Steering Committee
Frank Giustra
Mr. Giustra is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiore Financial Corporation, a private firm managing a broad portfolio of private equity investments. Mr. Giustra has an established track record of building natural resource companies through access to capital and creative deal-making. Mr. Giustra’s entrepreneurial successes also include the founding of Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation, now one of the world’s largest independent film companies.
Mr. Giustra is a strong believer in philanthropy, and devotes much of his time to a variety of causes. In 1997, he established The Radcliffe Foundation, and holds the position of President. The Radcliffe Foundation supports a wide variety of international and local charities. Since 2005, Mr. Giustra has become an active executive member and significant contributor to the International Crisis Group. The International Crisis Group is widely recognized as the leading independent, non-partisan source of analysis and advice to policymakers on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
In 2007, Mr. Giustra and former President Bill Clinton launched the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, with the focus of creating social and economic development programs in parts of the world where poverty is widespread, including Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Haiti.
Frank Giustra is a board member of Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation, Endeavour Mining Corporation and Petromanas Energy Incorporated. In addition, he sits on boards of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, International Crisis Group, The Radcliffe Foundation and Streetohome Foundation, a Vancouver Foundation that envisions access to safe, clean and affordable housing for everyone in Vancouver. Mr. Giustra is a Trustee of the Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
Bruce Lindsey
Bruce Lindsey previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Clinton Foundation. Bruce joined the Foundation in 2001 as general counsel and became CEO in 2003. Bruce was responsible for overall strategy of the Foundation’s initiatives, as well as operation in coordination with other managers and staff. Bruce served as assistant to the President and deputy counsel to the President throughout President Clinton’s two terms in office. He had previously been a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a law firm in Little Rock, where he is currently of counsel.
Bruce received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Rhodes College.
Eric Nonacs
Eric Nonacs is an independent consultant who focuses on building results-oriented collaborations among and between the private sector, governments, philanthropy, and NGOs to address global challenges such as climate change, pandemic disease, poverty, and economic inequality. Until recently, Eric was the Vice President for Alliances and Partnerships at the Skoll Global Threats Fund.
Previously, Eric was the Managing Director for Global Affairs at Endeavour Financial, a merchant bank based in Vancouver, Canada. Concurrently, he served as a Senior Advisor to the William J. Clinton Foundation (a position he still holds). From June 2002 until August 2007, he was the Foreign Policy Advisor to President Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Throughout his career, Eric has developed organizations and programs supporting sustainable economic and social development, conflict resolution, increased access to health services, food security, and climate change mitigation across Africa, Europe, North America, and Latin America.
Eric holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MA from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from New York University. He is the Chairman of Building Markets, the President of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (Canada), and a Member of the Board of the Clinton Global Initiative. Eric is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.