Mr. Marc B. Nathanson is one of America’s leading communications executives. Mr. Nathanson is Chairman of Mapleton Investments, a diversified investment holding company; and Falcon Waterfree Technologies, which is the largest waterfree urinal manufacturer and distributer in the world. In 2012, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, appointed Nathanson as her representative to the Board of the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the Pacific Council on International Policy, Mr. Nathanson serves on the Board of Directors. He is currently Vice Chair of the National Chair of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and was founding Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) for Los Angeles. Prior to his current roles, Mr. Nathanson founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Falcon Cable TV. Mr. Nathanson additionally served as Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors during the Clinton and Bush Administrations. He is a member of the American Democracy Institute, the U.S. Institute of Peace’s International Advisory Council, and the USC Annenberg School of Communications; he is also a member of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), the Albanian Enterprise Fund, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He and his wife, Jane, reside in Los Angeles and Aspen.

Marc Nathanson
Aspen Institute Trustee,
Chairman, Mapleton Investments