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 Each month in 2005, ARS will be introducing its Board members and Associates. This month, we introduce George Vradenburg, Chair of the ARS Board of Directors and President of the Vradenburg Foundation, and David Warm, Executive Director of the Mid-America Regional Council.
 George Vradenburg is President of the Vradenburg Foundation. Prior to December 2003, Mr. Vradenburg was Strategic Advisor, AOL Time Warner. Mr. Vradenburg joined America Online as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in early 1997 and in 1999 was named Senior Vice President for Global and Strategic Policy. In January 2001, Mr. Vradenburg was named Executive Vice President for Global and Strategic Policy for AOL Time Warner.
Prior to joining America Online, Mr. Vradenburg served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of CBS, Inc., and as Executive Vice President of Fox, Inc. He also served as a senior partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and as co-chair of its Entertainment & Media Practice Group.
Mr. Vradenburg was recently appointed by Secretary Tom Ridge to the Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. He has also chaired business and nonprofit Task Forces on Emergency Preparedness for the Greater Washington Region. He is Chairman of The Phillips Collection as well as The Potomac Conference, and serves on the boards of numerous organizations.
In recognition of his community service, Mr. Vradenburg has received the Outstanding Community Leadership Award on National Capital Philanthropy Day, the Golden Links Award from the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Bridge Builders Award from the Partners for Livable Communities.
Mr. Vradenburg received his B.A. from Oberlin College magna cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
 David Warm has been executive director of the Mid-America Regional Council since July 1990. As the association of local governments for the bistate Kansas City region, the Mid-America Regional Council works to build a strong metropolitan community. It serves as a forum for intergovernmental cooperation, conducts long-range planning for the region and provides information and services to local governments and the regional community.
Prior to coming to MARC, David was the city administrator at Liberty, Missouri, and also served in administrative positions with the city of Kansas City, Missouri. David is a native Californian and received his B. A. degree in political science and economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his master?s degree in public administration from the University of California in Riverside.
David is active in both state and national professional associations, as well as a member of civic, school and church-related initiatives. David and his wife, Julie, have two daughters Anna, age 15, and Mary, age 13.
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