Deputy Executive Director of Freedom House, an organization which promotes peace and democracy worldwide.

Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council and Senior Advisor to the President of the United States.

Activist and national co-ordinator of Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA), a human rights pressure group formed in 2003.

Current Ambassador of Sierra Leone to the United States (2008 - present).

Truck tyre, Mining/Earthmoving tyre manufacturer in China.

Current Ambassador from Mauritius to the United States (2007 - present).

Ambassador of Zimbabwe to the United States, 2005 - present.

Former ambassador from Mauritius to the United States, 2002 - 2007.

Congolese singer and African musical icon, 1970's - present.

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005-2007) of Sudan's National Unity Government, leader in Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) since 1983.