Board of Trustees
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. See our Lifetime Trustees.
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James S. CrownChairman, Aspen Institute Board of TrusteesChairman and CEO, Henry Crown ...James S. Crown is chairman and chief executive officer of Henry Crown and Company, a privately owned company which invests in public and private securities, real estate, and operating companies.…View Profile -
Daniel R. PorterfieldPresident and CEOThe Aspen Institute ...Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., has served as President and CEO of the Aspen Institute since June 2018. He was selected by the Institute’s Board of Trustees because of his intellectual…View Profile -
Jean-Luc AllavenaAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Aspen Institute Fran ...Jean-Luc Allavena holds a Master’s degree from HEC Paris, France’s leading business school. He began his career at Banque Paribas before joining Lyonnaise des Eaux – now Engie. In 1992,…View Profile -
Jeffrey S. AroninAspen Institute TrusteeChairman and CEO, Paragon Bios ...As Chairman and CEO of Paragon Biosciences, Jeffrey Aronin has launched several successful portfolio companies, including: Harmony Biosciences, Castle Creek Pharma, Emalex Biosciences, and Skyline Biosciences. These portfolio companies are developing…View Profile -
Donna BarksdaleAspen Institute TrusteeDonna Barksdale is a Mississippi native and the wife of Jim Barksdale. Ms. Barksdale holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English and a master’s degree in counseling with postgraduate…View Profile -
Mercedes BassAspen Institute TrusteeMercedes T. Bass, a philanthropist, is active in many nonprofit organizations. Mrs. Bass’ affiliations include Aspen Music School, Advisory Board; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association, Board of Directors, Vice Chairman…View Profile -
Miguel (Mike) BezosAspen Institute TrusteeVice President and Co-Founder, ...Mike Bezos often says, “your education is always yours – once you have it, it cannot be taken away.” Guided by this notion and a deeply held belief that all…View Profile -
Richard BraddockAspen Institute TrusteeChairman and CEO, Freshdirect ...Rick Braddock began his business career in 1965, spending a number of years in product management at General Foods. He joined Citicorp in 1973, was elected to the board of…View Profile -
Beth Brooke-MarciniakAspen Institute TrusteeGlobal Vice Chair, Public Poli ...Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak is the former Global Vice Chair – Public Policy at Ernst and Young. She has been named nine times to the list of Forbes “World’s 100 Most…View Profile -
William (Bill) BynumChief Executive Officer, HOPEAspen Institute Trustee ...Advisory Council, Economic Opportunities ProgramView Profile -
Stephen L. CarterAspen Institute TrusteeProfessor of Law, Yale Univers ...Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of law at Yale University, and a long-time Aspen moderator. At Yale, he teaches courses ranging from Intellectual Property to The…View Profile -
Troy CarterAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and CEO, Atom Factory ...A living story of beats, bytes and big ideas, Troy Carter brings 20 years of progressive experience within music, tech and media to the art of hustle as the founder…View Profile -
Cesar R. CondeAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, NBCUniversal ...Cesar Conde is Chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Conde serves on the Executive Committee of NBCUniversal and reports to NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke. NBCUniversal International Group…View Profile -
Penny CoulterAspen Institute TrusteePhilanthropist ...Penny Coulter is an active philanthropist with interests in arts, education, youth development, and environmental issues. In 2009, Penny was selected to the California Academy of Sciences Board of Trustees.…View Profile -
Katie CouricAspen Institute TrusteeJournalist; Founder and Execut ...Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist, Stand Up to Cancer co-founder, and best-selling author. She is involved in a number of scripted and unscripted projects through her production company, Katie Couric…View Profile -
Andrea CunninghamAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and President, Cunning ...An entrepreneur at the forefront of marketing, branding, positioning and communicating “The Next Big Thing,” Andy Cunningham has played a key role in the launch of a number of new…View Profile -
Kenneth L. Davis, MDAspen Institute TrusteePresident and Chief Executive ...Kenneth L. Davis, MD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. For more than 16 years, Dr. Davis has led…View Profile -
Luis Gerardo Del Valle TorresAspen Institute TrusteePresident, Aspen Institute Mex ...Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Attorney at Law, Magna Cum Laude, 1999; University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Master of Law, British-Chevening Scholarship, 2001; New York University, School of Law,…View Profile -
John DoerrAspen Institute TrusteePartner, Kleiner Perkins Caufi ...John Doerr joined Intel in 1974 just as they invented the famous “8080” 8 bit microprocessor. At Intel he held various engineering, marketing and management assignments, and was one of…View Profile -
Thelma DugginAspen Institute TrusteePresident, AnBryce Foundation ...After nearly twenty years as a corporate executive, Thelma Duggin shifted her focus to the youth of our country whose potential for success she believes can be molded and supported…View Profile -
Arne DuncanAspen Institute TrusteeFormer US Secretary of Educati ...Arne Duncan served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2016. Previously, from 2001 to 2008, Arne served as Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago…View Profile -
Michael D. EisnerAspen Institute TrusteeFormer Chairman & CEO, The Wal ...Michael Eisner has been a leader in the American entertainment industry for four decades. He began his career at ABC, where he helped take the network to number one in…View Profile -
L. Brooks EntwistleAspen Institute TrusteeChief Business Officer, Intern ...Brooks serves as Chief Business Officer International for Uber, responsible for business development and the firm’s relationships across Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. He joined Uber in early 2017…View Profile -
Alan FletcherAspen Institute TrusteePresident and Chief Executive ...Alan Fletcher is President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School and a respected composer. He comes to Aspen from the positions of Head of the School of…View Profile -
Naushad ForbesAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Aspen Ananta Centre ...Dr. Naushad Forbes is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India’s leading Steam Engineering and Control Instrumentation firm. He chairs the Steam Engineering Companies within the group. He is Chairman, Ananta…View Profile -
Ann B. FriedmanAspen Institute TrusteeAnn B. Friedman was an elementary school teacher in Montgomery County (Maryland) and taught beginning reading for 9 years. She is an active volunteer, chairing the board of the SEED…View Profile -
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Aspen Institute TrusteeAlphonse Fletcher University P ...Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and the chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and serves…View Profile -
Antonio GraciasAspen Institute TrusteeFounder/Manager/Chief Investme ...Antonio is the Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of Valor. Antonio founded Valor in 2001. He has over twenty years of experience in private equity investing. Antonio currently…View Profile -
Patrick W. GrossAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, The Lovell Group ...Advisory Council, Economic Opportunities ProgramView Profile -
Arjun GuptaAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and Managing Partner, ...Arjun Gupta is the Founder and Chief Believer at TeleSoft Partners, a special situations venture capital firm. Over the last two decades, he has overseen investing in and helping build…View Profile -
Jane HarmanAspen Institute Trustee and Aspen Strategy Group MemberPresident, Director, and CEO, ...Jane Harman resigned from Congress in February 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson Center as its first female Director, President and CEO. Congresswoman Harman represented the aerospace center of California…View Profile -
Kaya HendersonAspen Institute TrusteeFormer Chancellor, District of ...Kaya Henderson leads the Global Learning Lab for Community Impact at Teach For All. There, she seeks to grow the impact of locally rooted, globally informed leaders, all over the…View Profile -
Ivan HodáčAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and President of the A ...Ivan Hodáč is a Founder and President of the Aspen Institute Central Europe. He was Secretary-General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) from 2001 until October 2013. He was…View Profile -
Mark HoplamazianAspen Institute TrusteePresident and CEO, Hyatt Hotel ...Mark Hoplamazian was appointed to the Board of Directors in November 2006 and named President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation in December 2006. Prior to being appointed…View Profile -
Gerald D. HosierAspen Institute TrusteeLaw Offices of Gerald D. Hosie ...Gerald Hosier is an attorney specializing in intellectual property litigation. Forbes magazine and other prominent publications have recognized him as one of the top plaintiff’s trial lawyers. He has served…View Profile -
Robert HurstAspen Institute TrusteeManaging Director, Crestview A ...Robert Hurst is a Managing Director at Crestview Partners. He retired as Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs in June 2004. At Goldman, Mr. Hurst spent 30 years in a variety…View Profile -
Natalie JareskoAspen Institute TrusteeChair, Aspen Kyiv ...Natalie A. Jaresko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalie A. Jaresko was appointed the Minister of Finance of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on December 2, 2014. Prior…View Profile -
Sonia KapadiaAspen Institute TrusteeDeputy Director of Strategic I ...Sonia Kapadia is Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States and challenging racial and…View Profile -
Teisuke KitayamaAspen Institute TrusteePresident, Aspen Institute Jap ...Teisuke Kitayama is Senior Advisor to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). He joined Mitsui Bank in 1969. After assuming various managerial positions in the bank, he was appointed General Representative…View Profile -
Michael KleinAspen Institute TrusteeBoard of Trustees, Shakespeare ...Michael Klein joined the Shakespeare Theatre Company Board of Trustees in 2007. He and his wife, Joan Fabry, have been loyal subscribers and patrons of the Company since the late…View Profile -
Laura LauderAspen Institute TrusteeGeneral Partner, Lauder Partne ...Laura Lauder is venture philanthropist in Silicon Valley, focused on leadership, education, and Jewish community areas. She joined her husband Gary in their venture capital partnership, Lauder Partners in 1992,…View Profile -
Melony LewisAspen Institute TrusteeCo-Founder, BAMM Ventures ...Melony Lewis is a co-founder with her husband, Adam, of BAMM Ventures, which focuses on world-positive investments. She heads their family foundation focused on environmental protection and solutions, education, human…View Profile -
James M. ManyikaAspen Institute TrusteePartner, McKinsey & Company ...James Manyika is a Senior Partner at McKinsey and Director of the McKinsey Global Institute. James is also a member of McKinsey’s Shareholder Council (Board of Directors). Based in Silicon…View Profile -
William E. MayerAspen Institute Trustee and Chairman Emeritus, Aspen Institute Board of TrusteesFounder, Park Avenue Equity Pa ...William E. Mayer is the founder of Park Avenue Equity Partners.View Profile -
Bonnie Palmer McCloskeyAspen Institute TrusteeCornerstone Holdings LLC ...Bonnie McCloskey is a Partner of Cornerstone Holdings, LLC, a family-owned real estate development venture capital and portfolio management firm. She has extensive experience with civic groups, having served as…View Profile -
Anne Welsh McNultyAspen Institute TrusteeManaging Partner, JBK Partners ...Anne Welsh McNulty is the co-founder and managing partner of JBK Partners, with businesses including investment management and a private philanthropic foundation which is focused on leadership development and social…View Profile -
David McCormickAspen Institute Trustee and Aspen Strategy Group MemberCEO, Bridgewater Associates ...David McCormick is CEO of Bridgewater Associates, responsible for overseeing the firm’s strategy, governance, and operations. David joined Bridgewater in 2009 and previously served as President and then Co-CEO before…View Profile -
Sir Donald C. McKinnonAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Aspen Institute New ...Don McKinnon is the inaugural Chair of the Aspen Institute New Zealand. Sir Don is also the Chair of the New Zealand China Council and Chair of Brain Research NZ…View Profile -
Diane L. MorrisAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Morris Capital Manag ...Diane L. Morris is the chairman of Morris Capital Management, an investment management company, and an active philanthropist. Ms. Morris has honed her broad leadership skills as a passionate fundraiser…View Profile -
Karlheinz MuhrAspen Institute TrusteeExecutive Vice Chairman of Glo ...Karlheinz Muhr is executive vice chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Muhr is a member of the Global Corporate & Investment Banking…View Profile -
Clare MuñanaAspen Institute TrusteePresident, Ancora Associates/ ...Clare Muñana is President of Ancora Associates, Inc., her own management consulting firm, and the Blue Foundation, a family foundation. She has performed numerous domestic and international engagements for not-for-profit,…View Profile -
Jerry MurdockAspen Institute TrusteeCo-Founder, Insight Venture Pa ...Jerry Murdock is a co-founder of Insight Venture Partners and has invested in many startups such as Twitter, Snapchat, Nest, Flipboard, and Docker. Murdock was co-editor of “Maya E Groups: Calendars,…View Profile -
Marc NathansonAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Mapleton Investments ...Mr. Marc B. Nathanson is one of America’s leading communications executives. Mr. Nathanson is Chairman of Mapleton Investments, a diversified investment holding company; and Falcon Waterfree Technologies, which is the…View Profile -
William A. NitzeAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Oceana Energy Compan ...William A. Nitze is Chairman of Oceana Energy Company, a company that is developing and seeking to commercialize a new hydrokinetic technology to convert tidal energy into electricity, and of…View Profile -
Her Majesty Queen NoorAspen Institute TrusteeHER MAJESTY QUEEN NOOR, HUMANI ...Queen Noor is a global public servant and outspoken advocate for cross cultural understanding, Arab, Muslim and Western relations, and conflict prevention and recovery issues such as refugees, missing persons,…View Profile -
Jacqueline NovogratzAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and CEO, Acumen Fund ...Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty. Under Jacqueline’s leadership, Acumen Fund has…View Profile -
Olara A. OtunnuAspen Institute TrusteePresident, LBL Foundation for ...Olara Otunnu is a distinguished international statesman who is widely acclaimed for his diplomatic acumen and negotiating skills. Currently President, LBL Foundation for Children and former UN Under-Secretary-General for Children…View Profile -
Elaine PagelsAspen Institute TrusteeProfessor of Religion ...Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion, is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor at Princeton University and an Aspen Institute Trustee. Pagels joined the Princeton faculty in 1982, shortly after receiving…View Profile -
Carrie PennerAspen Institute TrusteeBoard Chair, Walton Family Fou ...Carrie Walton Penner is a K-12 education advocate and chairs the board of directors of the Walton Family Foundation. Her passion for educational equity was ignited while tutoring high school…View Profile -
Margot L. PritzkerAspen Institute TrusteePresident and Founder, WomenOn ...Margot Pritzker is the Founder of WomenOnCall, a skills-based volunteer match organization. Pritzker is chair of the Zohar Education Project Incorporated, established in 1995 to translate the Zohar, the mystical…View Profile -
Condoleezza RiceAspen Institute Trustee and Aspen Strategy Group Co-ChairFounding Partner, Rice, Hadley ...Condoleezza Rice is currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy…View Profile -
Ricardo SalinasAspen Institute TrusteePresident and CEO, Grupo Salin ...Ricardo Salinas is one of Latin America’s leading entrepreneurs and President of Grupo Salinas, a group of companies that successfully compete in finance, retail, telecomunications and media, among other sectors.…View Profile -
Lewis SandersAspen Institute TrusteeCEO, Sanders Capital, LLC ...Mr. Sanders founded Sanders Capital, an asset management firm, in November 2009. Mr. Sanders retired as Chairman and CEO of AllianceBernstein in December 2008. He served as AllianceBernstein’s Chairman from…View Profile -
Anna Deavere SmithAspen Institute TrusteeInstitute on Arts and Civic Di ...Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, playwright, teacher, and author who has been credited with creating a new form of theater. Her work combines journalism with self-honed performance techniques and…View Profile -
Michelle SmithAspen Institute TrusteePresident, Robert H. Smith Fam ...Michelle Smith is currently the President of the Robert H. Smith Family Foundation, having succeeded her father Robert H. Smith in January 2010.View Profile -
Javier SolanaAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Aspen Institute Espa ...Javier Solana is president of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics (Barcelona-Madrid). He is also chairman of the Aspen Institute España, distinguished fellow in Foreign Policy at Brookings Institution,…View Profile -
Robert K. SteelAspen Institute TrusteeCEO, Perella Weinberg Partners ...Robert K. Steel is a Partner and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Perella Weinberg Partners. From June 2010 until December 2013 Mr. Steel served as Deputy Mayor for Economic…View Profile -
Laurie M. TischAspen Institute TrusteePresident, Laurie M. Tisch Ill ...Laurie M. Tisch is the President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, which strives to increase access and opportunity for New Yorkers. Ms. Tisch’s philanthropy stems from her family’s…View Profile -
Giulio TremontiAspen Institute TrusteeGiulio Tremonti was born in Sondrio, Italy on August 18, 1947. A professor since 1974, he currently teaches at the University of Pavia Law School. His published books: “La paura…View Profile -
Eckart von KlaedenAspen Institute TrusteeChairman of the Board of Trust ...Eckart von Klaeden-As of June 2016 Aspen Germany has a new Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He follows Dr. Corinne M. Flick, who has been heading the board since…View Profile -
Roderick von LipseyAspen Institute TrusteeManaging Director, UBS ...Rod is a Managing Director at UBS Financial Services, Inc, where he is the senior member of the Private Wealth Management practice in Washington, DC. At UBS he has held…View Profile -
Vin WeberAspen Institute TrusteeVin Weber is a former partner with Clark & Weinstock, a strategic consulting and public policy firm in Washington, DC. He is a former US Congressman, serving Minnesota’s Second Congressional…View Profile
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