John Rossant is the Founder and Chairman of the New Cities Foundation (www.newcitiesfoundation.org), a major global non-profit network devoted to improving the quality of life and work in 21st century cities. Founded in 2010, the New Cities Foundation brings together private sector and public sector leaders, the research community and other non-profits and NGOs to pursue a common vision of a world where cities drive economic, social and environmental progress. Foundation offices are in Monaco

Pierre d’Harcourt,  started to work at the French Ministry of Finance. He then worked in the investment banking industry and in the meantime acted as business angel. Since 2010 he managed various business in Europe and the Pacific, mostly in the food and beverage industry.He is also chairman of Group Sud-Ouest, one of the major regional media group in France, which mission statement focused on creating social link and promoting social initiative

Augustin de Romanet is a French senior civil servant and company director. A graduate of the IEP in Paris and the ENA, he has held a number of positions in the public administration as a government advisor in the Ministry of Finance and in ministerial cabinets. He joined the private sector in 1999 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in 2007, a position he held until 2012 before taking over the management of Aéroports de Paris (ADP). He made the ADP group the world leader in airport design and operation. In 2017, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Domaine National de Chambord. In 2018, he became Chairman of Paris Europlace (the body responsible for promoting and developing the Paris financial centre).

Michael K. Hayde was born and raised in Compton, California. He has enjoyed and benefited from living in Southern California his entire life. In his formative years his family instilled in him traditional Irish Catholic values. He has had mentors all his life and learned at an early age the benefit of learning from those who had more experience and who were willing to help him. He went to work for Jerrold Glass at a local CPA firm and found a lifelong friend and mentor. Jerry brought him with him in 1971 to his current firm where he found two more mentors in the Founder of the firm M. Douglas and David Stone. Mike has been blessed to remain with the Western National Group for the last 48 years. Since 1994 he has served as its Chief Executive Officer. 

The Western National Group is a 60 year old apartment company headquartered in Orange County. It has been an acknowledged leadership company in the industry.  Mike believes in a leadership style that demands not only the best of himself, profitable operations but also corporate as well as personal community involvement. He is a member and Trustee of the Urban Land Institute and past Vice Chair of its Multi Family Silver Council as well as being a Trustee of the ULI Foundation. He is a past Chairman of the California Housing Council and active in both the National Multi Housing Council and the California Apartment Association. 

Along with Orange County Sherriff, Brad Gates, he founded Drug Use is life Abuse, a nationally recognized non-profit teaching youth in Orange County about the issues of drug abuse. He has been active in fundraising for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Boy Scouts of Orange County, City of Hope and UCI Medical Center. Mike is a member of the United Way Ten Million Dollar Roundtable, Chairman of the United Way Worldwide Leadership Council, a member of the United Way Worldwide Board and the 2013 United Way Tocqueville Award Honoree. 

Bill O’Dowd founded Dolphin Entertainment in 1996. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Nashville, Chicago and Boston, Dolphin is a publicly-traded independent entertainment company (NASDAQ: DLPN), with divisions dedicated to feature film, television and digital content production, and celebrity, motion picture, television, lifestyle, consumer products, food and hospitality public relations and marketing. Dolphin Entertainment’s production division specializes in children’s and young adult live-action programming, enjoying a solid reputation as an award-winning producer, international distributor, and financier of quality television, film and digital programming. Dolphin has produced hundreds of hours of original programming, which have been seen in over 125 countries worldwide. In March of 2017, Dolphin completed the acquisition of 42West, the world’s leading entertainment PR/Marketing firm. 42West combines an impressive roster of A-list celebrities with a market-leading business in the public relations and marketing of feature films and television series. In July of 2018, Dolphin completed the acquisition of The Door, a best-in-class lifestyle and hospitality public relations and marketing services company, with clients ranging from celebrity chefs and restaurant groups, to live events, leading hotels, resort destinations and consumer products. In December of 2019, Dolphin completed the acquisition of Shore Fire Media, the music industry’s top-rated PR firm, providing premium marketing services to a large roster of recording artists, songwriters, music publishers, live events and venues. In December of 2019, the New York Observer ranked all 3 of Dolphin’s PR firms in their prestigious annual Power 50 list of the nation’s most powerful PR firms, with 42West ranked #4, the highest of any entertainment PR firm. Dolphin was the only company to own more than one PR firm on the list. Mr. O’Dowd graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, has received a Master’s Degree in Modern European History from Creighton University, and was named 1st-Team Academic All-American by USA Today while an undergraduate at Creighton. Mr. O’Dowd serves on the Leadership Council of United Way Worldwide, as well as on the Board of Directors of United Way United Kingdom, and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade County Public School System Foundation, among other charities. Furthermore, Mr. O’Dowd has taught one course a year as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Communication for the past 24 years. ​

An international lawyer specializing in international and European Union law, Ana Palacio served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (2002-2004). She was a member of the European Parliament (1994- 2002) and a member of the Spanish Parliament (2004-2006). Ana Palacio served on the Council of State of Spain (2012-2018). She is a Visiting Professor at the Edmund E. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and maintains a monthly column at Project Syndicate. ​

Before joining PRK Partners as equity partner, François Veit was resident partner of the Gide Loyrette Nouel office in Prague between 2000 and 2010. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and real estate. François obtained a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School, a master’s degree in criminal law from the University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas, a master’s degree in musicology (Sorbonne University Paris IV) and a degree in philosophy (Sorbonne University Paris I). Francois has been awarded “Chevalier des Arts et des lettres” by the French Minister of Culture François has also been involved in media and entertainment law, art dealing in France and in Central Europe.

Professor emeritus of Sorbonne-University and Doctor of Letters, Françoise Melonio is a specialist of Tocqueville. She has taught in secondary schools, and has been a professor at Nanterre, at the Sorbonne, and at Sciences Po. She was deputy director of the ENS (Ulm) and director of studies and schooling at Sciences Po.

Vincent Montagne is a major figure in the French publishing industry. He has been the president of the Média-Participations group since 1991, playing a key role in its growth, particularly in comics, children’s publishing, and specialized press. Since 2012, he has also chaired the National Publishing Syndicate (SNE), where he actively advocates for copyright protection and the fixed book pricing model. A graduate of Paris-Dauphine University, he is also president of the Dauphine Foundation and is committed to promoting culture and reading.

Bernard Cazeneuve is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Bordeaux and works as a lawyer. He was an elected official in the Manche departement from 1994 to 2012, including being Member of Parliament and Mayor of Cherbourg. The French President François Hollande appointed him as Minister for European Affairs in 2012, Minister for the Budget in 2013 and Minister of the Interior in 2014. In December 2016 he was appointed as Prime Minister, a position he held until the resignation of his government on May 10th 2017. In 2017, he joined the law firm AUGUST DEBOUZY as Partner where he mainly focuses on international compliance matters. ​

Nicolas Baverez is a French lawyer, historian, and economist. A former student of the École Normale Supérieure (1980) and the École Nationale d’Administration (1988), he holds the agrégation in economic and social sciences and a doctorate in history. He began his career at the French Court of Auditors in 1988, then served as advisor to Philippe Séguin, President of the National Assembly, from 1993 to 1995.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998, he has practiced in economic public law, notably at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for 18 years before joining the law firm August Debouzy as a partner in 2023.

An influential essayist, he is the author of numerous works, including Violence and Passions (2018, Vauban Prize) and Democracies Against Authoritarian Empires (2023). A regular columnist for Le Figaro and Le Point, he sits on the steering committee of the journal Commentaire and the Institut Montaigne, where he chairs the Foreign Affairs and Defense working group

Denise Campbell Bauer is an American diplomat who most recently served as the U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco from 2022 to beginning 2025 Prior to that, Bauer was the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium during the Obama . A member of the Democratic Party, she has also served as National Finance Chair for ‘Women for Obama’ and as Executive Director of ‘Women for Biden. She is an Occidental College alumna (BA).