AAM Announces New Advisory Board Members
AAM is pleased to announce the appointment of four distinguished members to our bipartisan advisory board: Richard Armitage, Norm Augustine, Vin Weber, and James Q. Wilson.
All four gentlemen have volunteered to join the prestigious group of former government officials, academic scholars, and business leaders that comprise the AAM Advisory Board. The Advisory Board serves a critical role supporting our mission.
Richard L. Armitage, has been president of Armitage International LLC since 2005. Mr. Armitage served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005, President of Armitage Associates from 1993 to 2001, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 1983 to 1989. Mr. Armitage is the recipient of numerous U.S. and foreign decorations and service awards.
Norman R. Augustine is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Mr. Augustine has also served in the Defense Department as as assistant director of defense research and engineering, assistant secretary, under secretary and acting secretary of the U.S. Army. Mr. Augustine is a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the advisory board to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the American Philosophical Society, the Council on Foreign Affairs, and is a fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Vin Weber served in Congress from 1980 to 1992, representing Minnesota's Second Congressional District. He is managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office of Clark and Weinstock. Weber established the nonprofit organization Empower America with Jack Kemp, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Willliam Bennett, and others. Weber currently chairs the National Endowment for Democracy, serves on the board of the National Commission on Public Service, is a trustee of the German Marshall Fund, co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Domestic Strategy Group, a member of the Visiting Committee for Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, a member of George Washington University's National Council for Political Management, and a senior fellow at the Center of the American Experiment.
Dr. James Q. Wilson is the Ronald Reagan professor of public policy at the Pepperdine School of Public Policy in California, and a professor emeritus at UCLA. From 1961 to 1987 Dr. Wilson was a professor of government at Harvard University. He has a Ph.D. and masters degree from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from the University of Redlands where he was the national collegiate debate champion in 1951 and 1952. Dr. Wilson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2003.
