American Friends of the MSC
The American Friends of the MSC aim to promote the activities of the Munich Security Conference in the United States of America.
The American Friends serve as the MSC’s collaboration partner in activities in the United States and are incorporated as a 501(c)3 charitable organization. The American Friends are
led by Fred Reinke as President and Paul Horvath as treasurer. They, like the other members of the board, are long-time friends and partners of the Munich Security Conference. The MSC's CEO, Benedikt Franke, has been elected to serve as the Friends' Secretary.
Board Members
Kelly Craft
Former Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, New York
John Emerson
Former Ambassador of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany; Chairman, American Council on Germany, New York
Evelyn Nicolette Farkas
Executive Director, McCain Institute, Washington, DC
Marc S. Firestone
Adjunct Professor of Law, Tulane University Law School, Fribourg
Alan H. Fleischmann
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Laurel Strategies Inc., Washington, DC
Benedikt Franke
Chief Executive Officer, Munich Security Conference; Executive Director, Munich Security Conference Foundation, Munich
Stephen B. Heintz
President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York
Paul Horvath
Group Chief Executive Officer, Orchard Global Capital Group, Washington, DC
Jackson Janes
President Emeritus, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
Robert M. Kimmitt
Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale; former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, Washington, DC
Fred H. Langhammer
Chairman Global Affairs, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., New York
Nancy Lindborg
President and Chief Executive Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos
John McLaughlin
Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University; former Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America, Washington, DC
Fred W. Reinke
Partner, Dentons, Washington, DC
Christiana Riley
Regional Head of North America, Santander, New York
Stefan Simon
Management Board, Chief Executive Officer Americas and Chief Legal Officer, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Tammy Snyder Murphy
First Lady of New Jersey, State of New Jersey, Trenton
Robert B. Zoellick
Former President of the World Bank; Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University; Senior Counselor, Brunswick Group, Washington, DC
