The Congressional Circle

The US-Asia Institute Congressional Circle is an alumni association of current and former Congressional advisers who have participated in USAI programs including off-the-record briefings and delegations to the region over the past 30 years.

The Congressional Circle:

-Recommends potential delegates to travel on future staff and Member delegations;

-Advises USAI on programming, projects, and other issues vis-á-vis Congress;

-Makes introductions to individuals and organizations that might be interested in partnering with USAI on programs and events of mutual benefit; and

-Assists in expanding our corporate network

Our Members

Congressional Circle Chairman: Chris McCannell, GrayRobinson, P.A.

Congressional Circle Vice Chairman: Rachel MacKnight, Sycamore Strategies

Congressional Circle Mentoring Committee Chairman: Ruben Duran, Merck & Co.

Congressional Circle Development Committee Chairman: Surya Gunasekara, Section VII Strategies

Hera A. Abbasi, IBM

Anna Ashton, US-China Business Council

Jeremy Berkowitz, Promontory Financial Group

Paul Bock, Holland & Knight

Colin Brainard, Walmart

Adam Bramwell, Mercury Public Affairs

Jeff Choudhry, Nickles Group

Steve Denis, Small Business Finance Association

Josh Falzone, Cisco

Jonathan Gregory, Yorktown Solutions

Treon Glenn, US Travel Associations

Jeremy Haldeman, American Refugee Committee

Sydney Hand, Alibaba

Wally Hsueh, FedEx

Megan Hannigan, Paypal

Sheila Kennett Johnson, Author

Donald J. Morrissey, Huawei

Darryl Nirenberg, Steptoe & Johnson

Matt Renninger, Apollo Group

Adi Sathi, Young Republican National Federation

Gregg Sheiowitz, Zurich North America

George F. Shevlin, IV, AIG

Silvia Spring, TikTok

Joshua Teitelbaum, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

James Travis, Bayer

Trudy Vincent, University of Chicago 

Stanley White, Lawrence James Group

William (Bill) Wicker, US Senate Communications (emeritus) 

You can download the one-pager detailing information of the US-Asia Institute’s Leadership HERE.