Board of Trustees

The Citizens & Scholars Board of Trustees provides tremendous experience and counsel for the organization. It includes leaders from higher education, business, government, nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, public affairs, biotech, philanthropy, law, and finance.

The Board

Stefanie Sanford, Chair
Former Chief, Global Policy & External Relations, The College Board

Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Vice Chair
Senior Advisor, Canapi Ventures

Rhian Evans Allvin
President & CEO, Brynmor Holdings, LLC

Matt Blumberg
Founder and CEO, Bolster

Jane Phillips Donaldson, Chair Emerita
Co-Founder, Phillips Oppenheim

John Katzman
Founder and Chairman, Noodle Education, Inc.

William W. Keating
Owner and CEO, Waste Acquisition Group

Peter A. Kirsch
Founder and Managing Partner, Blue Marlin Capital Partners

Holly Kuzmich
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Glen Lewy
Senior Managing Director, Hudson Ventures

Kent McGuire
Program Director of Education, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Carlos E. Santiago
Commissioner Emeritus of Higher Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

David N. Shane
CEO (Retired), LDI Ltd., LLC

Kim Smith
Founder, Pahara Institute; Entrepreneur in Residence, Marshall Street Initiatives

Caryl M. Stern
Chief Impact Officer, LionTree LLC

Jay P. Urwitz
Senior Deputy General Counsel for Special Projects, State University of New York System

Rajiv Vinnakota, ex officio
President, Institute for Citizens & Scholars

Mark Walsh
Managing Partner, Ruxton Ventures, LLC

Previously Served

H. Kim Bottomly

Walter W. Buckley, Jr., Chair Emeritus

George Campbell, Jr.

Brooke Coburn

Ramon C. Cortines

Donald L. Drakeman

Elizabeth A. Duffy

Carl Ferenbach

Juliet Goodfriend

Frederick L.A. Grauer, 1969 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Chair Emeritus

Jennifer Gruenberg

J. Roderick Heller, III, 1959 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

N. Gerry House

Thomas C. Hudnut, Chair Emeritus

Erica Jong, 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Robert F. Johnston

Martha J. Kanter

Senator Robert W. Kasten, Jr.

Shirley Strum Kenny, 1956 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Carl F. Kohrt

Jan Krukowski

Richard A. Levao

Francisco A. Lorenzo

Luther Tai

Lauren Maddox

Nancy Weiss Malkiel, 1965 Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Chair Emerita

Anita Manwani

Karen E. Osborne

Ambassador Edward J. Perkins

Matthew Pittinsky

Deborah Quazzo

E. John Rice

Judith A. Rizzo

Sharon P. Robinson

Myron S. Scholes

John L.S. Simpkins

Louis A. Simpson, 1958 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Jeffrey L. Skelton

Catharine R. Stimpson, 1958 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Marvin J. Suomi

George A. Weiss

Paul J. Weissman

Stephen A. Weiswasser

John C. Wilcox, 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Michael R. Winston, 1962 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Jessie Woolley-Wilson