National Advisory Council


The following Members of Congress, educators, government officials, and diplomats support the Washington Workshops Foundation for its continued pursuit in educating young people about American government.

Rep. Gary L. Ackerman
Democrat, New York

Hon. Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Former Majority Leader
U.S. Senate

Sister M. Majella Berg, RSHM
Emeritus President,
Marymount University

Ms. Marlene Bozman
Social Studies Teacher
Haines City, Florida

Former Senator Bill Bradley
Democrat, New Jersey

Dr. Douglas Brattebo, Ph.D., J.D.
Director
Education Policy Fellowship Program
Institute for Educational Leadership

Honorable George Bush
Former President of the
United States

Christopher Busse
Social Studies Teacher
Belleville West High School
Belleville, Illinois

The Honorable William S. Cohen
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense

Cheryl Cook-Kallio
Madison Fellow
Teacher, Irvington HS
Fremont, California

Carrie Coons
Executive Director
Nationall Honors Societies-Florida

Mrs. Harriet H. Crane
History Department
Episcopal Academy
Union, Pennsylvania

Senator Christopher Dodd
Democrat, Connecticut

Senator Pete Domenici
Republican, New Mexico
Chair, Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources

Mr. John R. Dufford
College Advisor,
Pingry School
Martinsville, New Jersey

Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.
Republican, Tennessee
Chair, Water Resources and
Environment Subcommittee
(Transportation Committee)

H.E. Ahmed Maher El Sayed
Ambassador from Egypt

Mrs. Mona Ervin
Social Studies Teacher
Lewiston Hi It School
Lewiston, Mae

Mr. Matthew T. Felling
Media Director, Center for
Media and Public Affairs

Rep. Mike Ferguson
Republican, New Jersey
Former Workshops' Student

Dr. Shannon French
Asst. Prof. of Philosophy
Deptartment of Leadership, Ethics, Law
U.S. Naval Academy

H.E. Dermot Gallagher
Ambassador from Ireland

Porter J. Goss
Former Director of the CIA

Former Senator Bob Graham
Democrat, Florida

Senator Chuck Hagel
Republican, Nebraska

Diane Oliphant Hamilton
Director of Admissions
Greenfield School, NC

FLE. Jesus Silva
Ambassador of Mexico

Rep. Joseph Hoeffel
Democrat, Pennsylvania

Rep. Henry J. Hyde
Republican, Illinois
Chair, Committee on International Relations

Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Democrat, Hawaii
Co-Chair, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation

Senator Johnny Isakson
Republican, Georgia

H.E. Marwan Jamil
Ambassador of Jordan

Mr. Thomas N. Jeness
Social Studies Teacher
Socorro High School
Socorro, Texas

Rep. Nancy L. Johnson
Republican, Connecticut

Dr. Mary Kane
Social Studies Chair
Albertus Magnus High School
Bardonia, New York

Andrew H. Karp
Sierra Information Services
Alum., Sonoma, CA

Hon. Jack Kemp
Former Secretary,
U.S. Department of Housing
Urban Development

Ms. Martha Kilborn
Social Studies Teacher
Foley High School
Foley, Alabama

H.E. Jerry Kozminski
Ambassador of Poland

Mary Lou Leipheimer
Headmistress, Foxcroft School
Middleburg, Virginia

Senator Richard G. Lugar
Republican, Indiana
Chair, Committee on Foreign Relations

Mr. John MacDonald
Social Studies Instructor
James L. O'Neill High School
Highland Falls, New York

Terry McAuliffe
Former Chairman
Democratic National Committee

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy
Democrat, New York

Rep. James McGovern
Democrat, Massachusetts

Rep. Mike McIntyre
Democrat, North Carolina
Former Workshops' Student

Dorothy W. McLeod
National Society of the
Colonial Dames of America

Former Rep. Carrie Meek
Democrat, Florida

Senator Robert Menendez
Democrat, New Jersey
Former Workshops' Student

Hon. Connie Morella
U.S. Ambassador to
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Rep. Michael G. Oxley
Republican, Ohio

Mr. D. Stanley Parker
Dean, Chestnut Hill Academy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rep. Tom Price
Republican, Georgia
Former Workshops' Student

Honorable Dan Quayle
Former Vice President of the
United States

Rep. Lynn Rivers
Democrat, Michigan

Rep. Ileana Ras-Lehtinen
Republican, Florida

Eileen Simnica
Government Instructor
Woodlands High School
Hartsdale, New York

Mrs. Betty Smith
Social Studies Instructor
The Lovett School
Atlanta, Georgia

Rep. Mark Sender
Republican, Indiana

Senator Craig Thomas
Republican, Wyoming

Rep. James F. Tierney
Democrat, Massachusetts

FLE. Count Wachtmeister
Former Ambassador from
Sweden and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps

H.E. L. John Wood
Ambassador from New Zealand