Board of Directors
Goodwin Liu, Chair
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, President
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Paula J. Giddings, Vice Chair
Smith College
Stephen B. Heintz, Vice Chair
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Earl Lewis, Secretary
University of Michigan
Kenneth L. Wallach, Treasurer
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Philip N. Bredesen
Nashville, TN
Katherine J. Cramer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Margaret A. Hamburg
InterAcademy Partnership
John Mark Hansen
University of Chicago
Louis J. Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Gilbert S. Omenn
University of Michigan
David M. Rubenstein
The Carlyle Group
Deborah F. Rutter
Duke University
Mariko E. Silver (as of 7/1/2026)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Anna Deavere Smith
New York, NY
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Jeannette M. Wing
Columbia University
Judy Woodruff
PBS News Hour
Huda Zoghbi (as of 7/1/2026)
Baylor College of Medicine
Academy Council
Paula J. Giddings, Chair
Smith College
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
University of Michigan
Katherine J. Cramer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Philip J. Deloria
Harvard University
Juan J. de Pablo
New York University
Johanna Ruth Drucker
University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph S. Francisco
University of Pennsylvania
Mary-Claire King
University of Washington
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Harvard Graduate School
of Education
Shirley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paula D. McClain
Duke University
Louis J. Muglia
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
John G. Palfrey
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Deborah F. Rutter
Duke University
Scott D. Sagan
Stanford University
Cristián T. Samper
Bezos Earth Fund
Anna Deavere Smith
New York, NY
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Jeannette M. Wing
Columbia University
Susan Wolf
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Huda Zoghbi (as of 7/1/2026)
Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen B. Heintz, ex officio
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Earl Lewis, ex officio
University of Michigan
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Academy Trust
Stephen B. Heintz, Chair
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Philip N. Bredesen
Nashville, TN
Juan Enriquez
Excel Venture Management
Adam F. Falk
Wildlife Conservation Society
James Mackenzie Fallows
Our Towns Civic Foundation
Frances Daly Fergusson
Vassar College
Ann M. Fudge
Young & Rubicam Brands
Margaret A. Hamburg
InterAcademy Partnership
John Mark Hansen
University of Chicago
Antonia Hernández
California Community Foundation
Jonathan Scott Holloway
Henry Luce Foundation
Sherrilyn Ifill
Howard University School of Law
Eric P. Liu
Citizen University
Gilbert S. Omenn
University of Michigan
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Ariel Investments
David M. Rubenstein
The Carlyle Group
Patti B. Saris
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Sara Lee Schupf
New York, NY
Mariko E. Silver (as of 7/1/2026)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
James M. Stone
Plymouth Rock Companies
Judy Woodruff
PBS News Hour
Paula J. Giddings, ex officio
Smith College
Earl Lewis, ex officio
University of Michigan
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Committee on Anti-Racism
Earl Lewis, Chair
University of Michigan
Nancy C. Andrews
Boston Children’s Hospital
Philip N. Bredesen
Nashville, TN
Paula J. Giddings
Smith College
Annette Gordon-Reed
Harvard University
Suzan Harjo
The Morning Star Institute
Antonia Hernández
California Community Foundation
John Legend
John Legend Touring Incorporated
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Committee on Membership
Earl Lewis, Chair
University of Michigan
Juan J. de Pablo
New York University
Simon E. Gikandi
Princeton University
Sally Haslanger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Shirley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Cristián T. Samper
Bezos Earth Fund
Richmond Sarpong
University of California, Berkeley
Kathleen Thelen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Loa P. Traxler
University of New Mexico
Robert Warrior
University of Kansas
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Finance Committee
Kenneth L. Wallach, Chair
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Alan M. Dachs
Fremont Group
Cherry A. Murray
University of Arizona
Carl H. Pforzheimer III
Carl H. Pforzheimer and Co. LLC
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
University of Massachusetts Boston
Shirley M. Tilghman
Princeton University
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Investment Committee
Suzanne M. Nora Johnson, Chair
Los Angeles, CA
Alan M. Dachs
Fremont Group
Robert F. Higgins
Causeway Partners
Martin L. Leibowitz
Advanced Portfolio Studies LLC
Chandrika K. Tandon
Tandon Capital Associates
David C. Weinstein
Write the World
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Wallach, ex officio
Central National Gottesman, Inc.
Nominating Committee
Deborah F. Rutter, Chair
Duke University
Philip N. Bredesen
Nashville, TN
Eric P. Liu
Citizen University
Shirley Malcom
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paula D. McClain
Duke University
Richard Andrew Meserve
Covington and Burling LLP
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Prize Committee
Deborah F. Rutter, Chair
Duke University
Nancy C. Andrews
Boston Children’s Hospital
Johanna Ruth Drucker
University of California, Los Angeles
Susan A. Gelman
University of Michigan
Scott Russell Sanders
Indiana University
Gary M. Segura
University of California, Los Angeles
Goodwin Liu, ex officio
Supreme Court of California
Laurie L. Patton, ex officio
American Academy of Arts and Sciences