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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 
University of Chicago

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

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 H. 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.