Diplomat's Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy.; at NCUSAR's 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference. Visit www.ncusar.org to learn more.