The Pacific Council on International Policy is an independent, non-partisan, membership-based organization dedicated to global engagement. Founded in 1995 in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations and the University of Southern California, the Pacific Council is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its activities include events and conferences, policy-focused task forces, and international delegations. Organization The Pacific Council is “committed to building the capacity of Los Angeles and California for impact on global issues, discourse, and policy.” The Council connects a network of people from different industries to engage in foreign policy discourse and effect change on international issues. The Council convenes virtual and in-person events, roundtable discussions, and international delegations, and provides thoughtful foreign policy analysis and commentary in its online Magazine. Leadership Jerrold D. Green currently serves as the Pacific Council's president and CEO. Richard Goetz, Partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and Robert Lovelace, Vice Chairman at Capital Group Companies, are co-chairs of the Board of Directors, which also includes Ambassador Colleen Bell, Antonia Hernández, Mel Levine, and Mickey Kantor, among others. Abraham F. Lowenthal was the founding president of the Pacific Council. Prominent members of the Pacific Council Board of Directors have included Robert F. Erburu, former chairman of the Times Mirror Co. and founding board chairman of the Pacific Council; former Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who followed Erburu as board co-chair; John Bryson, who served as co-chair with Christopher and later chair of the Pacific Council Board before his appointment as U.S. Secretary of Commerce; and former Utah governor and U.S. Ambassador to China Jon M. Huntsman. Activities The Pacific Council works with member experts and task forces to host conferences, events, and travel delegations. The Council has hosted a number of influential speakers, including former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Condoleezza Rice, former President George W. Bush, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, former CIA Director Leon Panetta, General James Mattis, Dr. Joseph S. Nye, foreign dignitaries, U.S. ambassadors, members of Congress, and foreign policy experts, among others. Programs The Pacific Council encourages thoughtful dialogue on a wide variety of international issues, but focuses on areas where it is poised to have impact both locally and globally. Examples of the Council’s programs are the Mexico Initiative, and the Guantánamo Bay Observer Program. Delegations Members often travel abroad on Pacific Council delegations, during which members meet