James F. Hoge, Jr., is chairman of ICFJ. Hoge is the editor of Foreign Affairs, a bimonthly magazine of analysis and commentary on international affairs and foreign policy. Prior to joining Foreign Affairs in 1992, Hoge spent three decades in newspaper journalism. In the 1960s he was a Washington correspondent, and in the 1970s and 80s, he was editor and publisher of metropolitan newspapers in Chicago and New York. Under his leadership, the Chicago Sun-Times won six Pulitzer Prizes and the New York Daily News one. He has taught seminars and lectured at a number of universities and is a frequent speaker before a variety of audiences on international affairs, politics and the media.

Pamela Howard is vice chairman of ICFJ. Howard is a member of the board of directors of the Scripps Howard Foundation, the corporate foundation of the E.W. Scripps Company based in Cincinatti, Ohio. She previously worked as a reporter in Washington, D.C., and New York. Howard serves on the board of the Eos Orchestra in New York. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and was a board member of Sarah Lawrence from 1988 to 1997. She is currently working on a book about her grandfather, publisher Roy W. Howard.

John Maxwell Hamilton, treasurer of the Center, is dean and Hopkins P. Breazeale professor at the Manship School of Communication at Louisiana State University. He has won national journalism awards for his work in the United States and abroad for the Milwaukee Journal, The Christian Science Monitor and ABC Radio, among others. He is the author of four books. Hamilton has served as a director or advisor to numerous foreign affairs and international aid programs, and has had assignments in 35 countries.

Joyce Barnathan is president of the center. She is responsible for running the organization, long-range planning and institutional development. Previously, she was Executive Editor - Global Franchise at BusinessWeek, where she helped create new editorial extensions and alliances. As Assistant Managing Editor, she supervised nearly every department at the magazine. She worked as Asia Regional Editor, helping to launch the Asia edition, which won prestigious awards for coverage of China’s growth, Asia’s financial crisis and the turmoil in Indonesia. She began her career at BusinessWeek in 1990 as an editor in the international department. From 1979 until 1988, she held a number of posts at Newsweek, including Moscow Bureau Chief, Special National Political Correspondent and State Department Correspondent. For her work, she has been honored with five Overseas Press Club Awards and one National Headliner Award, among other honors. She also served as a Freedom Forum Fellow in 1989-1990. She has a B.A. in Russian and Chinese area studies and an M.A. in Asian studies from Washington University, and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Missouri. She speaks conversational Chinese, Russian and Spanish.