Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Informs Policy-Making

The chairman and CEO of Selby Lane, LLC, David Colin Burke also serves as managing director of Tuolumne Capital, LP, a family-owned investment firm. Additionally, David Colin Burke provides strategic guidance to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace through his work as a member of the board of directors’ investment committee.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers independent analysis and insights designed to help American government leaders build a strong foreign policy -- one that can sustain international peace and the peaceful development of the United States and other nations.

The organization runs several regional programs, such as those targeting Russian and Eurasian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern affairs, in addition to its focus on economics and nuclear policy. Its Middle Eastern program provides country studies, published in English and Arabic, informed by the in-depth knowledge of scholars on the ground in the region. This working group has built an extensive knowledge of the evolving geopolitical and economic systems in North Africa (specifically Egypt), Iran, the Persian Gulf States, Israel, and Palestine.

Meanwhile, Carnegie’s North Africa program has produced events, papers, articles, fact-based commentary, and records of Congressional testimony from people involved with the ongoing development of these societies. Topics covered include human rights, the threats posed by terrorism, water supply and other infrastructure, and the economic and security-related impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

McIntire School of Commerce Raises Funds for Transformative Programs

A philanthropist, investor, and entrepreneur, David Colin Burke maintains strong ties to his alma mater, the University of Virginia (UVA), where he earned graduate degrees in law and international relations. Also an educator, David Colin Burke instructs the course World of Investing and International Relations at UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce.

At a time of disruption to many educational institutions in the United States, the McIntire School of Commerce has been strongly supported by its alumni community, including several hundred McIntire Dean’s Society members who have contributed at levels above $2,500. This has resulted in a successful Centennial Fund for Faculty Excellence fundraising effort for 2020 that generated $21 million, including more than $4 million in cash gifts.

The money raised has gone to a number of practical uses, including transition efforts last semester that resulted in a fully virtual platform. Since that time, students have enjoyed seamless remote access to courses and computer lab workstations, as well as classmates.

Another successful effort has been the temporary replacement of the faculty-led Global Immersion Experience, an overseas course, with five new courses focused on exploring current health and economic crisis impacts in real time. In addition, McIntire and the UVA School of Medicine recently launched the Biomedical Sciences PhD+ Dual-Degree Program.