Martin E. Hellman - Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
Ralph Nuremberger Dr. Nurnberger has taught graduate level courses on Congress and international relations at Georgetown University since 1975. He was named Professor of the Year by the Graduate School of Liberal Studies in 2003 and received another award in 2005 for over 20 years of excellence in teaching. His most recent courses dealt with American foreign policy in the post 9-11 era and another on the Arab-Israeli Conflict. He speaks frequently throughout the country on political and foreign policy topics and has appeared on radio and television programs as an analyst on political and international issues. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Christian Science Monitor, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun and numerous scholarly journals and magazines. His most recent book is entitled “Lobbying in America.” Ralph Nurnberger has an impressive list of bi-partisan relationships in both chambers of Congress, which reflects his thirty years of experience working in and with the U.S. government. He is the name Partner in a Washington, D.C. government relations firm, Nurnberger & Associates, which was founded in 1994. In addition, he is currently a Principal with a new firm called The Amani Group, which is headed by former Majority Whip Bill Gray (D-PA). He has served on Capitol Hill, in the Executive Branch and has also spent twenty-five years in the field of government relations. He has advised numerous Congressional, Senatorial and Presidential campaigns, including serving on foreign policy task forces during the past two Democratic Presidential campaigns. During the past four presidential campaigns, including this one, he has traveled around the country to participate in surrogate presidential debates. His experience on Capital Hill include serving as legislative assistant for foreign policy and defense for Senator James Pearson (R-KS) and then as a professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy, chaired by Senator Frank Church (D-IO). In the Executive Branch, he served as Special Assistant to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) and later as Director of Congressional Relations for the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) within the Department of Commerce. Ralph was the first staff director of Builders for Peace, an organization established in 1993, with the encouragement of Vice President Al Gore, to assist the Middle East peace process by encouraging private sector investment in the West Bank and Gaza. In this capacity, he dealt with international leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, as well as American and international business leaders. He also spent two years as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he directed the Congressional relations program, ran a number of conferences, and co-authored and edited books dealing with Congressional leadership and the role of Congress in foreign policy. Education & Credentials: Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1975 M.A., Columbia University, 1968 B.A., Queens College, 1967 (Phi Beta Kappa; Captain, Varsity Tennis Team)
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Dr. Ralph Nurnberger is a Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University and a Principal in a leading Washington, DC-based Government Relations firm.