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Individual Membership Program

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Atlantic Council’s individual membership program provides an opportunity for individuals committed to the Atlantic community, and its leadership in tackling global challenges, to be more directly involved with the Council’s activities and network. By joining the Atlantic Council, members help support our work and new initiatives, while joining a broad community of influence dedicated to promoting US and European leadership around the world. 

Currently, the individual membership program includes nearly 500 individuals with diverse perspectives, bound by a common interest in transatlantic cooperation, including more than forty sitting ambassadors and more than thirty chief executive officers, as well as numerous foreign and US government officials, senior military leadership, academics, journalists, and leaders in the business, legal, financial, and nonprofit sectors.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

  • Invitation to the Annual Members’ Conference
  • Invitations to quarterly member events and monthly teleconference briefings
  • Priority access to more than 200 public Council events each year and invitations to additional events based on member expertise and interest
  • Invitation to the Annual Awards Dinner and other Atlantic Council flagship events*
  • Complimentary copies of Atlantic Council publications (upon request)
  • President’s monthly update on the Council’s activities

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

Representative Ellen Tauscher with Gen. Brent Scowcroft and Colin Powell at the Council's 2007 International Awards Dinner.Membership in the Council is by invitation only. Interested individuals must be nominated by a current or former Atlantic Council Board Director, a current Atlantic Council program director or member of the executive leadership, or a current Atlantic Council individual member. Nominations are reviewed quarterly.

For questions regarding individual membership, please contact Allison Biggs, Assistant Director for Membership, at abiggs@acus.org or 202-778-4980.

FEATURED EVENTS

The Way Forward in Europe

On February 13, the Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program will host Luc Frieden, finance minister of Luxembourg, and an influential member of the European Union’s Eurogroup and Economic and Financial Affairs Council.

Libya Revisited: Coalition Building and the Future of NATO Operations

Please join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.

Pivotal Partnerships: The Prospects for International Defense Cooperation in an Age of Austerity

On Wednesday, February 15, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation on international defense cooperation. 

Counter-Piracy Task Force: Strategic Approaches to the Piracy Challenge

On February 8, 2012, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the third in a series of meetings looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.

MORE EVENTS

Global Leadership Circle