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.

Board of Trustees 2025-2026

Stefanie Sanford, Chair
President, Civic Ventures, Alithi Consulting and Humanitae Philanthropy Advisors

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

Matt Blumberg
Founder and CEO, Acrolinx

Jane Phillips Donaldson
Co-Founder and Partner, Phillips Oppenheim

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

Glen Lewy
Senior Managing Director, Hudson Ventures

Eric Lindberg
Chief Investment Officer and Trustee, The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation

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

L. Song Richardson
Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law

Kim Smith
Founder and CEO, LearnerStudio

Caryl M. Stern
Chief Impact Officer, LionTree LLC

Jay P. Urwitz
President, Urwitz LLC

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

Mark Walsh
Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC

Previously Served

Rhian Evans Allvin

H. Kim Bottomly

Walter W. Buckley, Jr., Chair Emeritus

Ronald (Ron) Cami

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

John Katzman

William W. Keating

Senator Robert W. Kasten, Jr.

Shirley Strum Kenny, 1956 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Carl F. Kohrt

Jan Krukowski

Holly Kuzmich

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

Carlos E. Santiago

Myron S. Scholes

David N. Shane

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