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.
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
Fiduciary Trustees
Robert J. Abernethy
President
- American Standard Development Co., Inc.,
Trustee
- The Brookings Institution
Peter Barris
Chairman
- 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
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
David J. Grain
Founder and CEO
- Grain Management, LLC,
Trustee
- The Brookings Institution
Pete Higgins
Founding Partner
- Second Avenue Partners,
Trustee
- The Brookings Institution
Kenneth M. Jacobs
Executive Chairman
- Lazard,
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
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
@SpeakerStraus
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
Chairman
- Converse Associates, Inc.,
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
Aditya Mittal
Group CFO and CEO
- ArcelorMittal Europe,
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
Chairman, President and CEO
- State Farm Mutual Automobile 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
@HenryLouisGates
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
@haimsaban
John L. Thornton
Chair Emeritus
- The Brookings Institution,
Executive Chairman
- Barrick Gold Corporation