Baker Institute Director: Ambassador David M. Satterfield


The Honorable David M. Satterfield is the director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He has more than four decades of diplomatic and leadership experience, including service as special envoy for the Horn of Africa, assistant secretary of state, National Security Council staff director and as ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey and charge’ d’affaires in Iraq and Egypt.

Satterfield’s extensive bilateral and multinational negotiating background most notably includes the 1995 Roadmap for Israel-Palestinian Peace (with the United Nations), the 2000 withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces from Lebanon and Blue Line boundary agreement (with the United Nations), and the 2008 Status of Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Iraq. As the State Department’s coordinator for Iraq, he managed the largest domestic staff in the department’s history and directed fundamental reforms to the Foreign Service.

As director general of the Multinational Force and Observers, Satterfield conceived and directed the comprehensive modernization of military and civilian peacekeeping operations and led fundraising efforts with the U.S. Congress and donor governments.

Among other honors, Satterfield is the recipient of the highest Department of State recognition, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Award, and the highest award for senior federal executives, the Office of Personnel Management Distinguished Federal Executive Rank Award.

Satterfield is a graduate of the University of Maryland and speaks Arabic, French and Italian. He is married to Elizabeth Ann Fritschle, a career Foreign Service officer.
 

“We are here because we believe that this institute, drawing on Rice University’s long tradition of public service and academic excellence, can help bring a fresh, informed and incisive voice to our national debate.”

Secretary James A. Baker, III
Honorary Chair

    Board of Advisors
    1. The Honorable Linnet Deily
      Chair, Baker Institute Board of Advisors
      Former U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization
      Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    2. L.E. Simmons
      Co-Chair, Baker Institute Board of Advisors
      Founder and President, SCF Partners
    3. Greg L. Armstrong
      Co-founder and Retired Chairman and CEO, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P
    4. James A. Baker IV
      Retired Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
    5. Carin Barth
      Co-founder and President, LB Capital,Inc.
    6. Laura D. Bellows
      CEO and Chairman, W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation
    7. Donald Bowers
      Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
    8. Jay A. Brown
      President and CEO, Crown Castle International Corp.
    9. Benjamin Cheng
      Principal, Transnational Management Limited
    10. Haydeh Davoudi
      Owner and Operator, EPIC Sporthorses
    11. Thomas J. Falk
      Retired Chairman and CEO, Kimberly-Clark
    12. Ann Fox
      President and CEO, Nine Energy Service
    13. Jeffery D. Hildebrand
      Executive Chairman and Founder, Hilcorp Energy Company
    14. Jeffrey C. Hines
      Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Hines
    15. Paul Hobby
      Co-founder, Genesis Park
    16. Robert Steven Kaplan
      Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
    17. Robert T. Ladd
      Managing Partner, Stellus Capital Management
      Chairman and CEO, Stellus Capital Investment Corporation
      Chair, Rice University Board of Trustees
    18. José-Alberto Lima
      Founding Member, Quartz Energy Partners
    19. Fred Lummis
      Chairman, Platform Partners LLC
    20. Arshad Matin
      Chief Executive Officer, Avetta
    21. Franci Neely
      Philanthropist and Former Trial Attorney
    22. Wade Rakes
      President and Chief Executive Officer, Peach State Health Plan
    23. The Honorable John F.W. Rogers
      Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of Directors, Goldman Sachs & Company
      Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Management
      Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
    24. A.R. “Tony” Sanchez Jr.
      Chairman and CEO, Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation
    25. Jaime Serra
      Chairman, SAI Law and Economics
      Chairman, BBVA Bancomer
    26. C. Park Shaper
      CEO, Seis Holdings, LLC
    27. Gerald B. Smith
      Chairman and CEO, Smith Graham & Co.
    28. Ann Stern
      President and CEO, Houston Endowment
    29. Guillermo “Memo” Treviño
      President, Southern Distributing Company, Inc.
    30. Robert B. Tudor III
      Founder and CEO, Artemis Energy Partners
      Retired Chair, Rice University Board of Trustees
    31. Uwem Ukpong
      Vice President Global Services, Amazon Web Services
    32. John Eddie Williams, Jr.
      Founder and Managing Partner, Williams Hart
    33. Dr. Huda Zoghbi
      Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, Neuroscience, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
      Founding Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital

    Life Members

    1. His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Ph.D.
      Advisor, Amiri Diwan, Qatar
    2. The Honorable Hushang Ansary
      Chairman, Parman Capital Group
    3. E. William Barnett
      Retired Chair, Rice University Board of Trustees
      Retired Managing Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
    4. Clarence P. Cazalot Jr.
      Retired Chairman, President and CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation
    5. James W. Crownover
      Former Director, McKinsey & Company
      Retired Chair, Rice University Board of Trustees
    6. The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
      Founding Director, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
      Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and to Israel
    7. Claudio X. González
      Chairman of the Board, Kimberly-Clark de México
    8. Steven L. Miller
      Chairman and President, SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc.
      Former Chairman, President and CEO, Shell Oil Company
    9. Beth Robertson
      President, Cockspur, Inc.
      President, Westview Development, Inc.
    10. Marc J. Shapiro
      Non-Executive Chairman, JP Morgan Chase & Co. — Texas Operations
    11. Wallace S. Wilson
      Retired Chairman, Wilson Industries

    Ex Officio Members

    The Honorable James A. Baker, III
    61st U.S. Secretary of State
    Honorary Chair, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

    Reginald DesRoches
    President, Rice University

    The Honorable David M. Satterfield
    Director, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
    Former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey

    Administrative Staff
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      Director of Finance
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      Leslie Marie Aguilar Frazier
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    2. Jean Ard
      Executive Assistant to the Director
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    3. Starr Dickerson
      Associate Director of Stewardship
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    4. Jeff Falk
      Director of National Media Relations
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      Avery Franklin
      Media Relations Specialist
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    5. Ana Martín Gil
      Research Manager
      Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East
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    6. Leah Gross
      Director of Development
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    8. Tegan Gutierrez
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    10. Stephen Jones
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    11. Victoria Jupp
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    12. Christene Kimmel
      Director of Development
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    18. Mikki Middleton
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    23. Christine Pfeffer
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    26. Rachel Smith
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    30. Jordan Traylor
      Research Assistant
      Science and Technology Policy Program
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    32. Melissa Vossler
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    34. Patty Yaple
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    35. Kevin Young
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    36. Karina Zemel
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