Council of Advisors
Comprising leaders from government, business and universities in Australia, the United States and internationally, the Council of Advisors was established to contribute to the work of the US Studies Centre by offering to the Board of Directors its advice, expertise and experience in the United States and Australia-US relations. The members of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors are:
- Robert Joss (Co-Chair)
Dean, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Mark Johnson (Co-Chair)
Chairman, Macquarie Infrastructure Group
- Richard Armitage
Founder, Armitage International - Kim Beazley, AC
Chancellor, ANU - Michael Baume, AO
Former diplomat and front-bench federal politician - Gina Despres
Senior Vice President, The Capital Group - Bob Hawke, AC
Former Prime Minister of Australia - John Howard, AC
Former Prime Minister of Australia - Roy Krzywosinski
Managing Director of Chevron Australia Pty Ltd - Andrew Liveris
President, CEO and Chairman, Dow Chemical - Michael McRobbie
President, Indiana University - Lachlan Murdoch
Chairman, Illyria Pty Ltd - Judy Olian
Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Business - Anthony Pratt
Chairman and CEO of Pratt Industries - Stephen Roberts
CEO, Citigroup Australia - Pamela Rymer
Judge, US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit - Thomas Schieffer
Former US Ambassador to Australia and Japan - Michael Spence
Vice Chancellor, University of Sydney

Dean Robert Joss
Dean, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Robert Joss is Co-Chair of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. A leader in global banking, a former US Treasury Department official, and a Stan... more

Mark Johnson
Chairman of AGL Energy and Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Group
Mark Johnson is a Co-Chair of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He is Chairman of AGL Energy and Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Group. ... more

The Honourable Kim Beazley, AC
Chancellor, Australian National University
Professor Kim Beazley is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Professor Beazley was born in Perth in 1948. He was educated at Hollyw... more

Michael Baume, AO
Former diplomat and front-bench federal politician
Michael Baume, AO, is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors Michael Baume is a former diplomat, front-bench federal politician, consul... more

Gina Despres
Senior Vice President, The Capital Group
Gina Depres is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Gina was born and raised in Sydney. She graduated from the University of Sydney,... more

The Honourable Bob Hawke, AC
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He was guest of honour at the US Studies Centre book launch ... more

The Honourable John Howard, AC
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Former Prime Minister John Howard is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He was the guest of honour at a US Studies Centre dinner h... more

Roy Krzywosinski
Managing Director of Chevron Australia Pty Ltd
Roy Krzywosinski is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He is the Managing Director of Chevron Australia Pty Ltd and head of the Au... more

Andrew Liveris
President, CEO and Chairman, Dow Chemical
Andrew N. Liveris is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Liveris is President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chem... more

Professor Michael McRobbie
President, Indiana University
Michael A. McRobbie is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Professor McRobbie became Indiana University's (IU) eighteenth president... more

Professor Judy Olian
Dean, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Judy D. Olian is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Professor Olian is the eighth dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and i... more

Anthony Pratt
Chairman and CEO of Pratt Industries
Anthony Pratt is is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors He is Global Chairman of Visy, the world’s largest privately-owned pac... more

Stephen Roberts
CEO, Citigroup Australia
Stephen H. Roberts is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Mr Roberts is Chief Executive Officer of the Citi Institutional Clients G... more

Judge Pamela Rymer
Judge, US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
Judge Pamela Rymer is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Judge Rymer has been a United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for ... more

Ambassador Thomas Schieffer
Former US Ambassador to Australia and Japan
John Thomas ‘Tom' Schieffer is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. He was U.S. Ambassador to Japan from April 2005 to January... more

Professor Michael Spence
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney
Dr Michael Spence is a member of the US Studies Centre Council of Advisors. Dr Spence took up his appointment as Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the ... more
See also:
- Mission & Vision
- History
- Board of Directors
- International Academic Advisory Committee
- Partners, Supporters and Collaborators
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