President of the United States of America

President of the African Development Bank

Dr. Jeffrey Herbst is the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Political Science Professor at Miami University.

President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Lloyd O. Pierson, President, U.S. African Development Foundation

Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University.

Former President of Guinea Bissau. He was assassinated on March 2, 2009 by the army.

The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau

U.N. Ambassador to the United States

Vicki Huddleston is an author, scholar and expert on Latin America and Africa.