Policy Board


The Policy Board of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies includes the following members:

Lorne Craner
President, International Republican Institute
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 2001-04

Paul R. Dimond
Senior Counsel, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C

Director (TBA), Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
University of Michigan

Terrence J. McDonald
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Professor of History
Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
University of Michigan

Mark Tessler
Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science
Vice Provost for International Affairs
Director, International Institute
University of Michigan

Ronald N. Weiser
U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, 2001-04
Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, McKinley Associates Inc., 1968-2001