The Trilateral

Commission: North
American Group 2008
 TRILATERAL COMMISSION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Thomas S. Foley  North American

Chairman
Peter Sutherland  European
Chairman
Yotaro Kobayashi  Pacific Asia
Chairman
Allan E. Gotlieb  North American
Deputy Chairman
Herve De Carmoy  European Deputy
Chairman
Han Sung-Joo Pacific  Asia Deputy
Chairman
Lorenzo H. Zamibrano  North
American Deputy Chairman
Ainijrzej Olechowski  European
Deputy Chairman
Shijuro Ogata Pacific  Asia Deputy
Chairman
David Rockefeller  Founder And
Honorary Chairman
Paul A. Volcker  North American
Honorary Chairman
Georges Berthoin  Chairman
European Honorary
Otto Graf Lambsdorf  European
Honorary Chairman
Michael J. O’Neil  North American
Director
Paul Revay  European Director
Tadashi Yamamoto  Pacific Asia
Director

NORTH AMERICAN GROUP

Madeleine K Albright  The Albright

Group LLC Washington, D.C.
Graham Allison  Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard Cambridge,
Mass.
Richard L. Armitage  Armitage
International Washington, D.C.
James L. Balsillie  Co-Chief Exec.
Officer, Research in Motion
Waterloo, Ontario
Charlene Barshefsky Wilmer,  Cutler
& Pickering Washington, D.C.
Alan R. Batkin  Eton Park Capital
Management New York, N.Y.
Lael Brainard  The Brookings
Institution Washington, D.C.
Doug Bereuter  The Asia Foundation
San Francisco.
C. Fred Bergsten  Peterson Institute
for Int’l Economics Washington, D.C.
Catherine Bertini  Syracuse
University Syracuse, N.Y.
Robert D. Blackwill  Former Deputy
Asst, to the President Washington
D.C.
Dennis Blair, USN (Ret.)  Institute for
Defense Analyses Alexandria, Va.
H. Blanco Mendoza Private Office of
Herminio Blanco Mexico City
Stephen W. Bosworth  Dean, Tufts
University Medford, Mass.
David G. Bradley  Atlantic Media
Company Washington, D.C.
Harold Brown  Center for Strategic
and Int’l Studies Washington, D.C.
Zbigniew Brzezinski  Center for
Strategic and Int’l Studies
Washington, D.C.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell  President
Global Development Program
Hinton, WV
Louis C. Camilleri  Altria Group, Inc
New York, N.Y.
Kurt Campbell  CEO Center New
American Security Washington, D.C.
Raymond Chrétien  Fasken
Martineau DuMoulin LLP Montreal,
Quebec
William T. Coleman III  Cassatt
Corporation San Jose, Calif.
Timothy C. Collins  Ripplewood
Holdings New York, N.Y.
Richard N. Cooper  Harvard
University Cambridge, Mass.
F. Gerald Corrigan  Goldman, Sachs
& Co. New York, N.Y.
Michael J. Critelli  Pitney Bowes Inc.
Stamford, Conn.
Lee Cullum  “NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer,” Dallas, Texas
H. Lawrence Culp, Jr  CEO of
Danaher Washington, D.C.
Gerald L. Curtis  Columbia
University New York, N.Y.
Douglas Daft  The Coca Cola
Company Atlanta, Ga.
Lynn Davis  The RAND Corporation
Arlington, Va.
Arthur A. DeFehr  Palliser Furniture
Winnipeg
André Desmarais  Power
Corporation of Canada Montréal,
Quebec
John M. Deutch  Mass. Institute of
Technology Cambridge, Mass.
Jamie Dimon  JP Morgan Chase &
Co. New York, N.Y.
Peter C. Dobell  Parliamentary
Centre Ottawa, Ontario
Wendy K Dobson  University of
Toronto Toronto
Kenneth M. Duberstein  The
Duberstein Group Washington, D.C.
Robert Eckert  Mattel, Inc. El
Segundo, Calif.
Jessica P. Einhorn  The Johns
Hopkins University Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey Epstein  J. Epstein &
Company, Inc. New York, N.Y.
Dianne Feinstein  U.S. Senate (D-
Calif.) Washington, D.C.
Martin S. Feldstein  Harvard
University Cambridge, Mass.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.  Swiss Re
America Holding Corp. Washington,
D.C.
Stanley Fischer  Bank of Israel; frmr
president, Citigroup New York, N.Y.
Richard W. Fisher  Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas Dallas, Texas
Thomas S. Foley  Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld Washington, D.C.
Kristin J. Forbes  Associate Prof. of
Int’l Management Cambridge Mass.
Michael B.G. Froman  Citigroup Inc.
New York, N.Y.
Francis Fukuyama  The Johns
Hopkins University Washington, D.C.
Dionisio Garza Medina  ALFA
Mexico
Richard A. Gephardt  Former
member House of Reps. (D-Mo.)
Washington, D.C.
David Gergen Harvard; Editor,
USN&WR Cambridge, Mass.
Peter C. Godsoe  Scotiabank (ret.)
Toronto, Ontario
Allan E. Gotlieb  Bennett Jones LLP
Toronto, Ontario
Bill Graham  Canadian House of
Commons Ottawa, Ontario
Donald E. Graham  CEO of The
Washington Post Company
Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey W. Greenberg  Aquiline
Capital Partners, LLC New York,
N.Y.
Richard N. Haass  President, Council
on Foreign Relations New York, N.Y.
James T. Hackett  Anadarko
Petroleum Corp. Texas
John J. Hamre  Center for Strategic
and Int’l Studies Washington, D.C.
William A. Haseltine  Haseltine
Global Health, LLC Washington,
D.C.
Richard F. Haskayne  University of
Calgary Alberta
Charles B. Heck  Senior Adviser,
Trilateral Commission Washington,
D.C.
Carlos Heredia  International Affairs
Mexico
Carla A. Hills  Hills & Company,
Int’l Consultants Washington, D.C.
Richard Holbrooke Perseus LLC
New York, N.Y.
Karen Elliott  House Dow Jones &
Co. & Wall Street Journal Princeton,
N.J.
Alej. Junco de la Vega  Grupo
Reforma Monterrey, Mexico
Robert Kagan Carnegie  Endowment
for Int’l Peace Washington, D.C.
Arnold Kanter  The Scowcroft Group
Washington, D.C.
Charles R. Kaye Warburg Pincus
LLC New York, N.Y.
James Kimsey  Founding CEO of
AOL Washington, D.C.
Michael Klein  Citigroup Inc. New
York, N.Y.
Steven E. Koonin  British Petroleum
London
Enrique Krauze Editorial Clio Libros
y Videos, S.A. de C.V. Mexico City
Robert Lane  Deere & Company
Moline, Ill.
Fred Langhammer  The Estee
Lauder Companies, Inc. New York,
N.Y.
Jim Leach  Former U.S.
Representative (R-IA) Washington,
D.C.
Gerald M. Levin  AOL Time Warner,
Inc. New York, N.Y.
Winston Lord  International Rescue
Committee New York, N.Y.
E. Peter Lougheed  Bennett Jones,
Banisters & Solicitors Calgary,
Alberta
Roy MacLaren  Former High
Commissioner to the UK Toronto,
Ontario
John A. MacNaughton  Frmr CEO
Canada Pension Plan Invest. Brd
Toronto, Ontario
Antonio Madero  San Luis
Corporacion, S.A. de C.V. Mexico
John Manley McCarthy Tétrault
LLP Ottawa, Ontario
Sir Deryck C. Maughan  KKR Asia,
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. New
York, N.Y.
Jay Mazur  Union of Needletrades,
Textile Employees New York, N.Y.
James Moore  Canadian Parliament
Ottawa, Ontario
Marc H. Morial National Urban
League New York, N.Y.
Heather Munroe-Blum  McGill
University Montreal, Quebed
Brian Mulroney Ogilvy  Renault
Montréal, Quebec
Indra K. Nooyi  PepsiCo, Inc.
Purchase, N.Y.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.  Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard Cambridge,
Mass.
David J. O’Reilly  Chevron
Corporation San Ramon, Calif.
Meghan O’Sullivan  Former Deputy
National Security Adviser
Washington, D.C.
Richard N. Perle American
Enterprise Institute Washington,
D.C.
Thomas R. Pickering  Consultant,
The Boeing Company Arlington, Va.
Martha C. Piper  The University of
British Columbia Vancouver, B.C.
Richard Plepler  Executive Vice
President, HBO New York, N.Y.
Joe Ralston, USAF (Ret) The Cohen
Group Washington, D.C.
Charles B. Rangel  U.S. House of
Representatives (D-N.Y.)
Washington, D.C.
Susan Rice  Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.
Hartley Richardson  James
Richardson & Sons, Ltd. Winnipeg,
Manitoba
Joseph E. Robert, Jr. J.E. Robert
Companies McLean, Va.
John D. Rockefeller IV  U.S. Senate
(D-W.V.) Washington, D.C.
Kenneth Rogoff  Center for Int’l
Development, Harvard Cambridge,
Mass.
Charles Rose  The Charlie Rose
Show, PBS New York, N.Y.
Irene B. Rosenfeld  CEO Kraft Foods
Northfield, Ill
Dennis Ross  Ambassador Counselor
and Ziegler Washington, D.C.
David M. Rubenstein  The Carlyle
Group Washington, D.C.
Luis Rubio  Center of Research for
Development Mexico City, Mexico
Arthur F. Ryan  Prudential
Financial, Inc. Newark, N.J.
Jaime Serra  SAI Consulting Mexico
City, Mexico
Dinakar Singh  TPG-Axon Capital
New York, N.Y.
Anne-Marie Slaughter  Princeton
University Princeton, N.J.
Gordon Smith  Centre for Global
Studies, U. of Victoria Victoria, B.C.
Donald R. Sobey  Empire Company
Ltd. Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ronald D. Southern  ATCO Group
Calgary, Alberta
James B. Steinberg  LBJ School of
Public Affairs, U. of Texas Austin,
Texas
Jessica Stern  Program on Terrorism
& the Law, Harvard Cambridge,
Mass.
Barbara Stymiest  RBC Financial
Group Toronto, Ontario
Lawrence H. Summers  Harvard
University Cambridge, Mass.
John J. Sweeney  AFL-CIO
Washington, D.C.
Strobe Talbott  The Brookings
Institution Washington, D.C.
George J. Tenet  Georgetown Univ.,
former CIA Director Washington,
D.C.
John Thain  New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. New York, N.Y.
G. Richard Thoman  Columbia
University New York, N.Y.
Paul A. Volcker  Wolfensohn & Co.,
Inc., frmr Fed. Res. Chair.New York,
N.Y.
William H. Webster  Former CIA
Director Washington, D.C.
Fareed Zakaria  Newsweek
International New York, N.Y.
Lorenzo H. Zambrano  CEMEX
Monterey, Mexico
Ernesto Zedillo  Former president of
Mexico; Yale Univ. New Haven,
Conn.
Mortimer B. Zuckerman  Chairman,
U.S. News & World Report New
York, N.Y.
William T. Coleman, Jr. Lifetime
Trustee, Trilateral Commission
Washington, D.C.
Henry A. Kissinger  Lifetime Trustee,
Trilateral Commission Washington,
D.C.
Robert S. McNamara  Lifetime
Trustee, Trilateral Commission,
frmr pres., World Bank; frmr sec.of
Defense; frmr pres., Ford Motor.
Washington, D.C.
David Rockefeller  Founder, Lifetime
Trustee, Trilateral Comm. New York,
N.Y.

NEW TRILATERAL MEMBERS

ATTENDING FROM EUROPE
Patricia Barbizet  CEO Artemis
Group, France
Dermot Gleeson  Chairman, AIB
Group, Ireland
Elisabeth Guigou  French National
Assembly, France
Nigel Higgins  Senior Partner N M
Rohschild & Sons, UK
Jerzy Kozminski  President & CEO
Polish-American Freedom, Poland
Thomas Leysen  CEO Umicore,
Belgium
Manfred Bischoff Chairman, SNCF,
France
Arpad Kovacs  Pres. State Audit
Office Hungary, Budapest
Friedrich Merz  Member of the
German Bundestag, Germany
Pietro Modiano Mng. Director CEO
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
Hans Reisenhuber  (returning)
Member of the German Bundestag,
Germany
Jeroen van der Veer  Chief Executive,
Royal Dutch Shell, The Netherlands

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BILDERBER
G 2008
ATTENDEE
LIST
DEU, Ackermann, Josef, Chairman of the Management Board and the
Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG

CAN, Adams, John; Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and

Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada

USA, Ajami, Fouad, Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins
University

USA, Alexander, Keith B., Director, National Security Agency

INT, Almunia, Joaquín, Commissioner, European Commission

GRC, Alogoskoufis, George, Minister of Economy and Finance

USA, Altman, Roger C., Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.

TUR, Babacan, Ali, Minister of Foreign Affairs

NLD, Balkenende, Jan Peter, Prime Minister

PRT, Balsemão, Francisco, Pinto Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.;

Former Prime Minister

FRA, Baverez, Nicolas, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

ITA, Bernabè, Franco, CEO, Telecom Italia Spa

USA, Bernanke, Ben S., Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve

System

SWE, Bildt, Carl, Minister of Foreign Affairs

FIN, Blåfield, Antti, Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat

DNK, Bosse, Stine, CEO, TrygVesta

CAN, Brodie, Ian, Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Office

AUT, Bronner, Oscar, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard

FRA, Castries, Henri de, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO,
AXA

ESP, Cebrián, Juan Luis, CEO, PRISA

CAN, Clark, Edmund, President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group

GBR, Clarke, Kenneth, Member of Parliament

NOR, Clemet, Kristin, Managing Director, Civita

USA, Collins, Timothy C., Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood
Holdings, LLC

FRA, Collomb, Bertrand, Honorary Chairman, Lafarge

PRT, Costa, António, Mayor of Lisbon

USA, Crocker, Chester A., James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic

Studies

USA, Daschle, Thomas A., Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader

CAN, Desmarais, Jr., Paul, Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of

Canada

GRC, Diamantopoulou, Anna, Member of Parliament

USA, Donilon, Thomas E., Partner, O’Melveny & Myers

ITA, Draghi, Mario, Governor, Banca d’Italia

AUT, Ederer, Brigitte, CEO, Siemens AG Österreich

CAN, Edwards, N. Murray, Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources

Limited

DNK, Eldrup, Anders, President, DONG A/S

ITA, Elkann, John, Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.

USA, Farah, Martha J., Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience; Walter
H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

USA, Feldstein, Martin S., President and CEO, National Bureau of

Economic Research

DEU, Fischer, Joschka, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

USA, Ford, Jr., Harold E., Vice Chairman, Merill Lynch & Co., Inc.

CHE, Forstmoser, Peter, Professor for Civil, Corporation and Capital

Markets Law, University of Zürich

IRL, Gallagher, Paul, Attorney General

USA, Geithner, Timothy F., President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York
USA, Gigot, Paul, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal

IRL, Gleeson, Dermot, Chairman, AIB Group

NLD, Goddijn, Harold, CEO, TomTom

TUR, Gögüs, Zeynep, Journalist; Founder, EurActiv.com.tr

USA, Graham, Donald E., Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post
Company

NLD, Halberstadt, Victor, Professor of Economics, Leiden University;

Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings

USA, Holbrooke, Richard C., Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC

FIN, Honkapohja, Seppo, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland

INT, Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G., de Secretary General, NATO

USA, Hubbard, Allan B., Chairman, E & A Industries, Inc.

BEL, Huyghebaert, Jan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group

DEU, Ischinger, Wolfgang, Former Ambassador to the UK and US

USA, Jacobs, Kenneth, Deputy Chairman, Head of Lazard U.S., Lazard

Frères & Co. LLC

USA, Johnson, James A., Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (Obama’s man
tasked with selecting his running mate)

SWE, Johnstone, Tom, President and CEO, AB SKF

USA, Jordan, Jr., Vernon E., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co.
LLC

FRA, Jouyet, Jean-Pierre, Minister of European Affairs

GBR, Kerr, John, Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch
Shell plc.

USA, Kissinger, Henry A., Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

DEU, Klaeden, Eckart, von Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU

USA, Kleinfeld, Klaus, President and COO, Alcoa

TUR, Koç, Mustafa, Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

FRA, Kodmani, Bassma, Director, Arab Reform Initiative

USA, Kravis, Henry R., Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

USA, Kravis, Marie-Josée, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.

INT, Kroes, Neelie, Commissioner, European Commission

POL, Kwasniewski, Aleksander, Former President

AUT, Leitner, Wolfgang, CEO, Andritz AG

ESP, León Gross, Bernardino, Secretary General, Office of the Prime

Minister

INT, Mandelson, Peter, Commissioner, European Commission

FRA, Margerie, Christophe de, CEO, Total

CAN, Martin, Roger Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management,

University of Toronto

HUN, Martonyi, János, Professor of International Trade Law; Partner, Baker

& McKenzie; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

USA, Mathews, Jessica T., President, Carnegie Endowment for International

Peace

INT, McCreevy, Charlie, Commissioner, European Commission

USA, McDonough, William J., Vice Chairman and Special Advisor to the
Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

CAN, McKenna, Frank, Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group

GBR, McKillop, Tom, Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

FRA, Montbrial, Thierry de, President, French Institute for International

Relations

ITA, Monti, Mario, President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

USA, Mundie, Craig J., Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft
Corporation

NOR, Myklebust, Egil, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS,

Norsk Hydro ASA

DEU, Nass, Matthias, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit

NLD, Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the

FRA, Ockrent, Christine, CEO, French television and radio world service

FIN, Ollila, Jorma, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc

SWE, Olofsson, Maud, Minister of Enterprise and Energy; Deputy Prime

Minister

NLD, Orange, H.R.H., the Prince of

GBR, Osborne, George, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

TUR, Öztrak, Faik, Member of Parliament

ITA, Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso, Former Minister of Finance; President of

Notre Europe

GRC, Papahelas, Alexis, Journalist, Kathimerini

GRC, Papalexopoulos, Dimitris, CEO, Titan Cement Co. S.A.

USA, Paulson, Jr., Henry, M. Secretary of the Treasury

USA, Pearl, Frank H., Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC

USA, Perle, Richard N., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for
Public Policy Research

FRA, Pérol, François, Deputy General Secretary in charge of Economic

Affairs

DEU, Perthes, Volker, Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

BEL Philippe, H.R.H., Prince

CAN, Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Torstar Corporation

CAN, Reisman, Heather, M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

USA, Rice, Condoleezza, Secretary of State

PRT, Rio, Rui, Mayor of Porto

USA, Rockefeller, David, Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank

ESP, Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo

Santander
USA, Rose, Charlie, Producer, Rose Communications

DNK, Rose, Flemming, Editor, Jyllands Posten

USA, Ross, Dennis B., Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The
Washington Institute for Near East Policy

USA, Rubin, Barnett R., Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for
International Cooperation, New York University

TUR, Sahenk, Ferit, Chairman, Dogus Holding A.S.

USA, Sanford, Mark, Governor of South Carolina

USA, Schmidt, Eric, Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO,

Google

AUT, Scholten, Rudolf, Member of the Board of Executive Directors,

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

DNK, Schur, Fritz H., Fritz Schur Gruppen

CZE, Schwarzenberg, Karel, Minister of Foreign Affairs

USA, Sebelius, Kathleen, Governor of Kansas

USA, Shultz, George P., Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished

Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of

CHE, Spillmann, Markus, Editor-in-Chief and Head Managing Board, Neue

Zürcher Zeitung AG

USA, Summers, Lawrence H., Charles W. Eliot Professor, Harvard

University

GBR, Taylor, J. Martin, Chairman, Syngenta International AG

USA, Thiel, Peter A., President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC

NLD, Timmermans, Frans, Minister of European Affairs

RUS, Trenin, Dmitri V., Deputy Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie
Moscow Center

INT, Trichet, Jean-Claude, President, European Central Bank

USA, Vakil, Sanam, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies, The Paul H.
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

FRA, Valls, Manuel, Member of Parliament

GRC, Varvitsiotis, Thomas, Co-Founder and President, V + O

Communication

CHE, Vasella, Daniel L., Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG

FIN, Väyrynen, Raimo, Director, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs

FRA, Védrine, Hubert, Hubert Védrine Conseil

NOR, Vollebaek, Knut, High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE

SWE, Wallenberg, Jacob, Chairman, Investor AB

USA, Weber, J., Vin CEO, Clark & Weinstock

USA, Wolfensohn, James D., Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC

USA, Wolfowitz, Paul, Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for

Public Policy Research

INT Zoellick, Robert B. President, The World Bank Group

Rapporteurs

GBR, Bredow, Vendeline von, Business Correspondent, The Economist

GBR, Wooldridge, Adrian D., Foreign Correspondent, The Economist

AUT Austria HUN Hungary

BEL Belgium INT International

CHE Switzerland IRL Ireland

CAN Canada ITA Italy

CZE Czech Republic NOR Norway

DEU Germany NLD Netherlands

DNK Denmark PRT Portugal

ESP Spain POL Poland

FRA France RUS Russia

FIN Finland SWE Sweden

GBR Great Britain TUR Turkey

GRC Greece USA United States of America