Trans Pacific Partners

Figge has worked on critical issues related to the United States- Indonesia relationship since 1993. He began his career as a student in 1991 while conducting an ethnographic field study on the Angkola Batak in Tapanuli Selatan, North Sumatra. Figge holds a Bachelors degree...

Goring has been actively involved in the Southeast Asia region for the past 12 years and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Library of Congress Asian Division Friends Society. From 2004-2008, Goring served as the Executive Director of the United States-Indonesia...

Don Eirich has been involved with Southeast Asian affairs for the past 40 years.  As a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, he served two tours in the Vietnam War and traveled extensively in the region as a member of a ready Marine battalion landing team. For three years he...

Ambassador La Porta is currently serving under TPP auspices as consultant to the widely respected military-security contractor, MPRI (a division of L3 Communications), to develop a “whole of government” approach to civil emergency preparedness.  He is leading the effort...