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EI National Advisory Council

The Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council (EINAC) helps to raise the national prominence of Gettysburg College and the Eisenhower Institute by engaging recognized leaders in the fields of public service, business, and philanthropy. EINAC members also provide support for the Eisenhower Institute’s growth and development, and counsel to the Executive Director and the Provost of Gettysburg College on the overarching direction of strategic planning and program initiatives.

Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council

Honorary Life Member


James L. Banks, Jr.

Mr. Banks is the General Counsel for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). As General Counsel, Mr. Banks manages the legal function of SHRM, oversees the work of outside counsel, and serves as key lawyer and legal advisor on major business transactions. Mr. Banks previously served as the City Attorney for Alexandria, Virginia.

Mr. Banks began the practice of law in Richmond, VA, and worked in the private sector in a variety of law firms and in the public sector in a number of capacities, including prosecutor and judge. Mr. Banks has a broad background in legal ethics. He served for over ten years in the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary system, including seven years on the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board where he served as Chair. He also served as an instructor in the Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course and has taught frequently on the topic of ethics and professionalism.

He is a graduate of Gettysburg College and the University of Virginia School of Law. He received a diploma from Richmond Christian Center School of Ministry and an MPP from Walden University. He also served in the U.S. Army and Virginia Army National Guard.

Julia Chang Bloch

Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch is the first Asian American to hold such rank in U.S. history. She has had an extensive career in international affairs and government service, beginning in 1964 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sabah, Malaysia, and culminating as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal in 1989. From 1981 to 1988, Ambassador Bloch served at the U.S. Agency for International Development as Assistant Administrator of Food for Peace and Voluntary Assistance and as Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, positions appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. She also was the Chief Minority Counsel to a Senate Select Committee; a Senate professional staff member; the Deputy Director of the Office of African Affairs at the U.S. Information Agency; a Fellow of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; and an Associate of the U.S.-Japan Relations Program of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard.

After 25 years in government service, Ambassador Bloch moved to the corporate sector in 1993, becoming Group Executive Vice President at the Bank of America, where she created the Corporate Relations Department, heading the bank’s Public Relations, Government Affairs, and Public Policy operations. From 1996 to 1998, Ambassador Bloch moved into philanthropy, serving as President and CEO of the United States-Japan Foundation, a private grant making institution, with $100 million in assets. Beginning in 1998, Ambassador Bloch shifted her focus to China, first becoming Visiting Professor at the Institute for International Relations and Executive Vice Chairman of the American Studies Center at Peking University, and subsequently affiliating with Fudan University in Shanghai, as well as the University of Maryland as Ambassador-in-Residence at the Institute for Global Chinese Affairs.

A native of China who came to the U.S. at age nine, Ambassador Bloch grew up in San Francisco and earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964, and a master’s degree in Government and East Asia Regional Studies from Harvard University in 1967. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Northeastern University in 1986.

Bruce Chamberlin

Bruce Chamberlin ’86 is senior associate director of admissions at Georgetown University. He has been an active volunteer in alumni outreach and fundraising for Gettysburg College and was appointed to the Alumni Board of Directors in 2006. He is the recipient of the College’s Linnaean Award (1985) and Young Alumni Achievement Award for Service (2001). The economics major completed his masters and doctoral studies in education at the College of William and Mary and the University of Pennsylvania respectively.

Roy Fairman

Roy Fairman is the Founding Partner of the Fairman Group Family Office. The firm provides a full range of wealth management and tax advisory services to high net worth individuals and families. The firm was founded in 2002 and currently has in excess of 400 clients.

In 1968 he graduated from Gettysburg College with a major in Biology. As a Distinguished Military Graduate of the U.S. Army ROTC program, upon graduation he received a Regular Army Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He attended Ranger School and Airborne School and spent two years in the Republic of Korea. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Army Commendation Medals. He resigned his commission in 1971 to attend the Wharton Graduate School, receiving an MBA in 1973 with a major in Management and minors in Finance and Accounting.

In 1973 Mr. Fairman joined the firm of Arthur Andersen & Co., becoming a Partner in 1984. He was a tax specialist and was in charge of the Philadelphia Tax Practice from 1992 through 2001. Upon retirement from the firm in 2002 he founded the Fairman Group Family Office.

He has served on the Board of Fellows of Gettysburg College and the Board of Trustees of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, as well as the boards of several other not-for-profit organizations. He is a member of the AICPA and PICPA.
Mr. Fairman lives in Villanova, Pa., with his wife Nancy. They have two children and five grandchildren.

Fred F. Fielding

Fred F. Fielding is Of Counsel at Ellis George Cipollone, a firm of seasoned trial lawyers. Prior to joining EGC, Mr. Fielding retired as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the international law firm of Morgan Lewis & Bockius. His practice focuses on crisis management, white collar litigation, internal investigations and independent board reviews, governmental oversight, as well as providing general counseling to corporate and individual clients on a broad array of legal and policy issues involving the intersection of business and government. A trial lawyer by training and experience, he also has extensive experience serving as an arbitrator in international and domestic disputes.

Mr. Fielding served as Counsel to the President of the United States to George W. Bush, from January 2007 to January 2009. Previously, Mr. Fielding also served as White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan from 1981-1986, as well as in the Nixon White House as Deputy Counsel from 1972-74 and as Associate Counsel from 1970-1972.

Mr. Fielding has also served on numerous governmental boards and commissions including being a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred to as the “9/11 Commission”), a member of the Secretary of Transportation’s Task Force on Aviation Disasters, the U.S. designated member of the Arbitral Tribunal on the U.S.-U.K. Air Treaty Dispute, and a member of the President’s Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform. He was also a U.S. Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and is a Senior Fellow to the Administrative Conference of the United States.

His numerous professional honors include being named a “Legend in the Law” by the Washington Lawyer magazine, a “Legal Visionary” by the Legal Times, and D.C. Bar’s “Lawyer of the Year 2004.” He has been awarded honorary degrees from Michigan State and Pepperdine Universities in addition to one from his alma mater, Gettysburg College. Other honors have included Gettysburg College’s Medal of Honor, The Atlantic Legal Foundation Award, PBA President’s Award for Public Service, and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Distinguished Public Service Award. Most recently, UVA Law Magazine named him one of the 100 “change agents” in the Law School’s 200 years.

Mr. Fielding also has been active and a director of numerous other professional, civic and charitable organizations, including years of service as Chairman of the Center for Democracy, the National Legal Center, the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, and Vice Chair of the Ethic Resource Center. He is currently a Trustee Emeritus of Gettysburg College and is Chair of the Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council.

Mr. Fielding is an honors graduate of Gettysburg College and of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an Editor of the Law Review and a member of the National Moot Court Team. He also served to the rank of Captain in the United States Army, and was awarded the Joint Services Commendation Medal for his service while detailed to the National Security Agency.

Jamie Fleet

Jamie Fleet serves as the Democratic Staff Director for the Committee on House Administration, one of 20 standing Committees in the United States House of Representatives. In this role, Mr. Fleet is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the back-office operations of the House, including human resources, finance, technology, security and other areas of operation.

The Committee also provides oversight for the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, Government Printing Office and the appointed House Officers (Clerk of the House, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, Inspector General).

One of the Committee’s most important oversight responsibilities–one in which Mr. Fleet plays a central role–is the oversight of federal elections. During the 111th Congress, the Committee staff, under Mr. Fleet’s direction, reviewed such issues as, voter registration guidelines, military and overseas voting, use of technology in facilitating expanded voting, robocalls and other campaign outreach tools. One of the Committee’s most important actions in the 111th Congress, was the House passage of H.R. 5175–the DISCLOSE Act.

Mr. Fleet’s first foray into the political arena took place at the age of 18, when he waged a successful write-in campaign and was elected to the Gettysburg Borough Council. He spent several years as a Special Assistant to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and eventually formed his own successful campaign consulting firm. In that capacity, he provided guidance for state and national campaigns across the country. Mr. Fleet also served as a Senior Advisor to City of Philadelphia Controller Jonathan Saidel.

His mix of national, state, local, and grassroots political experience gives him unique insight into the U.S. elections system.

Mr. Fleet is a graduate of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania.

Bill Heyman

Bill Heyman is the co-founder of FHS Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on early-stage professional services and technology businesses that deliver high-value niche expertise to chief communications and chief marketing officers. He is also the founder of Heyman Associates, a leading global executive search firm. With a hands-on approach and a broad network, Bill champions executive search as a strategic driver of a company’s growth and culture. 

Bill has been recognized as a leading recruiter, named to PR Week’s PR Power List Supporting Power Player three times. PR Week described him as someone who connects some of the most senior professionals to opportunities, making him an indispensable asset to executive searches. In 2017, he was inducted into the PR Week Hall of Fame. In 2021, he received the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at the Arthur W. Page Center Awards, alongside figures such as Dr. Anthony Fauci and Judy Woodruff, in acknowledgment of long careers dedicated to ethical and responsible public communication.

Throughout his career, Bill has actively contributed to the public relations and communications communities. He has served on numerous industry committees, and in 2024 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Arthur W. Page Society for strengthening the profession’s role in public relations. He was a founding member of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama and has held senior advisory roles at institutions including the College of Charleston’s Department of Communications, the LAGRANT Foundation, and the Institute for Public Relations. In collaboration with The Plank Center, Bill and Heyman Associates have initiated four major studies in public relations, including a leadership-focused Leadership Report Card that surveyed hundreds of senior communicators about employee engagement and empowerment. He also served for many years as co-chair of The Plank Center’s Milestones in Mentoring awards dinner.

In response to the global pandemic in 2020, Bill co-founded The CONVERSATION with social impact expert Jane Randel, a weekly Zoom program for senior communications executives that addresses timely, critical issues.

Bill is a Gettysburg College alumnus, where he serves on the Board of Trustees, and he earned his MBA from Adelphi University. He sits on the Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council and recently became a Trustee of the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club. He resides in Locust Valley, NY, with his wife Doreen and their two daughters, Alison and Corey.

Lynn Holuba

Lynn Holuba is a 1979 graduate, parent ('08), and Trustee Emeriti of Gettysburg College with a diverse background in education focused on curricular planning, implementation and assessment in conjunction with teaching and advocacy for students from levels Pre-K through undergraduate.

Mrs. Holuba graduated with a Masters Degree from Temple University where she also taught in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She utilized these languages in her position of managing circulation and promotions for the Latin American Edition of Newsweek International Magazine. She taught Spanish at Montclair University, the Berlitz School of Languages and several school districts in New Jersey. Her teaching evolved into curriculum design and implementation for the Department of Education for the State of New Jersey where she consulted as a state provider, using her award-winning program design in several elementary and secondary schools. Earning her bachelors degrees in Spanish, Education, and Political Science at Gettysburg College, Mrs. Holuba continued her interest in politics and education as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee for many years as well as serving on the college's Conservatory Board of Directors and the Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council.

Mrs. Holuba serves as Chairperson of the Education Programming Committee of the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic NJ assisting to provide a wealth of high-quality programs and techniques to enable positive youth outcomes.

Mrs. Holuba also serves as a Board of Trustees member for the Valley Hospital Foundation, helping to support projects and initiatives to make her local community healthier.

Cathy Norris

Cathy Norris is a strategic communications professional with extensive experience in the national trade association realm. She provides consulting services ranging from project management, message development and research, and youth education outreach to website development and marketing, advertising, material development, and event promotion. Based on current and previous clients, topics of proficiency include sustainability, recycling, and packaging.

Previous employers include the American Forest & Paper Association, American Petroleum Institute, and American Plastics Council.

Ms. Norris is a graduate of Gettysburg College and The George Washington University, and is a resident of Naples, Florida.

Gale Rossides

Gale Rossides' career spanned 34 years in the public sector where she led major reforms following several critical events in our Nation's history, culminating in creating the Transportation Security Administration. Ms. Rossides served as the agency’s Deputy Administrator/COO for five years and Acting Administrator/CEO for 18 months.

Ms. Rossides was one of the six original federal executives chosen in 2001 to build TSA from scratch---the largest public mobilization since World War II—in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. She was selected for her expertise in organizational and employee development, having served as the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, responsible for all law enforcement and leadership training, and as a member of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center’s Advisory Board in the course of 23 years at the U.S. Treasury Department.

From 2002-2004, Ms. Rossides served as TSA's Associate Administrator responsible for all administrative, training, and technology functions of the new agency. This involved scaling TSA from zero employees to 60,000 new Federal personnel and transforming all U.S. aviation security operations from the private sector to the public sector, including the deployment of baggage and checkpoint technologies across 450 airports in accordance with the Congressional mandates that created TSA.

Ms. Rossides served as Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer of the Transportation Security Administration (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) from January 2007 until her retirement in July 2012, managing day-to-day and strategic operations of its 60,000 person, 8 billion dollar enterprise across all U.S. airports and regulating hundreds of international airport operations serviced by U.S. airlines. During her tenure as the Deputy Administrator, Ms. Rossides was appointed by the Secretary of DHS in January 2009 to serve as Acting TSA Administrator during the transition between the Bush and Obama Administrations, holding that post for 18 months. In this capacity she served as Chief Executive Officer of TSA, responsible for all agency matters, including Congressional testimony and recommending major policy initiatives to the White House and the President's National Security team.

Gale Rossides founded Galene, LLC, a management and security consulting firm, in July 2012 and currently serves as a senior consultant to various biometric, security, and management companies.

Ms. Rossides earned her Bachelor's degree with a double major from Wheaton College, Norton, MA, and is a graduate of George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management, and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Peter G. Seiden

Peter G. Seiden is a lawyer and has spent the last four decades specializing in the areas of banking and commercial finance. He is a partner in the New York City office of Loeb & Loeb LLP, where he is also the Chair of its Finance Department. Mr. Seiden represents many of the largest global financial institutions in the commercial and private bank/wealth management areas.

Mr. Seiden earned his Bachelors of Arts from Gettysburg College, graduating with honors in Political Science, and his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Gettysburg College from 2006-2018, where he also served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2008-2013. He currently serves as a Trustee Emeritus of Gettysburg College.

William M. Matz, Jr.

Major General William M. Matz, Jr, U.S. Army (Ret), was appointed as the eighth Secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission in January 2018 by President Donald Trump, a position he held until March 2021. He is the author of "My Toughest Battle: A Soldier's Lifelong Struggle with Polio." (Published January 2025)

General Matz is a highly decorated combat veteran of the United States Army with a distinguished military career spanning five decades. As an infantryman, he served in Korea and Panama, and as a company commander with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, where he was wounded in action in the 1968 Tet Offensive. He served multiple tours in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and was executive secretary to two secretaries of defense, Caspar Weinberger and Frank Carlucci. He served two years with the Navy/Marine amphibious forces in the Pacific during a second tour in Vietnam and deployed with the 7th Infantry Division to Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE in 1989.

Upon retirement from the Army in 1995, General Matz worked nine years in the defense industry. He was first employed by Raytheon Company as vice president, Army Programs; and later as general manager for Vinnell/Northrop Grumman’s Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, returning to the United States in June 2004.

In 2005, President Bush appointed him to the Veterans Disability Benefits Commission, and he served there until the commission rendered its report to the Congress in 2008. He is also past President of the National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS), a national veteran’s organization that advocates in Congress for service members, veterans and their families.

General Matz is a frequent participant in alumni and academic forums sponsored by the Eisenhower Institute and Gettysburg College and the University of San Diego College of Arts and Sciences. He is on the Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association.

He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Airborne and Ranger Schools, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of San Diego. He is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security.

Among his military service awards and decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross (second highest award our nation bestows for valor on the battlefield), Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star for Valor, Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

General Matz was born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Linda, reside in Great Falls, Virginia, and have three children and seven grandsons.