Board of Trustees

The Brookings Board of Trustees is a governing body composed of distinguished individuals from a variety of backgrounds. The Board has fiduciary responsibility for the Institution’s leadership, integrity, financial health, and scholarly independence.

Board Officers

Glenn Hutchins Co-Chair of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Co-Founder - North Island

Suzanne Nora Johnson Co-Chair of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Chair of the Board - Intuit, Inc.

Pete Higgins Vice Chair of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Founding Partner - Second Avenue Partners

Kenneth M. Jacobs Vice Chair of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Senior Chairman and Senior Advisor to the Board - Lazard

Leonard D. Schaeffer Vice Chair of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Founding Chairman and CEO - WellPoint

Victor L. Hymes Treasurer of the Board - The Brookings Institution, President and CEO - Legato Capital Management, LLC

Tracy R. Wolstencroft Secretary of the Board - The Brookings Institution, Senior Advisor - TPG Rise Climate, Former President and CEO - National Geographic Society, Former President and CEO - Heidrick & Struggles, Former Partner - Goldman Sachs

Fiduciary Trustees

Robert J. Abernethy President - American Standard Development Co., Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Jeffrey H. Aronson Co-Founder and Managing Principal - Centerbridge Partners, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Peter Barris Chairman Emeritus - New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Robert M. Bass President - Keystone Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Seth P. Bernstein President and CEO - Alliance Bernstein, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Jeffrey L. Bewkes Former Chairman and CEO - Time Warner, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

David Bozeman CEO - C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Abby Joseph Cohen Professor - Columbia Business School, Former President - Global Markets Initiative at Goldman Sachs, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Betsy Z. Cohen Co-Founder and Chairman - Cohen Circle (formerly FinTech Masala), Founder and Strategic Advisor - The Bancorp, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Jonathan E. Colby Senior Advisor - The Carlyle Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Cheryl Crazy Bull President and CEO - American Indian College Fund, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Susan Crown Chairman and Founder - The Susan Crown Exchange, Chairman and CEO - Owl Creek Partners, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Jason Cummins Chief U.S. Economist and Head of Economic Research - Brevan Howard Asset Management, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Victor G. Dodig President and CEO - CIBC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Katherine Farley Chair Emerita - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Former Senior Managing Director - Tishman Speyer, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Lawton W. Fitt Chairperson of the Board - The Progressive Corporation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Bart Friedman Senior Counsel - Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Ellen V. Futter Interim President - Markle Foundation, Senior Advisor - Boston Consulting Group, President Emerita - American Museum of Natural History, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Helene D. Gayle President Emerita - Spelman College, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

David J. Grain Founder and CEO - Grain Management, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Michael D. Hankin Co-CEO and Partner - Brown Advisory, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Tom Kaplan Senior Manager and Board Member - Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Laura Karet Founder and CEO - Who Brew, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, Ph.D. Chairman - Trinity Sky, LLP, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Philip H. Knight Chairman and Co-Founder - Nike, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Cathy Minehan Former President - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Former Dean - Simmons College, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Beth Mooney Retired Chairman and CEO - KeyCorp, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Oscar Munoz Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - United Airlines, Retired

Laxman Narasimhan Former CEO - Starbucks and Reckitt, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Asutosh Padhi Senior Partner and Global Leader of Firm Strategy - McKinsey & Company, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Vasant Prabhu Former Vice Chairman and CFO - Visa, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Brian Rogers Former Chairman - T. Rowe Price, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Ginni Rometty Former Chairman, President & CEO - IBM, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Timothy F. Ryan Head of Technology and Business Enablement - Citi, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Alan D. Schwartz Executive Chairman - Guggenheim Partners, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Eric Schwartz Co-Founder - SSW Partners, CIO - 76 West Holdings, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

James C. Smith Chairman - Thomson Reuters Foundation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Kevin Sneader Co-President of Asia Pacific Ex -Japan - Goldman Sachs, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Douglas M. Steenland Retired CEO - Northwest Airlines, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Joe Straus III Former Speaker - Texas House of Representatives, Principal - La Cima Partners, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Lee J. Styslinger, III Chairman and CEO - Altec, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Andrew H. Tisch Co-Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee - Loews Corporation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

E. Eric Tokat Partner - Centerview Partners, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Antoine van Agtmael Senior Advisor - Foreign Policy, Founder and Former CEO - Emerging Markets Management, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Senior Trustees (non-fiduciary)

Paul M. Achleitner Chair of the Global Advisory Board - Deutsche Bank, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Alan R. Batkin Former Vice Chair - Kissinger Associates, Inc., Former Chair - International Rescue Committee, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

W. Edmund Clark Retired Executive - TD Bank Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Howard E. Cox Special Limited Partner - Greylock, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Alan M. Dachs President and CEO - Fremont Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Steven A. Denning Chairman - General Atlantic LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Paul Desmarais Jr Chairman - Power Corporation of Canada, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Hanzade Doğan Vice Chairwoman - Doğan Holding Şirketler Grubu A.Ş., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Cheryl Cohen Effron Founder - Conjunction Fund, Chair - Charles H. Revson Foundation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Alfonso Fanjul Chairman and CEO - Fanjul Corp. and Florida Crystals Corporation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Ann M. Fudge Chair - WGBH Boston, Former Chairman and CEO - Young & Rubicam Brands, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Brian L. Greenspun Chairman and CEO - Greenspun Media Group, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Benjamin R. Jacobs Senior Advisor and Co-Founder - The JBG Companies, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Sara Grootwassink Lewis CEO - Lewis Corporate Advisors, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Donald F. McHenry Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy Emeritus - School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Mario M. Morino Chairman and CEO - Morino Ventures, LLC., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Thomas C. Ramey Former Chairman - Liberty International, Liberty Mutual, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Steven Rattner Chairman - Willett Advisors LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Edgar Rios Co-founder and Managing Director - Wenzi Capital Partners, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Lynn Thoman Professor - Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Host - 3 Takeaways podcast, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Larry D. Thompson Former Deputy Attorney General - U.S. Department of Justice, Lawyer, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Michael L. Tipsord Former Chairman, President and CEO - State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

John H. White Jr. President and CEO - Taco, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Daniel Yergin Vice Chairman - IHS, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Daniel B. Zwirn CEO and Chief Investment Officer - Arena Investors LP, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Lifetime Trustees (non-fiduciary)

Thomas E. Donilon Former U.S. National Security Adviser, Senior Partner - O’Melveny and Myers, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Lawrence K. Fish Former Chairman and CEO - Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. Chairman - Old Harbour Partners, LLC, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Director - Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Teresa Heinz Chairman - Heinz Family Foundation, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Shirley Ann Jackson Ph.D. President - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Trustee - The Brookings Institution

Ann Dibble Jordan Trustee - The Brookings Institution

David M. Rubenstein Chair Emeritus - The Brookings Institution, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman - The Carlyle Group

Haim Saban Chairman and CEO - Saban Capital Group, Inc., Trustee - The Brookings Institution

John L. Thornton Chair Emeritus - The Brookings Institution, Executive Chairman - Barrick Gold Corporation