to its fifth annual benefit featuring a conversation with
The Honorable
Richard C. Holbrooke
Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
Former United States Ambassador to the UN
“Which President,
What Foreign Policy?”
Thursday, May 1, 2008
6:00 – 9:00 pm
370 Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets
New York City
6:00 – 7:00 Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:00 – 7:45 Foreign Policy Briefing
Ambassador Holbrooke is Vice Chairman of Perseus, a leading private equity firm, and top foreign policy adviser to presidential campaigns. Previously, he served as the United States Ambassador to the UN (1999-2001).
As Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (1994-96), he was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton peace agreement that ended the war in Bosnia. He later served as President Clinton’s Special Envoy to Bosnia and Kosovo and Special Envoy to Cyprus on a pro-bono basis while a private citizen. He also served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1977-81) when Sino-American relations were normalized in 1978. He is the only person to have held this position for two different regions of the world.
He has written numerous articles and two best-selling books: To End a War, a memoir of the Dayton negotiations, and Counsel to the President, Clark Clifford’s memoir, which he co-authored. He also writes a monthly column for The Washington Post.