Leadership
Wilson Center Board of Trustees
![Timothy Pataki](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/tim_Pataki.png)
Timothy Pataki
Chair, Board of Trustees
Private Citizen Members
![Nicholas Adams](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Nick_Adams.png)
Nicholas Adams
Trustee, Wilson Center;
The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG)
The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG)
![Alan N. Rechtschaffen](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Alan_Rechtschaffen.png)
Alan N. Rechtschaffen
Trustee, Wilson Center;
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
Public Members
![Lonnie G. Bunch III](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/LonnieGBunch.jpg)
Hon. Lonnie G. Bunch III
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
![Denise L Carter](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Denise_L_Carter_person.png)
Denise Carter
Acting Secretary, US Department of Education
![Dorothy A. Fink](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Dorothy_Fink_person.jpg)
Dorothy A. Fink
Acting Secretary, US Health and Human Services
![Carla D. Hayden](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/CarlaDHayden.jpg)
Carla D. Hayden
Librarian of Congress
![Shelly Lowe, Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Shelly_Lowe_NEH_bio.jpg)
Shelly Lowe
Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
![Marco Rubio](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/marco_rubio_person.jpg)
Marco Rubio
Secretary, US Department of State; Archivist of the United States
Staff Leadership
![Ambassador Mark Green](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Mark_Green_headshot.png)
Ambassador Mark A. Green
President & CEO, Wilson Center
![Eddy Acevedo](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/EddyAcevedo_0.jpg)
Eddy Acevedo
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO
![Natasha Jacome](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/natasha_jacome.png)
Natasha Jacome
Senior Director of Operations
![Nora Bodner](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/nora_bodner_bio.jpg)
Nora Shuler Bodner
Secretary to the Board of Trustees; Deputy Director of Development
![Nicole Gaouette](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/nicole_gaouette.jpg)
Nicole Gaouette
Vice President for External Relations
![Robert S. Litwak image](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/robert_s_litwak_bio.jpg)
Robert S. Litwak
Senior Vice President and Director of International Security Studies
![Haresh Vayal](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/haresh_vayal.jpg)
Haresh Vayal
Chief Financial Officer
Prince Palmer
Director Support Operations
![Bruce Griffith](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Griffith_Bruce_350.jpg)
Bruce Griffith
Chief Information Officer
![Renel Sample](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/renelsample.jpg)
Renel Sample
Director of Human Resources
![Image Julie Wadler](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/julie_wadler_person.jpg)
Julie Wadler
Senior Consultant to Development
![Oge Onubogu Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/AFR-Headshot-Onubogu.jpg)
Oge Onubogu
Director, Africa Program
![Shihoko Goto](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/ShihokoGoto_2024.jpg)
Shihoko Goto
Director, Indo-Pacific Program
![Bruna Santos](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Screenshot%202022-09-19%20100342.png)
Bruna Santos
Director, Brazil Institute
![Chris Sands](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/ChrisSands_Web.png)
Christopher Sands
Director, Canada Institute
![JLT Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/20230628-096A9750.20230706190839110.jpg)
Jennifer L. Turner
Director, China Environment Forum
![Lauren Herzer Risi](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/herzer_lauren.png)
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
![Robin Quinville](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/RobinQuinville.jpg)
Robin S. Quinville
Director, Global Europe Program
![Christian Ostermann](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/christian_ostermann.jpg)
Christian F. Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project;
Woodrow Wilson Center
Woodrow Wilson Center
![Michael_Kimmage](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Michael_Kimmage_person.jpg)
Michael Kimmage
Director, Kennan Institute
![Robert Daly image](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Robert_Daly.png)
Robert Daly
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
![Troy Stangarone Image](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Troy_Strangarone_person.jpg)
Troy Stangarone
Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy; Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Program
![Sarah Barnes Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/Sarahheadshot2.jpg)
Sarah B. Barnes
Director, Maternal Health Initiative
![Benjamin Gedan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/benjamin-gedan-person.jpg)
Benjamin N. Gedan, PhD
Director, Latin America Program, Wilson Center
![Lila Abed](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/LilaAbed_Web.png)
Lila Abed
Director, Mexico Institute
![Rebecca Pincus](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/rebecca_pincus_person.jpg)
Rebecca Pincus
Director, Polar Institute
![Merissa Khurma](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/20230801WC_STAFF103%20%281%29.jpg)
Merissa Khurma
Director, Middle East Program
![John Thon Majok](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/johnthonmajok_bio.jpg)
John Thon Majok
Director of Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI); Deputy Director of Development
![Michael Kugelman](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/michael_kugelman_bio.jpg)
Michael Kugelman
Director, South Asia Institute
![Kellee Wicker](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/WickerHeadshot_Web.png)
Kellee Wicker
Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program
![Mark Kennedy](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/mark_kennedy_person_0.jpg)
Mark Kennedy
Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition
![James F. Jeffrey](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/uploads/images/James_Jeffrey_Bio.png)
James F. Jeffrey
Chair of the Middle East Program, Slater Family Distinguished Fellow;
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS
![The Right Honourable Catherine Ashton, Baroness of Upholland](/sites/default/files/styles/square_85x85/public/media/images/person/catherine_ashton.jpg)
Baroness Catherine Ashton
Distinguished Fellow;
Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy