Leadership

Board Members

John Zogby

John Zogby - Chairman

John Zogby, Chairman of the Board and Chief Insights Officer of Zogby International Research, LLC, regularly appears on all three nightly network news programs, as well as The Today Show, and Good Morning America. Full Biography.

Dwight Arn

Dwight C. Arn - Vice Chair

Dwight C. Arn is Director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc., and has been Associate General Counsel of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated since 1989. Full Biography.

Nettie Parker Bauman

Nettie Parker Bauman - Secretary

Nettie Parker Bauman is currently the pro bono coordinator and attorney for an immigration non-profit in West Hartford, Connecticut. Full Biography

Julian H. Burns

Julian H. Burns has served as the Vice President of Defense Affairs at BAE Systems (USA) since 2005. He previously served in the U.S. Army for three decades stationed in the U.S., Korea, Europe, the Balkans, Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. Full Biography

Ezekiel Gatkuoth

Ezekiel Gatkuoth

The Hon. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth currently serves as the Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan in Washington, DC and was the former Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement Representative to the United States. Full Biography

Dr. Witney Schneidman

Dr. Witney Schneidman

Dr. Witney Schneidman is President of Schneidman & Associates International, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Clinton Administration. Full Biography.

Dr. Sherry L. Mueller

Sherry L. Mueller, P.h.D. has provided leadership for the National Council for International Visitors since 1996, first as Executive Director and then as President until September 2011, and now holds the title of President Emeritus. Full Biography.

Curt Smith

Curt Smith

Curt Smith hosts the NPR affiliate series Perspectives, is a senior lecturer at the University of Rochester, and is a columnist for both Gatehouse Media and Jewish World Review’s PoliticalMavens.com. Full Biography

Tom Prichard - Executive Director

Tom Prichard is the founding Executive Director of Sudan Sunrise and previously worked for 20 years with the South American Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church. Full Biography

Board of Advisors

  • Jonathan Temin

    • Director, Sudan Program, United States Institute of Peace

  • The Reverend Canon Andrew White

    • President, Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

  • Dr. Abdel Gabar Adam

    • Founder, Darfur Human Rights Organization of the USA

  • Mr. Francis Bok

    • Author, Former-Slave, and Abolitionist

  • The Honorable Nicola Bol

    • Federal Judge in South Sudan, and First Cousin to Manute Bol

  • The Reverend Tad DeBordenave

    • Founder, Anglican Frontier Missions

  • Ms. Sarah DuPont

    • Environmentalist and Philanthropist

  • Mrs. Faith McDonnell

    • Director, Religious Liberty Program, Institute on Religion and Democracy