Governance of Project Pericles

Project Pericles is governed by its Chairman and executive staff, the Board of Directors, the Presidents' Council, and the National Board of Advisors.

Board of Directors

Chair: Eugene M. Lang Founder and Chairman, Project Pericles; Chairman Emeritus, Swarthmore College; Trustee, The New School; Founder and Chairman Emeritus, "I Have A Dream" Foundation

Vice-Chair: Neil R. Grabois Dean, The New School, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy; Former Vice President, Carnegie Corporation of New York; former President, Colgate University; former Provost, Williams College

Executive Director: Jan R. Liss Ex officio; former Associate Director, The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program; former Vice President, Strategic Planning and New Business Development, Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)

Alison R. Bernstein Director, Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University; former Cosby Endowed Chair of Humanities, Spelman College; former Vice President, Education, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation; former Assoc. Dean of Faculty, Princeton University; former Exec. Editor, Change magazine; Member, Board of Advisors, CAPHE

David A. Caputo President Emeritus, Pace University; former President, Hunter College; former Dean of Liberal Arts, Purdue University; Co-chair, Professional Standards of Teaching, N.Y.S. Board of Regents

Rebecca S. Chopp Ex Officio; President, Swarthmore College; Chair, Project Pericles Presidents' Council

Janet S. Dickerson Vice President for Campus Life, Princeton University

Richard Ekman President, Council of Independent Colleges; former Vice President for Programs, Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company; former Secretary of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Richard Guarasci Ex Officio; President, Wagner College; Vice-Chair, Project Pericles Presidents' Council

Leo M. Lambert President, Elon University; former Provost and Vice Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Arthur E. Levine President, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation; former President, Teachers College (Columbia University); former Chairman, Higher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education; former President, Bradford College

Michael S. McPherson President, The Spencer Foundation; former President, Macalester College

Nancy B. Peretsman Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Allen & Co., Inc.

Mark A. Vander Ploeg - Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners

Harris L. Wofford Chairman, America's Promise, The Alliance for Youth; former CEO, The Corporation for National Service; former U.S. Senator; former President, Bryn Mawr College

Presidents' Council

Chair: Rebecca S. Chopp*, Swarthmore College
Vice-Chair: Richard Guarasci*,Wagner College

National Board of Advisors

Co-Chairs: Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker & Hon. Kurt L. Schmoke

In Memoriam

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