Franklin Project

Leadership Council

General Stanley McChrystal (Chair)United States Army General (Retired); Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force & U.S. Forces Afghanistan; Author, My Share of the Task
Madeleine AlbrightChair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former U.S. Secretary of State & U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Author, Madam Secretary; Trustee, Aspen Institute
Don BaerWorldwide Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller
Melody BarnesChair, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions and Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund; Vice Provost for Global Student Leadership Initiatives, New York University; Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council
Samuel R. "Sandy" BergerChair, Albright Stonebridge Group; Former National Security Advisor
Tom BrokawFormer Anchor & Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News; Author, The Greatest Generation, Boom! & The Time of Our Lives 
Michael BrownCo-Founder and CEO, City Year
Barbara BushCo-Founder and CEO, Global Health Corps
Jean CaseCEO, The Case Foundation; Former Chair, President's Council on Service and Civic Participation
Raymond G. ChambersUN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Financing of the Health Related Millennium Development Goals & for Malaria; Co-Founder, America's Promise Alliance; Chair, MCJ Amelior Foundation
AnnMaura ConnollyPresident, Voices for National Service; Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President, City Year
Scott S. CowenPresident, Tulane University; Former Member, White House Council for Community Solutions
Maureen CurleyPresident, Campus Compact
Richard DanzigChairman, Center for a New American Security; Former Secretary of the Navy; Author, National Service: What Would it Mean
John DiIulioUniversity of Pennsylvania, Professor of Political Science, and Former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Bill DraytonCEO and Founder, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public; Former Assistant Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Joshua DuBoisFormer Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
General Ann DunwoodyU.S. Army General (Retired); Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Material Command
Michèle FlournoyFounder & Co-Chair, Center for a New American Security; Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
General Jack GardnerU.S. Army Lieutenant General (Retired); Former Deputy Commander, European Command
Robert GatesFormer U.S. Secretary of Defense; Former Director of Central Intelligence; Former President, Texas A&M University
Mark GearanPresident, Hobart & William Smith Colleges; Former Director, Peace Corps; Former White House Director of Communications & Strategic Planning
David GergenCNN Senior Political Analyst; Director, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership; Former Senior Advisor to four U.S. Presidents
Elliot GersonExecutive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, The Aspen Institute; American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust
Dan GlickmanVice President & Executive Director of Congressional Programs, The Aspen Institute; Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center; Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Former Member of Congress (Kansas)
Rob GordonChief Strategy Office, APX Labs; U.S. Army (Ret); Former Deupty Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
Eric GreitensCEO & Founder, The Mission Continues; United States Navy SEAL (Retired); Author, The Heart & the Fist
Stephen HadleySenior Advisor for International Affairs, U.S. Institute of Peace; Former National Security Advisor; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs
Andrew HauptmanChairman, Andell, Inc.; Owner and Chairman, Chicago Fire Soccer Club; Trustee, City Year
Mellody HobsonPresident, Ariel Investments; Chairman of the Board, DreamWorks Animation, SKG
Arianna HuffingtonPresident, Chair and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post; Author, Fourth Instinct
Jon HuntsmanFormer Governor of Utah; Former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore & China
Walter IsaacsonPresident & CEO, The Aspen Institute; Author, Steve Jobs, Einstein: His Life & Universe, & Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin JealousPresident & CEO, NAACP; Former Executive Director, National Newspaper Publishers Association; Former Director, U.S. Human Rights Program at Amnesty International
General Jim JonesFormer National Security Advisor; U.S. Marine Corps General (Retired); Former Commander, U.S. European Command & Supreme Allied Commander Europe
 Dirk Kempthorne
Former Governor of Idaho, U.S. Senator & U.S. Secretary of the Interior
 Wendy Kopp
Founder & Chair, Teach For America; CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All; Author, One Day, All Children & A Chance to Make History
 Laura Lauder
Venture Philanthropist, Lauder Family Foundation; Co-Principal, Lauder Partners LLC, Venture Capital
 Wes Moore
U.S. Army Captain (Ret.); Author, The Other Wes Moore; Host of Beyond Belief, Oprah Winfrey Network
 Eduardo PadrónPresident, Miami Dade College; Chairman, White House Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
 Robert Putnam
Professor, Public Policy, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government; Author, Bowling Alone, Better Together & American Grace
 Condoleezza Rice
Professor & Former Provost, Stanford University; Former U.S. Secretary of State & National Security Advisor; Author, No Higher Honor; Trustee, Aspen Institute
 Norm Rice
President & CEO, The Seattle Foundation; Former Mayor of Seattle; Former Member, White House Council for Community Solutions
 Shirley Sagawa
Fellow, Center for American Progress; Former Deputy Chief of Staff, First Lady Hillary Clinton; Author, The American Way to Change
 Donna Shalala
President, University of Miami; Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Former Peace Corps Volunteer
 Patty Shinseki
Board of Advisors, White House Joining Forces Initiative; Board of Directors, Military Child Education Coalition
 Bill Shore
Founder & CEO, Share our Strength; Author, The Cathedral Within
 Timothy Shriver
Chairman & CEO, Special Olympics; Chair, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning
 Richard Stengel
Managing Editor, TIME Magazine; Former CEO, National Constitution Center; Author, Mandela's Way
 Patty Stonesifer
CEO, Martha's Table; Former CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Former Chair, White House Council for Community Solutions
 Kerry Sullivan
President, Bank of America Charitable Foundation
 Laurie Tisch
President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund; Chair Emeritus of the Center for Arts Education and the Children's Museum of Manhattan; Trustee, Aspen Institute, Whitney Museum, & Lincoln Center
 Laysha Ward
President, Target Community Relations and Target Foundation; Board Chair, Corporation for National & Community Service