Amb. Daniel Speckhard is the President and CEO of Corus International, a corporate family of non-profits and businesses doing good in the world. A transformational change agent and visionary, he brings deep experience working at the nexus of economic development, international security, and political change, areas closely linked to Corus' mission to serve people experiencing poverty and marginalization overseas.

A former U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Belarus, Amb. Speckhard has had a long and distinguished career in government service. He has deep experience with countries in transition from supporting Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet states following the end of the Cold War, to helping Eastern European countries in strengthening their nascent democracies and joining NATO, to coordinating Iraq's post-war reconstruction and recovery effort. He also understands the transformational power of technology and data science, having been a Senior Fellow with Palantir Technologies.

Amb. Speckhard serves as a Senior Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is on the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin's La Follette School of Public Affairs.