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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Margot L. PritzkerChair of the Aspen Institute Board of TrusteesCo-Founder and Executive Chair ...Margot Pritzker is Chair of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees.She was elected to the Board in 2004 and has served in a number of leadership roles including chairing the…View Profile -
Daniel R. PorterfieldPresident and CEOThe Aspen Institute ...Daniel R. Porterfield is President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. He has been recognized as a…View Profile -
Katie AlbrightAspen Institute TrusteeCEO, Safe & Sound ...Katie Albright, JD, is an attorney and children’s advocate with more than twenty-five years of legal and non-profit executive experience. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of…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 -
Alex M. Azar IIAspen Institute Trustee24th Secretary of the U.S. Dep ...Alex Azar has extensive healthcare experience in the senior-most levels of the U.S. government and the private sector that gives him a unique perspective and background. He has committed his…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 -
Lawrence D. BoboAspen Institute TrusteeDean of Social Science, W. E. ...Lawrence D. Bobo is the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences and Dean of Social Science at Harvard University. He is the former chair of Harvard’s…View Profile -
Beth BrookeAspen Institute TrusteeBeth A. Brooke 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) BynumAspen Institute TrusteeChief Executive Officer, HOPE ...Advisory Council, Economic Opportunities ProgramView Profile -
Troy CarterAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and CEO, Venice Music ...Troy Carter is the founder and CEO of Venice Music, a technology and media company focused on powering the business of music via distribution, services, and data analytics. Formerly, Troy…View Profile -
Cesar R. CondeAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, NBCUniversal News Gr ...Cesar Conde was named Chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group in May 2020. In this role, Conde has oversight of NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC. He reports to Jeff Shell,…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 -
Teddy C. DumitrescuAspen Institute TrusteeActing President, Aspen Instit ...A graduate of the Romanian University of Architecture, Teddy C. Dumitrescu started his career in 1990 in FM Radio, setting up the local antenna of Radio Nova Actuel Paris in…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 EntwistleVice Chairman, Aspen Institute Board of TrusteesSVP of Global Customer Success ...Brooks Entwistle is the SVP of Global Customer Success, and the Managing Director for APAC and MENA at Ripple. Prior to joining Ripple, he served as Chief Business Officer International…View Profile -
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.Aspen Institute TrusteeImmediate Past President and C ...Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is the Immediate Past President and CEO of TIAA. Prior to joining TIAA, Mr. Ferguson was head of financial services for Swiss Re and Chairman of…View Profile -
Elizabeth A. FlemingAspen Institute TrusteeConsultant and Early-Stage Inv ...Betsy Fleming is an early-stage investor focused on women-led and women-empowering companies and an independent consultant providing coaching, strategy, and facilitation services to grow successful, impactful organizations. She has served…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 -
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 -
Russell GoldsmithAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Forest Management Co ...Russell Goldsmith is chairman of Forest Management Company, LLC. He retired as Chairman of both City National Bank and RBC Wealth Management-U.S. in February 2022. When Mr. Goldsmith became City…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 Emerita of the Wilso ...Jane Harman served nine terms in Congress as the U.S. representative for California’s 36th congressional district and was ranking member of the Intelligence Committee after 9/11. She left the House…View Profile -
Kaya HendersonAspen Institute TrusteeCEO, Reconstruction ...Kaya Henderson is the CEO of Reconstruction, a technology company delivering a K-12 supplemental curriculum that situates Black people, culture, and contributions in an authentic, identity-affirming way, so that students…View Profile -
Mark HoplamazianVice Chairman, Aspen Institute Board of TrusteesPresident 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 -
Robert HurstAspen Institute TrusteeVice Chair, Crestview Partners ...Bob Hurst joined Crestview as a partner in 2005 and became a vice chairman in 2017. Bob retired as vice chairman of Goldman Sachs in June 2004. At Goldman Sachs,…View Profile -
Natalie JareskoAspen Institute TrusteeChair, Aspen Kyiv ...Natalie A. Jaresko has enjoyed a distinguished international career in public service and private industry. As Ukraine’s Finance Minister (2014-16) she served at a particularly critical moment when the post-revolutionary…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…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 -
Keli LeeAspen Institute TrusteeSenior Media Executive & Strat ...Named one of the “25 Most Powerful Women in Global Television” by The Hollywood Reporter, Keli Lee is a transformational and innovative leader with a successful track record of combining…View Profile -
Melony LewisAspen Institute TrusteeCo-Founder, Canyon Echo Capita ...Melony Lewis is Co-Founder and General Partner of Canyon Echo Capital, a world-positive, multi asset class investment firm. In addition, she heads their family foundation, focusing on environmental protection, education,…View Profile -
James M. ManyikaAspen Institute TrusteeSenior Vice President, Google ...James is a Senior Vice President at Google. He focuses on Technology and Society, on issues ranging from AI to the future of work and the digital economy, computing infrastructure,…View Profile -
Craig C. MartinAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Midwest Willkie Farr ...Craig C. Martin serves as Chairman, Midwest and a member of the Executive Committee of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, an international law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys in…View Profile -
Bonnie Palmer McCloskeyAspen Institute TrusteeCornerstone Holdings LLC ...Bonnie McCloskey is a Partner at Cornerstone Holdings, a family-owned real estate, venture capital, and portfolio management firm. She has extensive experience with civic groups, having served as a Director or…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 -
Anne Welsh McNultyAspen Institute TrusteeManaging Partner, JBK Partners ...Anne Welsh McNulty has invested in elevating entrepreneurial leaders and nurturing promising students for more than 10 years as co-founder and president of the McNulty Foundation. A trailblazer for women…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 -
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 -
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 -
Perri PeltzAspen Institute TrusteeJournalist / Documentary Filmm ...Perri Peltz is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and public health advocate. Most recently, Perri co-created the Emmy-winning documentary news series Axios on HBO. Perri also co-directed and produced the…View Profile -
Carrie Walton PennerAspen Institute TrusteeFormer Board Chair, Walton Fam ...Carrie Walton Penner is the former board chair and current board member of the Walton Family Foundation and a K-12 education advocate. Her passion for educational equity was ignited during…View Profile -
Carla Piñeyro SublettAspen Institute TrusteeSVP and Chief Marketing Office ...As the former Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at IBM, Carla was responsible for all aspects of the company’s marketing efforts including brand, proactive demand generation, and enhancing…View Profile -
Pavel ŘehákAspen Institute TrusteeFounder and President of the A ...Pavel Řehák studied international relations at the University of Economics in Prague and an MBA at Northwestern University. In the past, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company for…View Profile -
William ResnickAspen Institute TrusteePhilanthropist/Psychiatrist ...Bill Resnick is a psychiatrist and philanthropist who earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency at UCLA. He also has an M.B.A. from UCLA. He…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 -
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 TrusteeVice Chairman, Perella Weinber ...Robert K. Steel is a Partner and serves as Vice Chairman of Perella Weinberg Partners. From June 2010 until December 2013 Mr. Steel served as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development…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 -
Christopher VarelasAspen Institute TrusteePartner, Riverwood Capital ...Chris Varelas is a founding partner of Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm focused on high growth technology and technology-related companies in need of capital and expertise to scale on…View Profile -
Eckart von KlaedenChairman of the Board of Trustees, Aspen GermanyHead of External Affairs, Merc ...Eckart von Klaeden was born on November 18, 1965 in Hanover and is a lawyer. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1994 – 2013. As a Member…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 -
Ed WilliamsAspen Institute TrusteeChairman, Aspen Institute U.K. ...Ed leads the 28-country Edelman business outside the United States and has worked at the firm for over a decade. This includes oversight and accountability for our work in EMEA,…View Profile -
Jessie Woolley-WilsonAspen Institute TrusteePresident & CEO, DreamBox Lear ...Jessie Woolley-Wilson is President and CEO of DreamBox Learning®. Prior to joining DreamBox, Jessie held several executive positions in leading EdTech companies including, Blackboard’s K-12 Group, LeapFrog SchoolHouse and Kaplan. Jessie supports the broader education community by serving on several boards including Rosetta Stone, the Western Governors University Board…View Profile
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