The Congressional Circle

The US-Asia Institute Congressional Circle is an alumni association of current and former Congressional advisers who have participated in USAI programs including off-the-record briefings and delegations to the region over the past 30 years.

The Congressional Circle:

-Recommends potential delegates to travel on future staff and Member delegations;

-Advises USAI on programming and projects;

-Makes introductions to individuals and organizations that might be interested in partnering with USAI on programs and events of mutual benefit; and

-Assists in expanding our corporate network

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Our Members

Executive Board

Congressional Circle Co-Chair: Chris McCannell, GrayRobinson, P.A.

Congressional Circle Co-Chair: Rachel MacKnight, Sycamore Strategies

Ashley Antoskiewicz, John Deere

Surya Gunasekara, Section VII Strategies

Jeremy Haldeman, American Refugee Committee

Congressional Circle

Hera A. Abbasi, Mastercard

Anna Ashton, EurAsia Group

Jeremy Berkowitz, Paul Hastings

Paul Bock, Thorn Run Partners

Colin Brainard, Walmart

Adam Bramwell, SK Group

Jeff Choudhry, Nickles Group

Steve Denis, Small Business Finance Association

Ruben Duran, Merck & Co.

Josh Falzone, Cisco

Jonathan Gregory, Yorktown Solutions

Treon Glenn, US Travel Association

Sidney Hand, Alibaba

Wally Hsueh, FedEx

Sheila Kennett Johnson, Author

Omair Mirza, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Donald J. Morrissey

Darryl Nirenberg, Steptoe & Johnson

Antonio Peronace, Space for Humanity

Matt Renninger, Apollo Group

Adi Sathi, Sathi Strategies

Gregg Sheiowitz, Zurich North America

George F. Shevlin, IV, AIG

Scott Shewcraft, Mindset

Joshua Teitelbaum, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

James Travis, Bayer

Trudy Vincent, University of Chicago 

Stanley White, Lawrence James Group

William (Bill) Wicker, US Senate (emeritus) 

You can download the one-pager detailing information of the US-Asia Institute’s Leadership HERE.

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