American-Turkish Council
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The American-Turkish Council (ATC) is a business association dedicated to enhancing the promotion of US-Turkish Commercial, Defense, Technology and Cultural Relations in Washington DC.
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[edit] Personnel
- Amb. James H. Holmes (Ret.) President & CEO
- Canan Büyükünsal. Executive Director
- Cenk Sidar. Director, Defense, Energy & Construction Programs
- Ayşe Sümer. Director, Commercial Programs and Government Affairs
- Faith Scott. Office Manager
[edit] Board
According to its 2005 annual report, current ATC board members include:
- Brent Scowcroft, the board chairman and former national security adviser for George H. W. Bush
- George Perlman of Lockheed Martin
- Elizabeth Avery of Pepsico
- Ozer Baysal of Pfizer
- Andy Button of Boeing
- Richard K. Douglas of General Electric
- Sherry Grandjean of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- John R. Miller of Raytheon
- Selig A. Taubenblatt of Bechtel
ATC's advisory board also includes representatives of a number of high-powered defense, pharmaceutical, consulting, and technology firms, including General Atomics, BAE Systems, Motorola, and the Cohen Group. Daniel Pipes is a former ATC board member.
[edit] Scandals
Growing media scrutiny of the ATC is a result of allegations made by FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds regarding suspect activities of council members in an article in the September 2005 Vanity Fair[1].
The ATC is where former Ambassador Joseph Wilson met his future wife and CIA operative, Valerie Plame, leading some to speculate Plame's CIA front company, Brewster-Jennings & Associates, was monitoring the same alleged nuclear trafficking of the ATC as Sibel Edmonds.
[edit] Sources
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