Kennedy Center Administration
Our People: The Board of Trustees
HONORARY CHAIRS
- Mrs. Laura Bush
- Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Mrs. George Bush
- Mrs. Ronald Reagan
- Mrs. Jimmy Carter
- Mrs. Gerald R. Ford
OFFICERS
- Stephen A. Schwarzman,
Chairman - Michael M. Kaiser,
President - Jean Kennedy Smith,
Secretary - Ann Stock,
Assistant Secretary - Roland Betts,
Treasurer - Maria Kersten,
General Counsel
MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- Wilma E. Bernstein
- Elliott B. Broidy
- Betsy DeVos
- Edward W. Easton
- Judith Ann Eisenberg
- Stevie Eller
- Emilio Estefan, Jr.
- Melvyn J. Estrin
- George Farias
- Albert B. Glickman
- Roy Goodman
- James A. Haslam II
- Helen Lee Henderson
- Sheldon B. Kamins
- James V. Kimsey
- Nancy G. Kinder
- C. Michael Kojaian
- Marlene A. Malek
- Donna G. Marriott
- The Hon. Norman Y. Mineta
- Mary V. Mochary
- Michael F. Neidorff
- Jack L. Oliver, III
- William Charles Powers
- Catherine B. Reynolds
- Gabrielle B. Reynolds
- Joseph E. Robert, Jr.
- Duane R. Roberts
- David M. Rubenstein
- Stephen A. Schwarzman
- Jean Kennedy Smith
- Dean A. Spanos
- Alexander F. Treadwell
- Beatrice W. Welters
- Stephen A. Wynn
MEMBERS EX OFFICIO DESIGNATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS
- Dr. Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State - Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Margaret Spellings,
Secretary of Education - Senator Edward M. Kennedy
- Senator James Inhofe
- Senator Harry Reid
- Senator Thad Cochran
- Senator Mitch McConnell
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Rep. James L. Oberstar
- Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy
- Rep. Deborah Pryce
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi
- Rep. John Boehner
- Rep. John Mica
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro
- Adrian M. Fenty,
Mayor, District of Columbia - Dr. G. Wayne Clough,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution - James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress - Earl A. Powell III,
Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts - Mary Bomar,
Director, National Park Service - Michelle Rhee,
Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools
SENIOR COUNSEL
- Robert Barnett
FOUNDING CHAIRMAN
- Roger L. Stevens †
CHAIRMEN EMERITI
- James A. Johnson
- James D. Wolfensohn
HONORARY TRUSTEES
- Buffy Cafritz
- Kenneth M. Duberstein
- James H. Evans
- Alma Gildenhorn
- Melvin R. Laird
- Leonard L. Silverstein
EMERITUS TRUSTEES
- Richard Adler
- Joe L. Allbritton
- Robert O. Anderson
- Philip F. Anschutz
- The Hon. Lucius D. Battle
- The Hon. Stuart A. Bernstein
- Otis R. Bowen, M.D.
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
- Henry E. Catto
- The Hon. James C. Corman
- Ralph P. Davidson
- June Oppen Degnan
- Senator Bob Dole
- The Hon. Joseph Duffey
- The Hon. Marvin L. Esch
- Robert Fryer
- Craig L. Fuller
- Mary Galvin
- John W. Gardner
- Bruce S. Gelb
- Newt Gingrich
- R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
- Mrs. William Lee Hanley, Jr.
- Orval Hansen
- Mark O. Hatfield
- Charlton Heston
- Helen Joan Holt
- Harold Howe II
- Caroline Rose Hunt
- Phyllis Middleton Jackson
- William "Bill" Johnson
- Ann Jordan
- Mrs. Earle Jorgensen
- Richard Penn Kemble
- Roger G. Kennedy
- Donald M. Koll
- The Hon. Sol M. Linowitz
- Carol Hill Lowe
- Maureen Hayes Mansfield
- David Matthews
- James A. McClure
- Richard McClure
- The Hon. Joseph McDade
- Cappy McGarr
- Harry McPherson
- Dina Merrill
- The Hon. Norman Y. Mineta
- Joan Mondale
- Ron Nessen
- Dr. John Ottina
- Arthur Penn
- Senator Charles H. Percy
- Ronald O. Perelman
- The Hon. John Edward Porter
- Albert H. Ouie
- The Hon. Gerald M. Rafshoon
- Judge Edward D. Re
- The Hon Charlotte T. Reid
- 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
- The Hon. Donna F. Tuttle
- Ronald H. Walker
- The Hon. Lowell Weicker, Jr.
- Caspar Willard Weinberger †
- Jerry Weintraub
- Charles Z. Wick
- Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
- Charlie Wilson
†(Deceased)
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