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CELEBRATING<br />
125 YE<strong>AR</strong>S<br />
FOUNDING MEMBERS<br />
OF THE INTERNATIONAL<br />
COUNCIL OF ADVISORS<br />
(As of December 31, 2013)<br />
Edward P. Roski, Chair<br />
Darlene T. Anderson<br />
Michael S. Anderson<br />
Sarah Argyropoulos<br />
Dawn L. Arnall<br />
Lucy and Henry Billingsley<br />
Richard C. Blum<br />
Sheila and Michael Bonsignore<br />
Diane and Hal Brierley<br />
Pete Briger<br />
Pat and Keith Campbell<br />
Douglas Carlston and<br />
Kathy J. Williams<br />
Daniel and Margaret Carper<br />
Foundation<br />
Jean and Steve Case<br />
Robert A. Compton<br />
David and Alice Court<br />
Roger A. Enrico<br />
Juliet C. Folger<br />
Michael J. Fourticq<br />
Warren H. Haruki<br />
Joan and David Hill<br />
Lyda Hill<br />
David H. Koch<br />
Iara Lee<br />
Deborah M. Lehr<br />
Sven Lindblad<br />
Tom and Juli Lindquist<br />
Bruce Ludwig<br />
Claudia Madrazo de Hernández<br />
David P. Margulies<br />
Pamela Mars Wright<br />
Randall Mays<br />
Edith McBean<br />
Susan and Craig McCaw<br />
Roger McNamee<br />
Mark C. Moore<br />
Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz<br />
Timothy S. Nash<br />
Caryl D. Philips<br />
Craig Piligian<br />
Jeannie and Tom Rutherfoord<br />
Victoria Sant<br />
Hugo Shong<br />
Jill and Richard Sideman<br />
Lekha Singh<br />
Thomas Toomey<br />
Marlene and Bob Veloz<br />
Donna and Garry Weber<br />
Leo and Angie Wells<br />
Tracy R. Wolstencroft<br />
B. Wu and Eric Larson<br />
Clara Wu Tsai<br />
Jeffrey M. Zell<br />
NEW IN 2014<br />
(As of April 30, 2014)<br />
Azerbaijan-America Alliance<br />
Durham Family Foundation<br />
Astrid and Per Heidenreich<br />
Meng Mingfei<br />
Jessica and Dr. Richard Sneider<br />
Judith and Stephen<br />
Wertheimer<br />
A REINVENTED COUNCIL<br />
In 2013 National Geographic created the<br />
International Council of Advisors, composed<br />
of industry leaders and philanthropists representing<br />
13 states, the District of Columbia,<br />
Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, and<br />
South Africa. Formerly the Council of Advisors,<br />
the group took on an important role in 125th<br />
anniversary activities and expanded its focus<br />
to reflect the Society’s global mission.<br />
The Council provides visionary leadership<br />
and valuable insight as we plan the Society’s<br />
future. Advisors serve as informed emissaries<br />
to share the work of National Geographic<br />
with new audiences.<br />
Members are personally invited to join the<br />
Council, which meets both at headquarters and<br />
off-site at an annual retreat and participates in<br />
other events throughout the year. Members are<br />
kept up-to-date on cutting-edge research and<br />
exploration taking place in the field. The income<br />
generated through Council membership has<br />
had a transformative impact on National<br />
Geographic’s work around the globe.<br />
“I am proud to work with the International Council<br />
of Advisors, who give their time, talent, and resources<br />
to support efforts the Society has deemed most<br />
mission-critical. These leaders bring their personal<br />
and professional connections and experiences to<br />
strengthen National Geographic’s brand and its ability<br />
to spread its mission throughout the world.”<br />
DAWN L. <strong>AR</strong>NALL<br />
2014 Chair, International Council of Advisors<br />
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE<br />
Behind every great National Geographic story there is a great storyteller.<br />
National Geographic Live and the National Geographic Speakers Bureau<br />
bring the stories of our writers, photographers, filmmakers, scientists, explorers,<br />
and adventurers to audiences across the United States and the world.<br />
In 2013 we reached more than 110,000 people in 17 cities around the world,<br />
expanding to Auckland, Melbourne, and Stockholm.<br />
The 2013-2014 National Geographic Live series premiered BELL, a oneman<br />
play revealing the extraordinary life of Alexander Graham Bell, who<br />
served as the second president of the National Geographic Society from<br />
1898 to 1903. Written by journalist Jim Lehrer, directed by Jeremy Skidmore,<br />
and starring Rick Foucheux, the play was the first original drama to be<br />
performed at the Society.<br />
BELL exposed many dimensions of the man known as the inventor of the<br />
telephone. As National Geographic marked its 125th anniversary, BELL was a<br />
fitting tribute to one of its early leaders, who embodied the spirit of exploration<br />
with his desire to reveal, in his words, “the world and all that is in it.”<br />
Above left: Photographer Joel Sartore shares portraits of endangered species with a Nat Geo Live<br />
audience in Toronto. Right top: The one-man play BELL premiered on National Geographic’s<br />
Grosvenor Auditorium stage in Washington, D.C. Right bottom: Photographer Paul Nicklen<br />
enthralled the audience at a Nat Geo Live event in Chicago.<br />
2013 ANNUAL REPORT 31
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