Ron Daniels

HONORARY CO-CHAIR

Ronald J. Daniels became the 14th president of Johns Hopkins University in 2009. A law and economics scholar, Daniels previously served as provost and professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and dean and James M. Tory Professor of Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He is a fellow of the American Philosophical Society and a member of the Order of Canada.

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At Johns Hopkins, Daniels has focused his leadership on several key areas: strengthening inter-disciplinary collaboration in research and education, enhancing student access, deepening engagement with the city of Baltimore, and supporting economic and social innovation. During his tenure, the university has launched of a series of multi-disciplinary initiatives aimed at addressing some of society’s most vexing issues, bolstered the efforts of faculty, staff and students to translate discoveries into novel technologies, invested heavily in student access, and extended its significant community partnerships.

Ambassador Amy Gutmann

HONORARY CO-CHAIR

Ambassador Gutmann was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany on February 8, 2022. From her start at the 2022 MSC, Ambassador Gutmann has engaged in extensive outreach throughout Germany.

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She has advanced the U.S.-Germany partnership during the Zeitenwende (historic turning point), combatted the rise of antisemitism, and promoted alliance efforts to support Ukraine’s defense of its democratic sovereignty against Russia’s unprovoked war. She was the longest serving President, from 2004-2022, of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university with a renowned health care system and Philadelphia’s largest employer (of over 50,000). She has published extensively on the practical value of democracy, education, health care, and human rights.

Named by Fortune magazine in 2018 as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Dr. Gutmann has been honored with awards from Harvard University, the Carnegie Corporation, the Anti-Defamation League, Urban Affairs Coalition, and the Leo Baeck Institute, among others.

Dr. Gutmann graduated magna cum laude from Harvard-Radcliffe College, earned her master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and her doctorate in Political Science from Harvard University. She is married to Columbia University professor Michael W. Doyle.

Ambassador Emily Haber

HONORARY CO-CHAIR

Emily Margarethe Haber has been German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Immediately prior to this, Haber, a career diplomat, was deployed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, serving as State Secretary overseeing security and migration at the height of the refugee crisis in Europe.

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In this capacity, she worked closely with the U.S. administration on topics ranging from the fight against international terrorism to global cyberattacks and cybersecurity.
In 2009, she was appointed Political Director and, in 2011, State Secretary at the Foreign Office, the first woman to hold either post. Earlier in her career, she served at the German Embassy in Ankara and in Berlin as Deputy Head of the Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison Division, as Director of the OSCE Division, and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans. Emily Haber has extensive knowledge of the Soviet Union and Russia, having worked both in the Soviet Union Division at the German Foreign Office and at the German Embassy in Moscow. From 1975 to 1980, she studied history and ethnology in Cologne, earning her PhD.