Dr. Joye is serving as a coordinator of the mission from her laboratory in Athens, Ga.
He is currently serving as a coordinator of the Clean Up Ecuador campaign for Amazon Watch.
Unable to obtain a visa, Mr. bin al-Shibh instead focused on serving as a coordinator of the plot and as a paymaster, the authorities have said.
Serving as a coordinator, he assembles a group of university faculty members with expertise in the fields most relevant to the case.
A rebel fighter, dressed in a natty black uniform with red patches, served as a coordinator.
Instead, he served as a coordinator between Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of planning the 9/11 attacks, and the operatives based in the United States.
Richard Taylor, the University of Leicester official who served as a coordinator for the project, said the last piece of the scientific puzzle fell into place with DNA findings that became available on Sunday, five months after the skeletal remains were uncovered.
The economic council was created during the Clinton administration, and the director's job is to serve as a coordinator of economic policies and the conduit to the president on domestic and global economic issues.
But some terror experts have said Mr. Mohammed was well positioned to serve as a coordinator between Al Qaeda and Pakistani militant groups, like the one believed to have carried out Mr. Pearl's killing.
Opposition groups have also criticized the decision to name a Sudanese general to lead the mission — Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, a former head of military intelligence who served as a coordinator among the Sudanese government, the United Nations and African Union peacekeepers in Darfur.
In Wednesday's conference call, Mr. Carson said the group hoped to form partnerships with other 501(c)(4) groups on the left, including America Votes, which was at the center of Democratic efforts to defeat President George W. Bush in 2004 and now serves as a coordinator for progressive advocacy organizations.
