Board of Directors
Goodwin Liu, Chair
Supreme Court of California
Paula J. Giddings, Vice Chair
Smith College
Stephen B. Heintz, Vice Chair
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Earl Lewis, Secretary
University of Michigan
Laurie L. Patton, President (as of January 2025)
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, Treasurer
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Philip N. Bredesen
State of Tennessee
Margaret A. Hamburg
Washington, D.C.
John Mark Hansen
University of Chicago
Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona
David M. Rubenstein
The Carlyle Group
Deborah F. Rutter
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Larry Jay Shapiro
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Anna Deavere Smith
New York, NY
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Jeannette M. Wing
Columbia University
Judy Woodruff
PBS
Â鶹´«Ã½AV Council
Paula J. Giddings, Chair
Smith College
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
University of Michigan
Juan J. De Pablo
New York University
Johanna Ruth Drucker
University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph S. Francisco
University of Pennsylvania
Annette Gordon-Reed
Harvard University
Mary-Claire King
University of Washington
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Shirley Mahaley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paula D. McClain
Duke University
Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona
John G. Palfrey
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Deborah F. Rutter
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Scott D. Sagan
Stanford University
Cristián T. Samper
Bezos Earth Fund
Larry Jay Shapiro
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Anna Deavere Smith
New York, NY
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Jeannette M. Wing
Columbia University
Susan Wolf
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen B. Heintz, ex officio
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Earl Lewis, ex officio
University of Michigan
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio (as of January 2025)
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Â鶹´«Ã½AV Trust
Stephen B. Heintz, Chair
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Joanne Berger-Sweeney
Trinity College
Philip N. Bredesen
State of Tennessee
Juan Enriquez
Excel Venture Management
Adam F. Falk
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
James Fallows
Our Towns Civic Foundation
Frances Daly Fergusson
Vassar College
Ann M. Fudge
Young and Rubicam Brands
Margaret A. Hamburg
Washington, D.C.
John Mark Hansen
University of Chicago
Antonia Hernández
California Community Foundation
Robert F. Higgins
Causeway Media Partners
Jonathan Scott Holloway
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Alberto Ibargüen
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Sherrilyn Ifill
Howard University School of Law
Eric P. Liu
Citizen University
Nancy Beth Peretsman
Allen & Company, LLC
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Ariel Investments, LLC
David M. Rubenstein
The Carlyle Group
Patti B. Saris
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
Sara Lee Schupf
New York, NY
James M. Stone
Plymouth Rock Companies
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
University of Massachusetts Boston
Judy Woodruff
PBS
Paula J. Giddings, ex officio
Smith College
Earl Lewis, ex officio
University of Michigan
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio (as of January 2025)
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Audit Committee
Larry Jay Shapiro, Chair
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Frances Daly Fergusson
Vassar College
Antonia Hernández
California Community Foundation
Jonathan Scott Holloway
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Patti B. Saris
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
Committee on Anti-Racism
Earl Lewis, Chair
University of Michigan
Nancy C. Andrews
Boston Children’s Hospital
Philip N. Bredesen
State of Tennessee
Paula J. Giddings
Smith College
Annette Gordon-Reed
Harvard University
Suzan Harjo
The Morning Star Institute
Antonia Hernández
California Community Foundation
John Legend
John Legend Touring Incorporated
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Committee on Membership
Earl Lewis, Chair
University of Michigan
Juan de Pablo
New York University
Sally Haslanger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Bryna R. Kra
Northwestern University
Jonathan B. Losos
Washington University in St. Louis
Shirley Mahaley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Vicki L. Ruiz
University of California, Irvine
Kathleen Thelen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Loa P. Traxler
University of New Mexico
Darren Walker
Ford Foundation
Robert Warrior
University of Kansas
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Finance Committee
Kenneth L. Wallach, Chair
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Alan M. Dachs
Fremont Group
Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona
Venky Narayanamurti
Harvard University
Carl H. Pforzheimer III
Carl H. Pforzheimer and Co. LLC
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
University of Massachusetts Boston
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Stephen B. Heintz, ex officio
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Institutional Policy Committee
Goodwin Liu, Chair
Supreme Court of California
Paula J. Giddings
Smith College
John Mark Hansen
University of Chicago
Stephen B. Heintz
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Earl Lewis
University of Michigan
Laurie L. Patton
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Investment Committee
Suzanne M. Nora Johnson, Chair
The Goldman Sachs Group
Alan M. Dachs
Fremont Group
Robert F. Higgins
Causeway Media Partners
Martin L. Leibowitz
Morgan Stanley
Chandrika K. Tandon
Tandon Capital Associates
David C. Weinstein
Write the World
Stephen B. Heintz, ex officio
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Nominating Committee
Larry Jay Shapiro, Chair
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Philip N. Bredesen
State of Tennessee
Shirley Mahaley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paula D. McClain
Duke University
Richard Andrew Meserve
Covington and Burling LLP
Deborah F. Rutter
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences
Prize Committee
Deborah F. Rutter, Chair
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Nancy C. Andrews
Boston Children’s Hospital
Debra Ann Fischer
Yale University
Reid Hastie
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Scott Russell Sanders
Indiana University
Gary M. Segura
University of California, Los Angeles
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Â鶹´«Ã½AV of Arts and Sciences