Board of Directors

Ms. Clark focuses on strategy, government relations and market innovation working in support of U.S. Chamber of Commerce's more than 3 million member companies internationally. She leads a wide range of policy and operational initiatives at the quarter billion dollar organization, and is the first Senior Executive Vice President in the institution’s 104-year history.

Crane is an acknowledged leader in the electric utility and nuclear industries. In addition to helming one of the nation’s leading energy providers, he is vice chair of the Edison Electric Institute and chair of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. He serves on several industry and nonprofit boards, including the Nuclear Energy Institute.

Terri leads United Airlines' federal, state and local government engagement and is based in Washington, D.C. Before joining United, she served as vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Washington, D.C. office and led the company’s federal and state government affairs operation. In her 16-year tenure at Exxon Mobil, Terri advised the company’s senior leadership on key issues before Congress, the Executive Branch and state governments.

As the founder of Phone2Action, Dr. Hartsock has worked to develop software platforms that make civic engagement easier and more efficient. She was named a 2017 Washington D.C. Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine, and made the Washington Business Journal’s Power 100 list in 2016 and 2017.

Barbara Humpton is CEO of Siemens USA, where she guides the company’s strategy and engagement in serving the company’s largest market in the world, with more than 50,000 employees and over $23 billion in revenues and $5 billion in annual exports. She also serves on the board of directors of MorganFranklin, the American Heart Association Greater Washington Region, the Northern Virginia Tech Council and the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association.

A native of Washington, D.C., Ms. Karol has more than 25 years of experience in the field of international government affairs. She serves on the boards of Freedom House, the Washington International Horse Show, and NACD.  Additionally, she is active with  the European Institute, the Business Council of International Understanding, the Government Relations Forum, and the Conference Board Council on Corporate Communications Strategy II.

Formerly, special assistant to President Clinton and staff director for White House Legislative Affairs, Keating leads Boeing’s public policy efforts and Global Engagement organization. He also is a member of the company's Executive Council. Keating is an active board member with several industry and nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Krone oversees Leidos, a recognized global leader in solving important problems in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. He is a member of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees, and a member of WETA Public Television and Radio in Washington, D.C. 

A lifelong entrepreneur, and third-generation Washingtonian, Lemer leads the privately-held and disruptive health insurance company delivering immediate, lower-cost, health insurance plans to businesses around the nation. Lemer holds a patent for a network-based healthcare management, and is also founder of Healthcare Interactive, a software development firm that builds applications to control and consolidate healthcare management within a single system. He lobbies extensively on Capitol Hill for Healthcare reform and is also the Chairman of The Board of Unsung Heroes, a university system platform that enhances workforce development and entrepreneurship opportunities for those employees that keep the nation’s colleges running behind the scenes, though often go unrecognized.

A surgeon for 30+ years, Dr. Newman guided the creation of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation to make children’s surgery less painful and invasive. He advocates for greater mental health access for children and influences national pediatric health through his board work with Children’s Hospital Association and Safe Kids Worldwide.

Mr. Pelletier has served as a trusted advisor at the highest executive levels of Congress, the White House, and the private sector. In 2000, he was tapped by President Bush to be the Associate Director of Legislative Affairs for the White House Office of Management and Budget. He currently leads the Alibaba team and manages all government and regulatory affairs activity in the US, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia outside of China at the national, regional, state and local levels. 

Samet leads a $5 billion regional healthcare delivery system—one of the 10 largest not-for-profit, secular healthcare systems in the country. He serves on the boards of Georgetown University, United Way of the National Capital Area, Goodwill of Greater Washington, and on the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. A recipient of the Anti-Defamation League Achievement Award, he is being inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame.

A leader on topics including innovation, technology’s impact on business, and inclusion and diversity, Julie serves on the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and Catalyst.  She is also a member of the TechNet Executive Council, the Lincoln Center Business Advisory Council and the Business Roundtable (BRT), previously serving on the BRT Board of Directors and as chair of the Technology Committee. In 2018, she was named to FORTUNE’s list of “Most Powerful Women” for the third consecutive year.

Ms. Vorwerk was most recently Cargill’s leader in corporate branding, communications, corporate responsibility and government relations efforts. Ms. Vorwerk is Chair of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba and formerly co-chair of the U.S. Business Coalition for the Transpacific Partnership.