Board of Directors

Lan Bentsen,
Chair, 2015–2017
The Honorable Laphonza Butler,
Chair, 2022–2023
Geoffrey Canada,
Chair, 2008–2014
Lisle Carter, Jr.*
Laura Chasin*
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Esq.,
Chair, 1986–1992
Maureen Cogan
Deborah S. Cogut, Esq.
Leonard Coleman, Jr.
Malaak Compton-Rock
Leslie Cornfeld, Esq.
Leslee Dart
John Deardourff*
DD Eisenberg
Pat Fallon*
Rev. James Forbes, Jr.
James Forman, Jr., Esq.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Angela Glover Blackwell,
Chair, 2019–2022
Winifred Green*
George Gresham
Lucy Hackney, Esq.
Henry Hampton*
Howard Haworth*
Dorothy Height*
David Hornbeck, Esq.,
Chair, 1994–2005
Rev. Dr. M. William Howard, Jr.
The Honorable James Joseph*,
Chair, 1993–1994
Ruth-Ann Huvane
Deborah Leff, Esq.
Marilyn Levitt
William Lynch, Jr.*
Katie McGrath
Charles Merrill, Jr.
Heidi Miller
Eileen Norton
Ivanna Omeechevarria

Carol Oughton Biondi
Wendy Puriefoy*
Leonard Riggio*
Dennis Rivera
Johnathan Rodgers
Martin Rodgers
The Honorable Donna E. Shalala,
Chair, 1992–1993
Barbara Shaw
J. Michael Solar, Esq.
Susan Thomases, Esq.
Thomas Troyer, Esq.*
Jason Tyler
Robert Vagt,
Chair, 2005–2008
Laura Wasserman
Suzanne Weil
Ali Wentworth
Abigail Wexner, Esq.
Reese Witherspoon
Deborah Wright, Esq.