California Gov. Jerry Brown and former U.S. Comptroller General Charles Bowsher are the newest members of the Board of Directors for the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nongovernmental organization committed to reducing the danger posed by weapons of mass destruction.
“We are delighted to welcome these new board members,” former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), NTI CEO and co-chairman (with Ted Turner), said in a press release Wednesday. “Governor Brown is a strong advocate for reducing nuclear threats and will bring excellent leadership experience to the Board. Chuck Bowsher has played an invaluable advisory role on fiscal matters, and in the future we will benefit even more from his valuable expertise.”
Brown is now serving his fourth term as California governor, winning elections in 1974, 1978, 2010, and 2014. He has served in various other capacities in the state, including as mayor of Oakland and California attorney general. “Brown consistently works to raise public consciousness about today’s nuclear threats,” NTI said; for example, he warned of the “catastrophic consequences” of the nuclear arms race during a 2015 presentation to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Bowsher headed the then-U.S. General Accounting Office (now the Government Accountability Office) as comptroller general from 1981 to 1996.
The NTI Board of Directors features 22 members from 10 nations, including former British Defense Secretary Des Browne, former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), former U.S. Strategic Command chief Gen. Eugene Habiger (ret.), and former Israel Atomic Energy Commission Director General Gideon Frank.
