Mr. Weber, 54, has been our director since February 1993. Mr. Weber served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota�s 2nd Congressional District. Since 1994, Mr. Weber has been a Partner of Clark & Weinstock, Inc., providing strategic advice to institutions interested in issues before the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. Mr. Weber is Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through non-governmental efforts. He also serves on the Board of The Council on Foreign Relations and co-chaired a major independent task force on U.S. Policy Toward Reform in the Arab World with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He was co-director of the Domestic Policy Project of the Aspen Institute and currently serves as a full Trustee for the Institute and is a fellow at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Weber serves on the U.S. Secretary of State�s Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. |