The Circle maintains a small core membership that reflects broad geographic representation as well as diversified backgrounds and experience, knowledge of a relevant field and concern for the cultural, moral, and spiritual dimensions of life. Membership is by invitation.
Participation in Gatherings of the Circle
The Circle invites interested non-members to participate in its meetings.
Corporate Officers
Coordinator/President – Barbara Baudot
Secretary – Jacques Baudot
Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer – Dirck Stryker
Treasurer/Finance Officer Triglav Europe – Peter Baas
Legal Counsel/Paul Nolette
Board of Directors
Honorary Chairman – Vigdis Finnbogadottir
Chairman – Professor Tu Weiming
Vice Chairman – Konrad Raiser
Gustavo Alfaro
Barbara Baudot
Jacques Baudot
Charles Courtney
Gloria Kan
Saad Nagi
Dirck Stryker
Steve Gorman
John Elder
Members and Friends of the Circle
Gustavo Alfaro — Latin American Literature / Academia / USA-Columbia
Peter Baas — Consultant / Business / Netherlands
Christian Balslev-Olesen — Development / Clergy and International Organization / Denmark
Amelie Baudot — Law / Finance / USA-France
Barbara Baudot* — Political Science / Academia / USA /France
Jacques Baudot* — Social Policy / International Organization / France/USA
Jean Marie de Bourgoing — Entrepreneurship / Business, NGO/France
Lynn Brooks — Education and Public Policy / Academia /USA
Torben Brylle — Diplomacy / Foreign Service / Denmark
Juliet Coleman — Human Resources/NGO-Women/UK
Tony Coleman — Clergy-Development / Public Interest/United Kingdom
Jean-Michel Collette — Socio-economic Development / Consultancy / France
Charles Courtney — Philosophy-Philanthropy / Academia-NGO / USA
Arthur Dahl — naturalist/environment/USA
Elizabeth Demski — Institutional Development/grant writer/USA
Nitin Desai — Sustainable Development / International Organization / India
Adama Diarra — Politics / Public Interest / Mali
Edward Dommen — Economy/Academia/Switzerland
John Elder* — Literature and Environment / Academia / USA
Richard Falk — International Law / Academia / USA
Vigdis Finnbogadottir — Culture / Politics / Iceland
John Fortin, O.S.B. — Great Books / Clergy and Academia / USA
Owen Gingerich — astrophysics/academia/USA
Steve Gorman — Education/Public Interest/USA
Noriko Hashimoto — Philosophy and Eco-ethica / Academia / Japan
Vyacheslav Ivanov* — Semiotics / Academia / USA-Russia
Genevieve Jacques — Immigration/NGO/France
Jakov Jakoulov — Music / Composition / USA-Russia
Gloria Kan* — Social Policy / International Organization / USA-China
Marie Aimee Latournerie — Law/Government/Local Development/France
Tommo Monthe — Diplomacy / Government / Cameroon
William Moomaw — Environment/ Academia/ USA
Andrien de Moustier — Entrepreneurship / Agriculture / France
Yao N’Goran — Administration / NGO-Policy / International Organization / Ivory Coast
Saad Nagi — Sociology / Academia / USA-Egypt
Kwame Pianim — Politics / Business / Ghana
Giandomenico Picco — Development / Business / Italy
Margo Picken — Human Rights / IGO-NGO, Academia / United Kingdom
Elise Queguiner — Law / International Organization / Switzerland
Elisabeth Raiser — Society & Spirituality / Public Interest / Germany
Konrad Raiser — Theology / NGO-Academia / Germany
Philippe Roch— naturalist-writer/public service-politics/CH
Steven C. Rockefeller — Theology and Environment / Public Interest / USA
Dominic Sachsenmaier — Global History/ Academia / Germany
J. Stanley Sanders* — Law / Public Interest / USA
P. Hideo Shingu — Engineering / Academia / Japan
Oliver Smith— Environment/NGO/UK
Pat Soden — Communications / Publishing / USA
Dirk Stryker — Development / Business / USA
Friedrich von Kirschbach — Economics, Culture, Art/NGO/Germany
Margareta von Kirshbach — Economics/ International Organization/Sweden
Tu Weiming* — Chinese History , Philosophy and Confucian Studies / Academia / USA-China
Danilo Turk — International Law / International Organization / Slovenia
Ernst Von Weizsacker — Biology-Environment / Academia / Germany
* Founding members ** For information on members see www.google.com
In Memoriam
Frank Aguilar * Peter Marris
William Sprague Barnes Thomas Odhiambo
Yves Chotard Ewert Cousins
Henry Epstein Joseph Doherty
John Kenneth Galbraith Emily H. Squires
Ignac Golob Tomonobu Imamichi
Peter Kulka