Honorary Committee
Nassir Abdulaziz Al Nasser, Permanent Representative of State of Qatar to the United Nations

Abdullah M. Alsaidi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations

Mohamed Arkoun, Emeritus Professor Sorbonne University (Algeria-France)

Margaret Ayers, President, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Former Prime Minister, Malaysia

Alison Bernstein, Vice President for Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom, The Ford Foundation

Habib Bourguiba Jr., former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia

Reisu-I-Ulama Mustapha Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Trustees of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Giadella A. B. Ettalhi, Permanent Representative of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamhuriya to
the United Nations

Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator, New York

Jennifer P. Goodale, Executive Director, Asian Cultural Council

Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Edward P. Henry, President, Doris Duke Foundation

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Director, Ibn Khaldun Center, Egypt

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General, Organization of Islamic Conference (Turkey)

Franciscus Antonius Maria Majoor, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the
United Nations

Ingrid Mattson, Director, Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations,
Hartford Seminary; President, Islamic Society of North America

Thomas Matussek, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations

Thomas Mayr-Harting, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor of Religion, George Washington University

Farhan Nizami, Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

Her Majesty Queen Noor

Thoraya Obaid, United Nations Under-Secretary General (Saudi Arabia)

Don Randel, President, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Iqbal Riza, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General (Pakistan)

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and Chairman, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative

John D. Rockefeller IV, Senator, West Virginia

Judith Rodin, President, Rockefeller Foundation

Rabbi David Rosen, President, International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations (US)

Jane Gregory Rubin, Secretary, The Reed Foundation

Nawaf A. Salam, Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations

Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal and High Representative for the
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations

Charles Schumer, Senator, New York

John Sexton, President, New York University

Nancye B. Starnes, President, Kite Foundation