Banaa.org: The Sudan Educational Empowerment Network

Former national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore.  A former Foreign Service Officer and arms-control expert, Fuerth served on the Principals' Committee of the National Security Council, alongside the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the President's own national security adviser during the Clinton Administration.  He currently directs the Project on Forward Engagement, which aims to integrate long-range planning techniques into the US and global governance.   Over the past three years, Fuerth has managed two awards from the Rockefeller Brother Fund.

Former Ambassador to Ethiopia, Director for East African Affairs at U.S. Department of State, Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Khartoum.  Dr. Shinn is currently a professor in the Elliot School.

Social, Culture and Consular Affairs Officer, Government of Southern Sudan Missoin to the United States of America

Senior Program Officer at the United Stated Institute of Peace.  A graduate of Harvard, Georgetown Law School, and the London School of Economics, Dr. Bishai focuses on secondary and university education in international relations, conflict resolution, human rights, and peace studies. She is responsible for curriculum development and developing faculty and teacher workshops throughout the United States and in conflict zones, especially the Sudan.

Advocacy Director at the Genocide International Network.  A graduate from Swarthmore College, Bell co-founded the Genocide Intervention Network and serves on the Executive Board of the Save Darfur Coalition. He has been featured in Houston Chronicle, The New Republic, MSNBC and NPR.

A graduate student at Georgetown University,Gyude Moore is an expert on international trade issues and intergovernmental organizations. . A former refugee in Sierra Leone, Mr. Moore has worked extensively with Oxfam America and co-founded the Student Trade Justice Campaign.  He is currently a Master of Science candidate at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Former Chair of the Department of Philosophy at The George Washington University, Professor Churchill has written extensively on Cosmopolitanism.