About the Aspen Institute

 

The Board of Trustees is made up of high-level individuals from the public and private sectors who have been elected by a majority of the membership of the board. The board is responsible for providing counsel to the President, as well as governance over the business, affairs, and property of the Aspen Institute. The board meets three times per year and its ten standing committees meet regularly to discuss, in depth, the key issues facing the organization. These committees are as follows: Executive, Audit, Development, Finance, International, Marketing/Communications, Program Strategy, Seminars/Public Programs, Trustee Affairs and Leadership Programs. Board of Trustees in PDF format.

Active Trustees | Lifetime Trustees

William E. Mayer
Chairman of the Board
Henry E. Catto
Vice Chairman
Lester Crown
Vice Chairman
Walter Isaacson
President & CEO
Active Trustees
*Madeleine K. Albright
Principal
The Albright Group LLC
*Leonard A. Lauder
Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Paul Anderson
Senior Advisor
Booz Allen Hamilton
Elisabeth Lulin
President
Institut Aspen France
Mercedes Bass
Sid R. Bass Inc.
*Frederic V. Malek
Chairman
Thayer Capital Partners

*Berl Bernhard
Chairman Emeritus
The Aspen Institute
Partner
DLA Piper US LLP

James M. Manyika
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Melva Bucksbaum
Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation
*William E. Mayer
Chairman of the Board
The Aspen Institute;
Partner
Park Avenue Equity Partners
*William D. Budinger
Founder, Former Chairman and CEO
Rodel, Inc.
Bonnie Palmer McCloskey
President
Cornerstone Holdings, LLC
Stephen L. Carter
Professor of Law
Yale University Law School
Anne Welsh McNulty
Managing Partner
JBK Partners
*Henry E. Catto
Former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain;
Chair

Atlantic Council of the United States
Eleanor Merrill
Publisher Emeritus
Washingtonian Magazine
*Lester Crown
Chairman
Henry Crown and Company
Vice Chairman
The Aspen Institute
Karlheinz Muhr
Managing Director
Credit Suisse First Boston
F. Peter Cundill
Founder
Cundill Investments Research
Clare Muñana
President
Ancora Associates, Inc.
Andrea Cunningham
Chief Executive Officer
CXO Communication
Elinor Bunin Munroe
President
Elinor Bunin Productions, Inc.
Tarun Das
Chief Mentor
Confederation of Indian Industry
Jerry Murdock
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Insight Venture Partners
**William L. Davis
Chairman and COO
WLD Davis Holdings, LLC
Marc B. Nathanson
Chairman
Mapleton Investments
John Doerr
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
William A. Nitze
Chairman
GridPoint, Inc.
Sylvia A. Earle
Chairman
Deep Ocean Exploration & Research
Her Majesty Queen Noor
Humanitarian Activist; UN Expert Advisor
Michael D. Eisner
President
Tornante Company
Jacqueline Novogratz
Chief Executive Officer
Acumen Fund
Leonhard Fischer
Chairman
Aspen Institute Berlin
Olara A. Otunnu
President
LBL Foundation for Children
Alan Fletcher
President and CEO
Aspen Music Festival and School
Elaine Pagels
Professor of Religion
Princeton University
Ann B. Friedman Michel Pebereau
President
BNP Paribas;
Chairman
Institut Aspen France
*Stephen Friedman
Senior Advisor
Stone Point Capital

Lord Charles Powell
Chairman
Sagitta Asset Management Limited

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities
Harvard University

Michael K. Powell
Chairman
The MK Powell Group

Mircea Geoana
President
Aspen Institute Romania

*Margot L. Pritzker
Chairperson
Zohar Education Project Incorporative

David Gergen
Professor of Public Service
John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University;
Editor-at-Large
US News & World Report

Peter Reiling
Executive Vice President for Leadership Programs and Seminars
Executive Director, Henry Crown Fellowship
The Aspen Institute*

Alma L. Gildenhorn
Honorary Trustee
Kennedy Center

*Lynda Resnick
Co-Owner and Vice Chairman
Roll International Corporation

Jamshyd Godrej
Chairman
Aspen Institute India

Isaac O. Shongwe
Chief Executive Officer
DNA Supply Chain of South Africa;
Chairman
Letsema Consulting Company

*Gerald Greenwald
Managing Partner
Greenbriar Equity Group

Anna Deavere Smith
Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue

Patrick W. Gross
Chairman
The Lovell Group

*Robert K. Steel
Under Secretary of Domestic Finance
U.S. Department of Treasury

*Arjun Gupta
Founder and Managing Partner
Telesoft Partners

Andrew L. Stern
International President
Service Employees International Union

*Sidney Harman
Executive Chairman
Harman International Industries, Inc.
Shashi Tharoor
Chairman
Afras Ventures
Hayne Hipp
Chairman and CEO
The Liberty Corporation
Giulio Tremonti
Chairman
Aspen Institute Italia
Gerald D. Hosier
Law Offices of Gerald D. Hosier Ltd.
Roderick von Lipsey
Senior Vice President, Investments
UBS Financial Services
Ann Frasher Hudson
Partner
Javelina Partners
*Vin Weber
Managing Partner
Clark & Weinstock
Robert J. Hurst
Managing Director
Crestview Advisors, LLC
Frederick B. Whittemore
Advisory Director
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
*Walter Isaacson
President & CEO
The Aspen Institute
Alice Young, Esq.
Chair, Asia Pacific Practice (U.S.)
Kaye Scholer LLP
Yotaro Kobayashi
Chief Corporate Advisor
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Ann McLaughlin Korologos
Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute
Chairman, RAND Board of Trustees
 
Timothy K. Krauskopf
Principal
Round Lake Designs, LLC

* Executive Committee

** Trustees on Leave of Absence

Lifetime Trustees
LIfetime Trustees consist of former board members and other prominent individuals who have been elected by a majority of the membership of the Board. Their mission is to create a more involved and informed way for retiring board members and other members to stay in touch with fellow trustees and with the work of the Aspen Institute. They are a key arm of the Institute, responsible for providing advice concerning strategic issues facing the organization.
James C. Calaway
Chairman of Lifetime Trustees
Prince Bandar bin Sultan
Former Saudi Ambassador to the United States
Robert H. Malott
Retired Chairman and CEO
FMC Corporation
Keith Berwick
Keith Berwick Chair
The Aspen Institute

John P. Mascotte
Former President and CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

John Brademas
President Emeritus
New York University

Robert S. McNamara
Former President
The World Bank

James C. Calaway
Chairman, Lifetime Trustees
The Aspen Institute
Olivier Mellerio
Institut Aspen France
Interfinexa
Lisle C. Carter, Jr.
Attorney
Hisashi Owada
International Court of Justice
William T. Coleman, Jr.
Senior Partner and The Senior Counselor
O'Melveny & Myers
John J. Phelan, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus
The Aspen Institute
Retired Chairman and CEO
New York Stock Exchange
Al Dietsch
Chairman
Best Year Yet LLC
Thomas R. Pickering
Vice Chairman
Hills and Company
William H. Donaldson
Chairman
Donaldson Enterprises
Warren B. Rudman
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison
James L. Ferguson
Retired Chairman and CEO
General Foods Corporation
Jay Sandrich
TV and Film Director
Jacqueline Grapin
President
The European Institute
Lloyd G. Schermer
Retired Chairman & CEO
Lee Enterprises
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Retired President and CEO
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Carlo Scognamiglio
Honorary Chairman
Aspen Institute Italia
Nina Rodale Houghton
President
Wye Institute
Albert H. Small
President
Southern Engineering Corp.
Shirley Hufstedler
Senior Counsel
Morrison & Foerster
Kathy D. Smith
Former Board Member
Daubert Industries
Jérôme Huret
Former President
Institut Aspen France
Phillips Talbot
President Emeritus
The Asia Society
Robert S. Ingersoll
Former U. S. Ambassador to Japan
Solomon D. Trujillo
Chairman, CEO and President
Graviton, Inc.
William N. Joy
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Leslie H. Wexner
President and Chairman of the Board
The Limited, Inc.
Gerald M. Levin
Retired Chairman and CEO
Time Warner, Inc.
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Former Chairman and CEO
TIAA/CREF

 

Dolores Wharton
Founder and Chair
Fund for Corporate Initiatives

 

Events
2008 Energy Policy Forum - July 6 - 9, 2008

Seminar: In Times of Crisis Can We Trust the Courts - July 7 - 9, 2008

Africa Leadership Initiative: East Africa II - July 7 - 11, 2008

CALI II: The Promise of Leadership - July 8 - 12, 2008

Artist's Reception: Tibet: A Journey from Lhasa to Mount Kailash - July 10, 2008

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Publications
Media and Values: Issues of Content, Community and Intellectual Property
(a Communications & Society and Energy & Environ. program publication)


Living Cities and Civic Capacity: Leadership, Leverage, and Legitimacy
a Roundtable on Community Change publication)


Where Will They Lead? 2008
(a Business & Society Program publication)


Structural Racism and Community Building
a Roundtable on Community Change publication)


Structural Racism and Youth Development: Issues, Challenges and Implications
a Roundtable on Community Change publication)


Building Knowledge About Community Change: Moving Beyond Evaluation
a Roundtable on Community Change publication)

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