Panel I Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of African Affairs U.S. Department of State Walter North, J.D. Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Administrator of the Africa Bureau U.S. Agency for International Development Panel II Lansine Kaba, Ph.D. Madeleine Haas Russell Distinguished Visiting Professor Brandeis University Herschelle Challenor, Ph.D. Consultant on African Affairs Former Director of Democracy and Governance in Guinea, USAID Mr. Haskell S. Ward Senior Vice President, Government Relations Global Alumina Corporation