She has advised on business development, agriculture, and extractive mineral and metal matters and on engaging effectively with governments. During the 2014 West African ebola crisis, she was one of four founding members of the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group that consolidated and rationalized the efforts of groups from both the public and private sectors who were committed to assisting victims, arresting the disease and restarting economic activity in afflicted zones.

Ambassador Moller serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Guinea Gas International.  She sits on the Board of Directors of Hyperdynamics, chairing its Foreign Affairs Committee, on the Board of Directors of Orbis International  and on the Board of Directors of Orbis UK. She is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Initiative for Global Development, and for the Global Situation Room.  She acts as senior advisor to the Business Council for International Understanding.  She is a judge for the Young Africa Leadership Initiative – YALI — grants awarded to entrepreneurs through the U.S. Africa Development Foundation and for the Lexlead Group annual scholarship  competition.

The Ambassador’s diplomatic career was distinguished by service largely in developing countries with challenging political environments. During the Balkan conflict that ended only after the 1999 NATO bombing, Ambassador Moller was central to maintaining Embassy operations during three turbulent years, finally shepherding the U. S. Ambassador and senior Embassy officers onto a U.S. Navy jet the morning before bombing began.

As Country Officer for Vietnam, she directed negotiations that reestablished U.S. – Vietnam diplomatic ties. In the Republic of Georgia as Deputy Ambassador, she guided Embassy Tbilisi’s support to Georgian democratic process during the tempestuous days of the Rose Revolution. In Guinea, her leadership and engagement are credited with averting civil war, persuading Guinea’s military ruler to step down, and with success of the electoral process.  For her commitment and accomplishment she was awarded a Presidential Service Award and  the State Department’s Robert Frasure Award known as its Peace Prize, and was invested by the President of Guinea as a member of the National Patriotic Order of Guinea, rank of Commander.

Before joining the Department of State, Ambassador Moller worked as an investment banker with Smith Barney Harris Upham. She earned a BA honors degree in history, receiving her degree from the University of Tampa.  Ambassador Moller speaks German, conversational French, and elementary Serbian and Russian.

Previously, Mr. Runde held senior leadership roles at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). From 2005 to 2007, he was director of the Office of Global Development Alliances (GDA) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and he led the GDA partnership initiative by providing training, networks, staff, funds, and advice to establish and strengthen public-private partnerships. His efforts at USAID leveraged $4.8 billion through 100 direct alliances and 300 others through training and technical assistance.

Mr. Runde is the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), and he also serves as the chair of the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). He also serves on the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Advisory Council, the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), and the Ashesi University Foundation (a private university located in Accra, Ghana). Mr. Runde is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as well as a member of Bretton Woods. Mr. Runde is a regular contributor to The Hill and hosts a podcast series, Building the Future with Dan Runde: Freedom, Prosperity, & Foreign Policy.

A board member of numerous notable public and private sector institutions who presently chairs the Republic of Zambia’s National Housing Authority, Justin is a Fellow of Harvard University (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs) and a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (International Business Transactions and Financial Law). He is an Advocate of the Zambian High Court with a LLB from the University of Zambia.

Under Tom’s leadership, over 80 bills –on a full-range of foreign and national security policy issues– became public laws.  These included major sanctions, export control, and cutting-edge trade and development legislation.  The committee was widely-recognized as being one of the most bipartisan and productive on Capitol Hill.  Tom managed a highly-regarded staff who now fill key foreign policy, economic development, and national security positions throughout the U.S. government.

Previously, Tom directed the Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee and the Africa Subcommittee.  He co-produced the Foreign Intrigue Blog and his work helped put Africa on the U.S. foreign policy map.  Tom has been involved in shaping most every new U.S. development initiative, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act and its several updates, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and most recently, the BUILD Act.

Before joining the committee, Tom was the Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs at the Heritage Foundation.  He was an original co-author of The Index of Economic Freedom, an internationally-acclaimed annual survey of national economies, co-published by The Wall Street Journal, now in its 25th edition.  Tom appeared often in the national media, and testified before several congressional committees.

Tom speaks often to outside organizations on policy and politics, most recently to a congressional national security forum, the HACC/NACC Joint Shipping Conference, the American Society of International Law, Trinity College alumni of New York City, the Union League Club of Philadelphia, Bucknell University, and JP Morgan Chase.  He earned a B.A. from Trinity College (Hartford) and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Virginia.  Tom and his wife Elizabeth live in Arlington, Virginia.

Franklin also has an active history of directorships. Currently, Franklin serves with Equator Capital Partners LLC (start 2009), ShoreCap II Limited (start 2009), TransAfrica Holdings Ltd (start 2003), CDH Investment Bank, Blantyre (start 2011), and FBC Holdings (start 2015). In the past, Franklin served on the following Directorships:

• African Export-Import Bank, Cairo, Egypt, 2001 – July 2016 (Exco)
• INDEbank Limited, Blantyre, Malawi, 2003-2008*
• HSBC Equator Bank plc, London, UK, 1997-2002
• HSBC Investment Services (Simpson McKie), Johannesburg, South Africa 1999-2002*
• Corporate Council on Africa, Washington, DC. 1993-2003
• Equator Bank Limited, and subsidiaries, Nassau, Bahamas 1988-2002*
• Wardley Limited, (HSBC Investment Bank) Hong Kong HK, 1988-1993
• Banque Regionale de Marche, Dakar, Senegal 2004-2008
• African Business Roundtable (ABR/AfDB) Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 1993-2001

Educated at the  Ivey School of Business HBA, London, Ontario, Franklin is originally from Canada but is well versed in international business with a focus on Africa, having been appointed to many committees for the furtherment of business, particularly those with an investment in Africa. They include the  Member of Congressional Mandated Advisory Committee for sub Saharan Africa 1998 & 1999, 2005-2007, Corporate Council on Africa, African Business Roundtable, and Canadian Investment Fund for Africa (CIFA) 2002-2003.

He has Founder Status for the Corporate Council on Africa in Washington D.C.. the African Export-Import Bank, Cairo, Egypt (Founding Shareholder), and the Africa Growth Fund in Washington DC 1997.

Franklin was awarded the Institute of African Affairs Award for Leadership in Economic Development in Africa in 1997.