• H. Keith H. Brodie, MD, President Emeritus, Duke University *
• Gail H. Cassell, PhD, DSc, Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases, Eli Lilly and Company *
• Manfred Dietrich, MD, Professor, Universities of Hamburg and Ulm and Director Emeritus, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Diseases, Hamburg, Germany, Deputy Chairman, Medical Corps Scientific Advisory Council for the Secretary of Defense, Germany, Presidential Advisor for Tropical Diseases and HIV, Uganda
• Hon. Elizabeth Hanford Dole, JD, former U.S. Senator, past president American Red Cross
• Edward B. Fort, DEd, Chancellor Emeritus, N.C. A&T University
• Amb. R. Michael Jackson, HM Diplomatic Service, ret.
• Hon. H. Martin Lancaster, JD (CAPT, USNR ret.), past President, N.C. Community Colleges, former member U.S. Congress
• Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD, Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
• Harley W. Moon, DVM, PhD, Professor and Director Emeritus, National Animal Disease Center and the Plum Island Research Center of the USDA+
• Frederick A. Murphy, DVM, PhD, MD (h.c.), Dean Emeritus, UC-Davis, former director, Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC *
• J. Dennis O'Connor, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, former provost, Smithsonian Institution and UNC-Chapel Hill and former president, University of Pittsburgh
• Major Matthew Puglisi, (USMC Reserves), Sect. Asst. Dir., American Legion
• Adm. J. Paul Reason, USN (ret.), former Commander, Atlantic Fleet
• William M. Sullivan, JD, former CEO, Burroughs Wellcome Pharmaceuticals
• Raymond A. Tennant, PhD, Scientist Emeritus, National Toxicology Program, NIEHS
• Gen. Carl E. Vuono, USA (ret.), CEO, MPRI, former Army Chief of Staff
• CAPT Robert G. Walter, DDS, USN (ret.) former Commanding Officer, Naval Medical Research Institute
• James B. Wyngaarden, MD, former Director, National Institutes of Health, past Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences +*

Special Advisors:
William C. Friday, JD, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Lt.Col. James G. Zumwalt, JD (USMC ret.)

Emeriti Councilors:
Lt. Gen. John R. Thurman III USA (dec.)

Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., PhD USN (dec.), past Chairman of Joint Chiefs; former US Ambassador to Great Britain

Col. Robinson O. Everett, JD USAFR (dec.), Chief Judge, US Military Court of Appeals, Professor of Law, Duke University and UNC-CH