founding member of the University of California-Irvine Center for Peacebuilding in Los Angeles, called the AIC on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 to thank the AIC and its members for diplomatic actions taken to gain his release from prison in Iran. Mr. Shakeri has worked with and supported the activities of the AIC for many years. Shakeri had been unlawfully detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison on charges of security violations since May 2007. Leadership The AIC has a prominent board which includes many of the top academics, diplomats, and business leaders. AIC's honorary board includes secretary Donna Shalala, and its board of directors is composed of Thomas R. Pickering, former Senator J Bennet Johnson, former Vice-Chairman of Chevron Richard Matzke, Dr. Fereidun Feksharaki President of FACTS, and Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi of Rutgers University, Ambassador Sargent Shriver, R.K. Ramazani, Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Judith Kipper, Roy Mottahedeh. External links AIC official website PBS FRONTLINE press release Iraq in U.S.-Iranian Relations Iranian-American organizations Foreign policy and strategy think tanks in the United States Non-profit organizations based in Princeton, New Jersey United States friendship associations 1997 establishments in New Jersey Think tanks established in 1997