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Members & Bios

Co-Chairs
William English Kirwan
Chancellor, University System of Maryland

R. Gerald Turner
President, Southern Methodist University

Members
Val Ackerman
Founding President, WNBA and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University

Michael F. Adams
President, University of Georgia

William W. Asbury
Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs, Pennsylvania State University

Henry S. Bienen
President Emeritus, Northwestern University

Carol A. Cartwright
President Emeritus, Kent State University and Bowling Green State University

Anita L. DeFrantz
President, LA84 Foundation

John J. DeGioia
President, Georgetown University

Leonard J. Elmore
Television Basketball Analyst and Attorney

Elson S. Floyd
President, Washington State University

Janet Hill
Principal, Hill Family Advisors and Trustee, Duke University

Sarah Lowe
Director of Development, Kujali International and Graduate, Department of International Development, University of Oxford

Andrea Fischer Newman
Senior Vice President - Government Affairs, Delta Air Lines, and Board of Regents, University of Michigan

Jerry I. Porras
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University

Sonja Steptoe
Former Journalist, Time, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal

Judy Woodruff
Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour and Trustee Emeritus, Duke University

Charles E. Young
President Emeritus, University of Florida and Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles

 

Member, Ex-Officio
Alberto Ibargüen
President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

 

Founding Co-Chairs (photo)
Rev. Theodore A. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
President Emeritus, The University of Notre Dame, founding Co-Chair, 1989-2001

William C. Friday
President Emeritus, University of North Carolina, founding Co-Chair, 1989-2005

 

Staff
Amy P. Perko
Executive Director

Scott Hirko
Associate, Communications and Research

Welch Suggs
Research Coodinator