Company overview of The Aspen Institute, from Businessweek.com
The Aspen Institute says it is an international non-profit educational institution focusing on discussion and inquiry into global issues. It offers leadership seminars, policy studies, and fellowship programs and has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and Wye River, Maryland. It also has international partners in Aspen Institutes located in Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; Lyon, France; Tokyo, Japan; as well as in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. A key partner of the Indian Aspen Institute is The Confederation of Indian Industry. It offers programs that help develop business leaders and foster social change. I noticed one program related to climate change and sustainable development.
The Aspen Institute was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
Indians on the Board of Directors have been highlighted:
Aspen Institute, The INSIDERS ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Name (Connections) Relationships Title Age
Walter Isaacson 167 Relationships Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer 55
Peter Reiling 90 Relationships Executive Vice president for International and Policy Programs and Trustee —
Other Board Members on Board of Directors
Name (Connections) Relationships Primary Company Age
William Mayer 266 Relationships Park Avenue Equity Partners, L.P. 67
Henry Catto Jr. 116 Relationships Catto & Catto Insurance Company 75
Lester Crown 257 Relationships Henry Crown & Company 83
Merv Adelson 206 Relationships Avalon Digital Marketing Systems Inc. 78
Paul Anderson 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
William Davis 90 Relationships WLD Davis Holdings, LLC —
Patrick Gross 186 Relationships Taleo Corp. 63
Sylvia Earle Ph.D. 198 Relationships Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies 72
Mercedes Bass 90 Relationships Sid R. Bass Associates L.P —
Nina Houghton 90 Relationships Wye Institute —
David Koch 155 Relationships Koch Industries, Inc. —
James Ferguson 154 Relationships Vion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 82
Stephen Carter 90 Relationships Yale University —
David Gergen 184 Relationships John F. Kennedy School of Government 66
Timothy Krauskopf 171 Relationships Round Lake Designs LLC 42
Andrea Cunningham 119 Relationships ZeroOne – the Art and Technology Network 49
Elaine Greenawalt 90 Relationships Princeton University —
Frederic Malek 178 Relationships Thayer | Hidden Creek 71
John Mascotte 130 Relationships The Continental Corporation 64
Charles Powell 257 Relationships Textron Inc. 67
Karl Muhr 142 Relationships Austrian Airlines AG —
Elinor Munroe 91 Relationships Elinor Bunin Productions, Inc. —
Lynda Resnick 132 Relationships Roll International Corporation —
Vin Weber 220 Relationships Lenox Group Inc. 55
Donald Roth 90 Relationships Music Associates Of Aspen, Inc. —
Albert Small 123 Relationships Southern Engineering Corporation 82
Berl Bernhard 333 Relationships DLA Piper US LLP 78
Alice Young 114 Relationships Kaye Scholer LLP —
Francis Cundill CFA 90 Relationships Mackenzie Cundill Recovery Fund (Can) —
Madeleine Albright 189 Relationships The Albright Group LLC —
Tarun Das 118 Relationships Confederation of Indian Industry 69
Prince Bandar Ibn Abdulaziz 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Michael Eisner 180 Relationships The Tornante Company, LLC 65
Henry Gates Jr. 271 Relationships Harvard University —
Alma Gildenhorn 109 Relationships John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts —
Sidney Harman 176 Relationships Harman International Industries Inc. 90
Ann Hudson 90 Relationships Javelina Partners —
Bonnie McCloskey 90 Relationships Cornerstone Holdings L.L.C. —
Leonard Lauder 203 Relationships Institute for the Study of Aging, The 75
Ann Richards 188 Relationships Public Strategies, Inc. 74
William Nitze 111 Relationships The Gemstar Group, Inc. 65
Lloyd Schermer 92 Relationships Lee Enterprises Inc. —
Andrew Stern 138 Relationships Service Employees International Union, Pension Arm —
Thomas Pickering 118 Relationships Business Executives for National Security 76
Roderick von Lipsey 107 Relationships Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management —
Frederick Whittemore 180 Relationships Chesapeake Energy Corporation 78
Mortimer Zuckerman 522 Relationships Boston Properties Inc. 70
Robert Malott 173 Relationships FMC Corp. 81
Ann Korologos 167 Relationships Harman International Industries Inc. 66
Jack Valenti 167 Relationships Legend Ventures, LLC 86
Clare Munana 90 Relationships Ancora Associates, Inc. —
L. John Doerr III 221 Relationships Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers 57
Gerald Greenwald 124 Relationships Greenbriar Equity Group LLC 72
Jerry Murdock Jr. 122 Relationships InSight Venture Partners 48
Carl Bildt 91 Relationships Akin Gump Global Solutions 59
Michael Powell J.D. 164 Relationships American Tower Corp. 45
Stephen Friedman 274 Relationships Crestview Partners, L.P. 71
W. Hipp 143 Relationships Liberty Corp. 67
Gerald Hosier 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Robert Hurst 526 Relationships Crestview Partners, L.P. 62
Anne McNulty 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Roberto Meza 113 Relationships Agrícola Industrial Salvadoreña, S.A. —
William Donaldson 146 Relationships Aetna Health Management, Inc. 76
Jay Sandrich 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Alan Fletcher 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Melva Bucksbaum 127 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Ann Friedman 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Marc Nathanson 148 Relationships Mapleton Investments 62
Jacqueline Novogratz 189 Relationships Acumen Fund —
Anna Smith 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Shashi Tharoor 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
William Joy Ph.D. 90 Relationships Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers 53
William Budinger 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Leonhard Fischer 119 Relationships Cartica Capital LLC —
Mircea Geoana 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Arjun Gupta 286 Relationships Telesoft Partners 44
Yotaro Kobayashi 252 Relationships Sony Corporation 74
Elisabeth Lulin 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
James Manyika 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Queen Noor 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Margot Pritzker 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Isaac Shongwe 114 Relationships Letsema Holdings Ltd. —
Giulio Tremonti 90 Relationships Aspen Institute, The —
Jerome Huret 90 Relationships Nortel Networks Corp. 65
Eleanor Merrill 90 Relationships Capital Gazette Communications, Inc. —
Olara Otunnu 123 Relationships Carnegie Corp. of New York —
Michel Pébereau 269 Relationships Galeries Lafayette SA 66
Robert Steel 134 Relationships Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 56
Jamshyd Godrej 161 Relationships Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. 59
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