Robert M. Gates Robert Gates served as the 22nd secretary of defense (2006-2011) and is the only secretary of defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected President. President Barack Obama was

Eisenhower Fellowships will honor Dr. Mari Pangestu of Indonesia as the recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Fellow Award, the organization’s highest award for a Fellow. Mari Pangestu is a deeply engaged Eisenhower Fellow with a distinguished career spanning 30 years

We are delighted to welcome Susan Kohler Reed as EF’s new Director of Programs and Communications, overseeing all International and USA Programs and our strategic communications efforts. Kohler Reed comes to us from her most recent position Director of Programs

Last year, close to 300,000 travelers from around the globe descended on Austin, Texas to partake in South by Southwest, a music, film and creative economy conference and festival. This year, Eisenhower Fellows were present, visible and demonstrating their leadership

Eisenhower himself said it best, in his remarks to the United Defense Fund in 1954. “You have got to have something in which to believe. You have got to have leaders, organization, friendships, and contacts that help you to believe

A young Romanian former minister of health who has launched new start-up ventures to foster innovation in health care and provide a camp for children with cancer. A Dutch pioneer of a new form of journalism for the 21st century.

Annual Meeting Day Secretary Gates officially became the 9th Chairman of EF the next morning at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, then met with Fellows from the 2018 Global Program and the 2017 USA and Zhi-Xing Programs