Commissioner Biographies
Former Senator Bob Graham, Commission Chairman, Graham Center for Public Service, University of Florida and University of Miami.
Sen. Graham represented Florida in the Senate for 18 years.
Former Senator Jim Talent, Commission Vice-Chairman, Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.
Sen. Talent represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate.
Dr. Graham Allison, Director, Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
For the past three decades, Dr. Allison has been a leading analyst of U.S. national security and defense policy with a special interest in terrorism.
Robin Cleveland, Principal, Olivet Consulting, LLC.
Ms. Cleveland was a former close advisor to Paul Wolfowitz when he held the World Bank’s top position.
Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Principal, The Albright Group LLC.
Ambassador Sherman served as counselor and chief troubleshooter for the State Department, as well as Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on North Korea.
Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center.
Mr. Sokolski worked on nonproliferation issues at the US Department of Defense and has authored and edited a number of works on proliferation-related issues.
Stephen G. Rademaker, Senior Counsel, BGR Holding, LLC.
Mr. Rademaker served as Policy Director for National Security Affairs and Senior Counsel for Sen. Bill Frist. He was confirmed as an Assistant Secretary of State in 2002.
Former Rep. Timothy Roemer, President, Center for National Policy.
Mr. Roemer represented Indiana for 12 years and helped sponsor the 9/11 Commission.
Rich Verma, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP.
After serving more than five years as a senior policy advisor to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Mr. Verma now counsels clients on a broad range of legislative and public policy matters.
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WORLD AT RISK: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
