Kennedy Center Administration
Our People: The Board of Trustees
Honorary Chairs
- Mrs. Michelle Obama
- Mrs. Laura Bush
- Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Mrs. George Bush
- Mrs. Ronald Reagan
- Mrs. Jimmy Carter
Officers
- David M. Rubenstein, Chairman
- Michael M. Kaiser, President
- Helen Lee Henderson, Secretary
- Michael F. Neidorff, Treasurer
- Maria C. Kersten, General Counsel
- Kathy Kruse, Assistant Secretary
Members Appointed by the President of the United States
- Adrienne Arsht
- Colleen Bell
- David C. Bohnett
- Nancy Goodman Brinker
- Gordon J. Davis
- Judith Ann Eisenberg
- Fred Eychaner
- Giselle Fernandez
- Norma Lee Funger
- Donald J. Hall, Jr.
- Joan E. Hotchkis
- Caroline Kennedy
- Victoria Reggie Kennedy
- Herbert V. Kohler, Jr.
- C. Michael Kojaian
- Carl H. Lindner, III
- Donna G. Marriott
- Cappy R. McGarr
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson
- Charles B. Ortner
- Robert Frank Pence
- Rebecca Pohlad
- William Charles Powers
- Penny Pritzker
- Duane R. Roberts
- David M. Rubenstein
- Shirley W. Ryan
- Leonard Sands
- Marc I. Stern
- Romesh Wadhwani
- Anthony Welters
- Elaine Wynn
Members Ex Officio Designated by Act of Congress
(Note: The names of Senators and Representatives appear in order of their years of service)
- John F. Kerry, Secretary of State
- Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
- Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
- Senator Thad Cochran
- Senator Mitch McConnell, Senate Republican Leader
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Senator David Vitter
- Senator Mark Warner
- Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives
- Representative John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Representative Rosa DeLauro
- Representative Nick J. Rahall II
- Representative Bill Shuster
- Vincent C. Gray,
Mayor, District of Columbia - James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress - Dr. G. Wayne Clough
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution - Jonathan Jarvis
Director, National Park Service - Kaya Henderson,
Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools - Earl A. Powell III,
Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts
Senior Counsel
- Robert Barnett
Founding Chairman
- Roger L. Stevens †
Chairmen Emeriti
- James A. Johnson
- Stephen A. Schwarzman
- James D. Wolfensohn
Honorary Trustees
- Buffy Cafritz
- Kenneth M. Duberstein
- James H. Evans
- Alma Gildenhorn
- Melvin R. Laird
- Leonard L. Silverstein
- Jean Kennedy Smith
Emeritus Trustees
- Richard Adler
- Joe L. Allbritton
- Robert O. Anderson
- Philip F. Anschutz
- Smith Bagley
- The Hon. Lucius D. Battle
- The Hon. Stuart A. Bernstein
- Lois Betts
- Otis R. Bowen, M.D.
- Ronald W. Burkle
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
- Henry E. Catto
- David M. Childs
- Governor Jon S. Corzine
- William M. Daley
- Ralph P. Davidson
- Bo Derek
- Senator Bob Dole
- Ronald I. Dozoretz
- Phyllis C. Draper
- The Hon. Joseph Duffey
- Stevie Eller
- The Hon. Marvin L. Esch
- Melvyn J. Estrin
- George Farias
- Thomas C. Foley
- Craig L. Fuller
- Mary Galvin
- John W. Gardner
- Bruce S. Gelb
- Newt Gingrich
- David Girard-diCarlo
- Albert B. Glickman
- Roy Goodman
- Vinod Gupta
- R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
- Mrs. William Lee Hanley, Jr.
- Orval Hansen
- Mark O. Hatfield
- Helen Joan Holt
- Caroline Rose Hunt
- Phyllis Middleton Jackson
- Anne Johnson
- The Hon. Brenda LaGrange Johnson
- William "Bill" Johnson
- Ann Jordan
- Mrs. Earle Jorgensen
- Roger G. Kennedy
- Donald M. Koll
- Kathi Koll
- The Hon. Evelyn S. Lieberman
- Carol Hill Lowe
- Fran P. Mainella
- Marlene A. Malek
- David Mathews
- Dorothy Swann McAuliffe
- James A. McClure
- The Hon. Joseph McDade
- Cappy McGarr
- Donna C. McLarty
- Harry McPherson
- William F. McSweeny
- Dina Merrill
- Mary V. Mochary
- Joan Mondale
- Michael F. Neidorff
- Ron Nessen
- Dr. John Ottina
- Mary M. Ourisman
- Frank H. Pearl
- Arthur Penn
- Senator Charles H. Percy
- Ronald O. Perelman
- The Hon. John Edward Porter
- Alma Powell
- Albert H. Quie
- Gerald M. Rafshoon
- The Hon. Charlotte T. Reid
- Catherine B. Reynolds
- Mrs. A.A. Ribicoff
- The Hon. John Richardson
- The Hon. Richard W. Riley
- Miles L. Rubin
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- The Hon. Richard S. Schweiker
- The Hon. Donna E. Shalala
- Bud Shuster,
U.S. Congress (Ret.) - Joy A. Silverman
- John G. Spatuzza
- The Hon. Robert G. Stanton
- Jay Stein
- Catherine Stevens
- The Hon. Donna F. Tuttle
- Ronald H. Walker
- The Hon. Lowell Weicker, Jr.
- Mark S. Weiner
- Jerry Weintraub
- Beatrice W. Welters
- Thomas E. Wheeler
- Charles Z. Wick
- Charlie Wilson
† (Deceased)
