Partners Council

Mission

The Center for Global Development Partners Council is a network of business and civic leaders who share our commitment to global prosperity and equity. The Partners Council is a non-governing membership body whose participants strengthen the Center for Global Development and its work through their financial contributions, by attracting other potential supporters, and by serving as advocates for CGD's mission in their professional and social communities.

Members

Members of the Partners Council are engaged citizens and thought leaders who value being informed about and involved in improving lives in the developing world. Members come from all professional backgrounds, including business, finance, government, technology, academia, media, law, entertainment and the arts.

Benefits

Partners Council members enjoy opportunities to exchange ideas and information with CGD experts, senior government officials and business leaders from around the world, and with each other. Council members have the opportunity to meet leading figures in development and gain new insights about the issues of the day. And they bring valued resources to CGD through social or professional relationships. Members also will receive selected reports and publications, and special updates from the president.

Annual giving levels are established with the following benefits:

Chairman's Circle ($50,000+ annually)

• Invitation to an exclusive roundtable discussion with the Center's president and Board chair
• Recognition on our Commitment to Development Wall

• Two tickets to CGD's annual dinner

• Including all benefits below

President's Circle ($25,000+ annually)

• Interaction at exclusive, invitation-only events with the Center's president and senior fellows, and other policy community members throughout the year (subject to availability)

• An invitation for you and a guest to attend our spring Board dinner

• Including all benefits listed below

Leadership Circle ($10,000+ annually)

• An invitation to the Annual Partners Council Summit with the Center's president and other senior staff
• Advance invitation to CGD's limited-seating events

• Including all benefits listed below

Development Circle ($5,000+ annually)

• Special Invitation to the annual Sabot Memorial Lecture series

• Invitation to exclusive Partners Council breakfasts and/or dinners with key national and international policy influencers

• Including all benefits listed below

Champions Circle ($2,500+ annually)

• Invitation to events held or hosted by CGD

• Semi-annual update from the Center's president regarding the latest happenings, in The Partnership newsletter.
• Complimentary copies of CGD publications

• Acknowledgment in Center's annual report

*Institutional membership is available at the Chairman's, President's and Leadership Circle levels.

Current Partners Council Members: Updated July 1, 2008

Chairman's Circle
Jennifer Oppenheimer
Edward Scott Jr.
Anonymous

President's Circle
Bruns Grayson
Susan Levine
Judith Sabot

Leadership Circle
Bloomberg LP
Chevron
Nancy Birdsall
Thomas Gibian
James Harmon
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
The John E. Fetzer Institute
Kassahun Kebede
Paul O'Neill
Pan African Capital Group, LLC.
John Reid
Sheryl Sandberg
Lawrence Summers

Development Circle
Peter Peterson

Champions Circle
Robert Armstrong
C. Fred Bergsten
Kenneth Dam
Richard Debs
Jessica Einhorn
David Gergen
John Hennessy
Johannes Linn
Thomas McLarty
Samuel Morley
Roberto Murray-Meza
Alan Patricof
Jennifer Potter
William Ruckelshaus
S. Jacob Scherr
Joshua Steiner
James Wolfensohn
Anonymous

For more information, please contact Sarah Marchal Murray in the Institutional Advancement office at 202.416.0725 or smmurray@cgdev.org.