Advisory Committee
H.E. André Azoulay
Counselor to King Mohammed VI of Morocco
The Honorable Howard L. Berman
Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, US Congress
H.E. Maria de Fatima Lima da Veiga
Ambassador of the Republic of Cape Verde to the United States
H.E. Aziz Mekouar
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States
H.E. Joao de Vallera
Ambassador of Portugal to the United States
H.E.Vernon Penner
Former United States Ambassador to Cape Verde
Edward Bergman
Innovative Development Services
Toby Dershowitz
President, The Dershowitz Group
Gail Ifshin, Ph.D.
Former President, Global Education Partnership, Discovery Channel
Professor Aomar Boum
Near Eastern Studies and Religious Studies Program, University of Arizona
Professor David M. Gitlitz
Department of Languages, University of Rhode Island
Professor Russell G. Hamilton
Former Dean, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University
Daniel Mariaschin
Executive Vice President, B’nai B’rith International
Professor Sulayman S. Nyang
Department of African Studies, Howard University
Professor Daniel J. Schroeter
Department of History, University of Minnesota
José Tomás Veiga
Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Cape Verde
John Wahnon
Founding Member, AMICAEL
Gwen Zuares
American Sephardi Association




