DISTINGUISHED SPONSOR
Borut Pahor
President of the Republic of Slovenia
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bojana Fazarinc
Former Director of Global Marketing Services and Brand Management at Hewlett-Packard
Melita Gabrič
Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Canada
John M. Hutar
President and CEO at San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau
Joži Plut
Executive Assistant to the City Manager at City of Belmont
Peter Rožič, S.J.
Director, Jesuit European Social Centre, Brussels
John P. Vidmar
Honorary Consul for Slovenia, Chicago
Tone Kajzer
Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States
Johnny Young
US Ambassador (Retired) to Slovenia; CIEE; Former Director of Migration and Refugee Services at USCCB
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
The ASEF is pleased to be able to draw on the experience, insights and ideas of its Advisory Board.
Michael Biggins
Affiliate professor, Slavic languages and literatures, University of Washington; Slovene to English literary translator; Executive board member, Society for Slovene Studies
Matej Drev
Viaduct Inc.
Zvonko Fazarinc
Former Director, Hewlett-Packard R&D Labs; Consulting Professor, Stanford
Thomas R. Harkin
U.S. Senator (Retired); Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement
Sara Isaković
Olympian Medalist
Petra Mitchell
President and CEO, Catalyst Connection; Slovenia’s Honorary Consul in Pennsylvania
Joseph A. Mussomeli
Former U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia
Tim Perčič
President of American Mutual Life Association
William J. Perry
Former US Secretary of Defense; Emeritus Professor, Stanford University
Peter J. Verovšek
Assistant Professor in Politics and International relations at Sheffield University, UK.
Lucky Vidmar
Partner at Hogan Lovells and Slovenia’s Honorary Consul in Denver
Mark V. Vlasic
Adjunct Professor of Law & Senior Fellow, Institute for Law, Science & Global Security, Georgetown University; Principal, Madison Law & Strategy Group PLLC
Ajša Vodnik
Executive Director of American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia
ASEF SLOVENIA
Nina Leskovec
Director ASEF Slovenia; ComCom d.o.o.
Barbara Zagorc
Head of office ASEF Slovenia
Klemen Mesarec
Project leader ASEF Slovenia
Jože Rožanec
ASEF Society of Fellows; Qlector d.o.o.
Dejan Valentinčič
Research lead, ASEF Slovenia
Rok Sekirnik
Batavia Biosciences BV
Maria Komatar
Pitea d.o.o.
Petra Krilić
FinTech Factory and Lemur Legal
PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Božo Cerar
Former Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States
Tanja Dominko
Associate Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
B. Lee Peterlin
Associate Professor of Neurology, Director of Headache Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Nadine Prah
Advisory Council member of Atlas Network and a CPA (retired)
Jacqueline Widmar Stewart
Author and Education Advocate, Retired Attorney and Judge pro tempore
DECEASED ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
† France Rode
Research and Development Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Labs; Entrepreneur
† Joseph F. Sutter
Chief Engineer for the Boeing 747; Boeing Senior Advisory Group member
† James L. Oberstar
Retired Member of the US House of Representatives (D-8 MN)
† Anton Mavretič
Center for Space Engineering, Boston University; Founder of SIAT of Boston, LLC