Emeritus Trustees

The title of Emeritus Trustee is bestowed on individuals who have served the Institute with distinction and who continue to serve as important ambassadors for the Institute’s work.

Berl Bernhard
Former Partner
DLA Piper US LLP

Beth Brooke
Henry Crown Fellow

Stephen L. Carter
Professor of Law
Yale University Law School

Troy Carter
Founder and CEO
Venice Music

Cesar Conde
Chairman
NBC Universal News Group

Tarun Das
Chairman Emeritus
Ananta Aspen Centre

L. John Doerr
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Arne Duncan
Managing Director
Chicago CRED;
Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Sylvia A. Earle
Founder
Sylvia Earle Alliance / Mission Blue

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Immediate Past President and CEO
TIAA

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

David Gergen
Professor of Public Service
Harvard Kennedy School;
Senior Political Analyst
CNN

Alma Gildenhorn
Honorary Trustee
Kennedy Center

Gerald Greenwald
Managing Partner
Greenbriar Equity Group

Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
Retired President and CEO
Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Jerome Huret
Aspen Institute France

William N. Joy
Partner
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

James M. Manyika
SVP, Technology and Society
Google

Olivier Mellerio
General Partner
Interfinexa

Her Majesty Queen Noor
Humanitarian Activist;
Founder and Chair of Queen Noor and King Hussein Foundations

Olara A. Otunnu
President
LBL Foundation for Children

Hisashi Owada
International Court of Justice

Thomas R. Pickering
Vice Chairman
Hills & Company

Charles Powell
Member of the House of Lords

Lloyd G. Schermer
Retired Chairman and CEO
Lee Enterprises, Inc.

Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini
Honorary Chairman
Aspen Institute Italia

Andrew L. Stern
Senior Fellow
Columbia University Richman Center

Vin Weber
Former Managing Partner
Mercury LLC

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