Carol C. Adelman

Ms. Adelman is President of a leadership and management training company that organizes training seminars and workshops for Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. government, think tanks and business schools. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute where she conducts research and writes on international development issues. Dr. Adelman is active in a number of foreign affairs organizations serving as director and vice chairman of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She has been Director of McManis International Services the consulting arm of MMI Companies, a publicly traded healthcare company. During the Reagan and Bush Administrations she served as Assistant Administrator of the US Agency for International Development where in addition to managing regional bureaus, also oversaw programs to promote democracy and economic development. Earlier in her professional career she served as a Foreign Service officer for ten years managing development programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Dr. Adelman’s writing on a range of issues has appeared widely in newspapers and scholarly journals.