Co-Chairs
William English Kirwan
chancellor, University System of Maryland
R. Gerald Turner
president, Southern Methodist University
Chairman Emeritus
Members
Val Ackerman
president, USA Basketball
Michael F. Adams
president, University of Georgia
William W. Asbury
Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs, Pennsylvania State University
Henry S. Bienen
president, Northwestern University
Nick Buoniconti
spokesman, Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
Hodding Carter III
University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Carol A. Cartwright
Interim President, Bowling Green State University
Anita L. DeFrantz
President, LA84 Foundation
John J. DeGioia
president, Georgetown University
Leonard J. Elmore
ESPN analyst and partner, Dreier LLP
Elson S. Floyd
President, Washington State University
Janet Hill
vice president, Alexander & Associates Inc.
Sarah Lowe
Corporate Legal Assistant at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Andrea Fischer Newman
senior vice president-government affairs, Northwest Airlines
Jerry I. Porras
professor emeritus, Stanford University
Sonja Steptoe
Client Development Manager at O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
former chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF
Judy Woodruff
broadcast journalist
Charles E. Young
President Emeritus, University of Florida and Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles
Chris Zorich
Manager of Student Welfare and Development, The University of Notre Dame and CEO, The Christopher Zorich Foundation
Member, Ex-Officio
Alberto Ibargüen
president and CEO, Knight Foundation
Founding Co-Chairs
Rev. Theodore A. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, founding co-chair, 1989-2003
William C. Friday
president emeritus, University of North Carolina, founding co-chair, 1989-2005
Staff
Amy P. Perko
executive director
