Profiles

Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is an American non-governmental organization and “think tank” based in Washington, D.C. According to its website, the Council “galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges.”^[1]

History

The Atlantic Council was formed in 1961.^[2]

In 2010, the Atlantic Council awarded Klaus Schwab its Global Citizen Award.^[3]

The Atlantic Council founded the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) in 2016 “to operationalize the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.”^[4]

In 2017, Burisma Holdings announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council to promote “anti-corruption measures” in Ukraine.^[5]

On May 17, 2018, Facebook announced it had partnered with the Atlantic Council “to strengthen our election integrity efforts around the world.”^[6] An accompanying press release stated that Facebook would ”use the Atlantic Council’s Digital Research Unit Monitoring Missions during elections and other highly sensitive moments,” allowing Facebook “to focus on a particular geographic area — monitoring for misinformation and foreign interference and also working to help educate citizens as well as civil society.”^[7]

In response, Elliot Gabriel of MintPress News wrote, “with its leadership comprised of retired military officers, former policymakers, and top figures from the U.S. National Security State and Western business elites, the Atlantic Council’s role policing the social network should be viewed as a virtual takeover of Facebook by the imperialist state and the council’s extensive list of ultra-wealthy and corporate donors.”^[8]

Organization

Name	Position	Notes
Frederick Kempe	President and Chief Executive Officer^[9]	Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Wall Street Journal Europe, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy (GCNP)
Gretchen Ehle	Chief Finance and Revenue Officer^[10]	Meridian International Center, USAID Bureau for Global Health, George Mason University, Rotary Club of Dupont Circle, Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation, Junior League of Northern Virgina
Julie Varghese	Chief Operating Officer^[11]	NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Jenna Ben-Yehuda	Executive Vice President^[12]	Truman National Security Project, Truman Center for National Policy, Women's Foreign Policy Network, United States Department of State
Dennis Blair	Board member (former)^[13]	No Labels, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), United States Navy, Securing America's Future Energy, Freedom House, National Bureau of Asian Research
Robert Gates	Honorary Director^[14]	COVID Collaborative, United States Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States National Security Council (NSC), Texas A&M University, Iraq Study Group, Boy Scouts of America
Robert S. Gelbard	Board member^[15]	Alethea Group, Foreign Policy for America, L-1 Identity Solutions, Novetta
Michael Hayden	Board member^[14:1]	Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Chertoff Group, Langley Intelligence Group Network (LIGNET), National Security Agency (NSA), Third Option Foundation
Robert Hormats	Board member^[14:2]	Kissinger Associates, Global Business Network (GBN), Goldman Sachs, United States Department of State, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Trilateral Commission, United States National Security Council (NSC)
Walter Slocombe	Board member^[14:3]	Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM), Defense Science Board (DSB), Defense Policy Board (DPB)
Anne Bader	Vice President for Development (former)^[16]	Trinity Washington University, Business Executives for National Security, Potomac Foundation, Moscow School of Political Studies, Fund For Peace (FFP), Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG), College of Information and Cyberspace, Institute for Statecraft, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, International Cybersecurity Dialogue, Bader Resources
Graham Brookie	Vice President for Technology Programs and Strategy^[17]	Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), Partnership for Countering Influence Operations, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Democracy + Tech Initiative, United States National Security Council (NSC)
James Clapper	International Advisory Board member^[18]	Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Third Option Foundation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Center for a New American Security (CNAS), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGIA), Intelligence and National Security Foundation (INSF)
Alec Evans	Young Global Professional^[19]	Cohen Group, Institute for Global Affairs (IGA), Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), Borgen Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Katherine Maher	Senior Non-Resident Fellow^[20]	Wikimedia Foundation, National Public Radio (NPR), Forum of Young Global Leaders, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), World Bank, Foreign Affairs Policy Board
Jamie Metzl	Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security^[21]	ORIG3N, United States National Security Council (NSC), United States Department of State, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United Nations in Cambodia
Carlos Pascual	Fellow^[22]	Freedom House, Brookings Institution, United States Department of State, United States National Security Council (NSC), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Michael Pillsbury	Fellow^[23]	Global Business Network (GBN), Office of Net Assessment (ONA), International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Karen Schaefer	Senior Advisor^[24]	Third Option Foundation, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States National Security Council (NSC), National Security Branch (NSB), Biden-Harris Transition Team, MicroStrategy
James C. Smith	International Advisory Board member^[25]	World Economic Forum (WEF), Thomson Reuters, Pfizer, BritishAmerican Business
Lawrence Summers	International Advisory Board member^[18:1]	United States Department of the Treasury, Harvard University, World Bank, Bilderberg Group, Global Leaders for Tomorrow, Trilateral Commission

Programs and subsidiaries

The Atlantic Council runs a number of notable programs and subsidiary organizations, including:

Atlantic Council Eurasia Center
Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)
GeoEconomics Center
Middle East Strategy Task Force
Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Corporate Council

The Atlantic Council engages the private sector through its Corporate Council, entering into partnerships, networking opportunities, sponsoring events, and a corporate membership program.^[26]

Funding

The Atlantic Council has received notable funding from:^[27]^[26:1]^[28]^[29]

Organizations

21st Century Fox
3M
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Accenture
Accenture Federal Services
AECOM
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM)
Agri Trading
Airbus
Airlines for America (A4A)
AM General
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
ANA Holdings
APQ Global
Arlington Technology Partners
Army Future Studies Group (AFSG)
Asian Institute for Policy Studies
AT&T
Atlas Air
Avascent
BAE Systems
Baker Donelson
Baker McKenzie
Bank of America
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Bank Pekao
Beazley
BlackRock
Blackstone
Blackstone Charitable Foundation
Blue Star Strategies
Boeing
BP
Bridgewater Associates
British Embassy Washington
BSR Investments
Burisma Holdings^[5:1]
Çalık Holding
CenturyLink
Cheniere Energy
Chevron
Children's National Hospital
Chopivsky Family Foundation
Chubb
Cigna
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)
Clifford Chance
ConocoPhillips
Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
Crescent Petroleum
Daschle Group
DCI Group
Delegation of the European Union to the United States
Dell
Dentons
DLA Piper
DRS Technologies
DT Institute
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DXC Technology
East Asia Foundation
Edelman
Elbit Systems of America
Elm Park Minerals
Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
Embassy of Lithuania to the United States of America
Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States of America
Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C.
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C.
Emitel
ENGIE North America
Eni
EPAM Systems
Equinor
EuroChem Group
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
Excelerate Energy
Exelon
Ernst & Young (EY)
ExxonMobil
Facebook
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
Federal Foreign Office
FedEx
Fincantieri
First Eastern Holdings
Florida International University (FIU)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Forescout Strategies
French Ministry of Armed Forces
FTI Consulting
Fulcrum BioEnergy
Garden City Company
Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute (GLVI)
General Atomics
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
General Dynamics
General Electric (GE)
Gilead Sciences
Global Affairs Canada
Goldman Sachs
Google
Government of the United Kingdom
GS EPS
Guidehouse
HackerOne
Hanesbrands
Hensoldt
HNA Group
Hogan Lovells
Holtec International
Howard Baker Forum
HSBC
Hulu
Hunt Consolidated
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
İhlas Holding
Improbable
Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
Instituto de Empresa
Invenergy
Invesco
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Joe Gibbs Racing
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kibar Holding
KNDS
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)
Korea Foundation
Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT)
KPMG
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)
Krull
Laurel Strategies
Lennar International
LexisNexis
Lightbridge
Limak Investments
Lockheed Martin
Los Alamos National Laboratory
LOT Polish Airlines
Lowe's
Majid Al Futtaim
Mannheim
Marine Corps University
Maroc Télématique
MBDA
McCormick Foundation
McLarty Associates
McKinsey & Company
MetLife
Microsoft
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Ministry of Defence of Finland
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania
Mission Gate
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
MITRE Corporation
MNG Group of Companies
MNG Ventures
Morningstar Family Foundation
Mubadala Investment Company
Nadav Foundation
National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
NATO Defense College Foundation
NATO Public Diplomacy Division
NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Navigant Consulting
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Neste
North American Chilean Chamber of Commerce
Northrop Grumman
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
Open Society Foundations
Palantir Technologies
PayPal
Penguin Random House
Persianate Global Network
Petrofac
Pioneer Natural Resources
PKO Bank Polski
Ploughshares Fund
PMI Impact
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Rapid7
Rassini
Raytheon
RBC Capital Markets
Renaissance Strategic Advisors
Repsol
Richard Attias & Associates (RA&A)
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockefeller Foundation
Royal DSM
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
S&P Global
Saab
Safran
Sage UK
Salesforce
Samuel Freedman Charitable Trust
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Scowcroft Group
Sempra
Serendipity Foundation
Shell
Sherpa Prep
SICPA
Siemens
Siemens Energy
SK Group
Smith Richardson Foundation
SoftBank Group
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Squire Patton Boggs
Standard Chartered Bank
StrategEast
Strategic Education International (SEI)
Strong Atomics
Symantec
Syngenta
System Capital Management (SCM)
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
Tefken Construction
Tellurian
Texas A&M University
Textron
Thales Group
Thomson Reuters
TotalEnergies
Transgraz
Truman Center for National Policy
Tüpraş
Turkish Airlines
Twitter
Uniper
United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Service Organizations (USO)
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Energy (DOE)
United States Department of State (DOS)
United States Marine Corps
United States Mission to NATO
United Technologies (UTC)
University of Texas at Austin
US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
Velocys
Venture Global LNG
Viacom
Victor Pinchuk Foundation[30]
Washington Redskins
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Zagorii Family Office
Zinc Network
Zurich Insurance Group

Individuals

Robert J. Abernethy
Odeh Aburdene
Muddassar Ahmed
David Aufhauser
Colleen Bell
Ganesh Betanbhalta
Rafic Bizri
Dennis Blair
Esther Brimmer
Nancy Brinker
Christina Lee Brown
Byron Callan
James Cartwright
Chris Casciato
Victor L.L. Chu
Joshua Danial
Marjan Ehsassi
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Mohamed El Beih
Jennifer Fearon
Fred Festa
Alan Fleischmann
April Foley
Jendayi Frazer
Anthony L. Gardner
Robert S. Gelbard
Tom Glocer
Sherri Goodman
Rob Granieri
C. Boyden Gray
Chris Griner
Gokhan Gundogdu
Stephen Hadley
Vivien Haig
Amir Handjani
Robert Harteveldt
Michael Hayden
Morgan Hitzig
Amos Hochstein
Mary L. Howell
Ian Ihnatowycz
Deborah Lee James
James L. Jones
Elizabeth Kabler
Todd Kantor
Andre Kelleners
Nicole Kelleners
Frederick Kempe
Henry Kissinger
Roger Krakoff
Franklin D. Kramer
Geraldine Kuntadter
Carrie Lee
Elizabeth Lodal
Jan M. Lodal
Douglas Lute
John D. Macomber
Wendy Makins
Mian Muhammad Mansha
William Marron
Lauren Mason
Dave McCormick
John M. McHugh
H. R. McMaster
Pamela Meyer
Judith A. Miller
Dariusz Mioduski
Richard Morningstar
Virginia Mulberger
Tom Nides
Franco Nuschese
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
David Petraeus
Dina Powell
Charles O. Rossotti
Roy Salamé
Brent Scowcroft
Theodore Sedgwick
Alan Solomont
Hassan Soltani
Thomas F. Stephenson
Bill Stetson
Robert J. Stevens
Dafna Tapiero
James C. Temerty
David Thorne
Clyde Tuggle
Charles F. Wald
Ronald Weiser
Olin Wethington
Neal Wolin
Jenny Wood
Guang Yang
Deborah Zakheim
Dov Zakheim

Partners

Partners of the Atlantic Council include:

Climate Leadership Council^[30]
Concordia^[31]

Global Urban Development (GUD) collaborated with the Atlantic Council on its Urban World 2030 initiative.^[32]

Activities

The Atlantic Council has provided notable funding to the Urban Institute^[33] and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.^[34]

External links

Shaping the global future together. Atlantic Council. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from http://archive.today/2021.03.23-011303/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/ ↩︎
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Digital Forensic Research Lab, Graphika, Stanford Internet Observatory, & UW Center for an Informed Public. (2021). The Long Fuse: Misinformation and the 2020 Election. Election Integrity Partnership. https://web.archive.org/web/20230612154708/https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tr171zs0069/EIP-Final-Report.pdf ↩︎
Seddon, M., & Olearchyk, R. (2019, September 29). Ukraine gas company feels heat of US impeachment probe. Financial Times. http://archive.today/2020.10.17-035832/https://www.ft.com/content/3c3e0aec-e2a2-11e9-b112-9624ec9edc59 ↩︎ ↩︎
Meta [@Meta]. (2018, May 17). “We’re proud to partner with @AtlanticCouncil to strengthen our election integrity efforts around the world. We’ll work with experts from their Digital Research Labs to share real-time insights and ideas to better fight abuse on our platform.” [Tweet]. Twitter. http://archive.today/2022.01.19-174429/https://twitter.com/Meta/status/997107024558264320 ↩︎
Harbath, K. (2018, May 17). Announcing New Election Partnership With the Atlantic Council. Facebook. http://archive.today/2020.07.01-095336/https://about.fb.com/news/2018/05/announcing-new-election-partnership-with-the-atlantic-council/ ↩︎
Gabriel, E. (2018, May 22). Facebook Partners with Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO Lobby Group, to “Protect Democracy.” MintPress News. http://archive.today/2020.05.01-182759/https://www.mintpressnews.com/facebook-partners-hawkish-atlantic-council-nato-lobby-group-protect-democracy/242289/ ↩︎
Frederick Kempe. Atlantic Council. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/frederick-kempe/ ↩︎
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Experience | Alec Evans. LinkedIn. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-evans-860690204/details/experience/ ↩︎
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Honor roll of contributors. Atlantic Council. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.01.19-090109/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/donate/honor-roll-of-contributors-2019/ ↩︎
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