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Alan H. Fleischmann
Alan H. Fleischmann is the Founder & President of the global strategic communications firm Laurel Strategies. Fleischmann is a professional with over two decades of international and domestic experience in the public, private, and civil society sectors, and an expert in strategy, communications, negotiation, crisis & reputation management, finance, public policy, and trade investment. He has been a proven confidential advisor to Fortune 100 CEOs, top investors, and leaders across the globe. Previously, he was Principal of the international business advisory consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group, where he served on its managing board, headed its Latin America practice, while driving key client relationships globally. He is Co-Founder and Board Member of ImagineNations Group, a global network that provides young entrepreneurs with capital and business/leadership coaching in emerging markets (Middle East, Africa, Latin America). Fleischmann received the 2008 Goodwin Award for ImagineNations' global work.[1]

For many years, Fleischmann has been Senior Counselor at PSB Associates, the global strategic communications firm. He served in the United States Congress as the Staff Director of the U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; he is former Chief of Staff to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and member of the Maryland Governor's Cabinet; was the founding Vice President of LATCORP; and was a Senior Associate of Chase Manhattan Bank/JP Morgan Chase. For several years, he served on the board of directors of OFFITBank, the wealth management private bank that is merged with Wells Fargo Bank.

Fleischmann was appointed by the Obama Administration to serve on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank [2]and on the International Trade Advisory Commission[3]. He was appointed by President Obama to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars[4]. He is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations[5] and a board member of the Atlantic Council[6]. Fleischmann also serves on the board of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and chairs the Dean's Council of the School of International Studies (SIS). Fleischmann sits on the board of the Initiative for Global Development (IGD)[7], is on the Board of Trustees of the American Institute Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)[8], and is Chair of the Meridian International Center's Global Service Leaders Initiative[9]. He also serves on the boards of the Deepak Chopra Foundation[10], Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, University of Maryland Medical System[11], is a founding member of the Clinton Global Intiative (CGI), and is on the Leadership Council of the Robert F. Kennedy Center[12]. He serves on the board of Just Capital.

Fleischmann is a Trustee of the Phillips Collection arts museum[13]. He is a member of the Global Philanthropists Circle (GPC) founded by David Rockefeller and Peggy Dulany.

He earned his M.A. as a Chase Scholar with honors from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He received a B.A. and B.S. with honors from American University, where he was the valedictorian and student body president. He was the 2008 Alumnus of the Year, awarded by the School of International Service (SIS) of American University. In 2012, Fleischmann was awarded the American University Cyrus A. Ansary Medal.

Fleischmann is also a graduate of the Gilman School.

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