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Our Advisory Board

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Christa D. Acampora

Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, UVA

Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy, UVA

William Antholis

William J. Antholis

Director and CEO, UVA Miller Center (CLAS ‘86)

Deborah Archer

Deborah Archer

Years Active: 2022–2024

President, ACLU

Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law School

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Melody Barnes

Executive Director, Karsh Institute of Democracy

W.L. Lyons Brown Family Director for Policy and Public Engagement

Professor of Practice, Miller Center of Public Affairs

Ian Baucom

Ian Baucom

Executive Vice President and Provost, UVA

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Megan Beyer

Director, Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State

John Bridgeland

John Bridgeland

Founder and CEO, More Perfect

Executive Chairman, Office of American Possibilities (Law ‘87)

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Years Active: 2022–2024

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Jim Donovan

Vice Chairman, Global Client Coverage, Goldman Sachs

Adjunct Professor, UVA School of Law

Laurent Dubois

Laurent Dubois

John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy and Professor of History, University of Virginia

Academic Director, Karsh Institute of Democracy

Director, John L. Nau III History & Principles of Democracy Lab

Heather Evans

Heather K. Evans

John Morton Beaty Endowed Chair in Political Science, UVA College at Wise

Risa Goluboff

Risa Goluboff (Chair)

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law

Professor of History, UVA

Professor of History, UVA

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Desiree Ho

Years Active: 2023–2024

Student Representative, UVA (Batten ’25)

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Lawrence D. Howell

Years Active: 2022–2024

Global Chairman & Co-Founder, UCAP Group of Financial Services Companies and Banks (CLAS ’75, Law ’79)

John C. Jeffries, Jr.

John C. Jeffries, Jr.

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law

Counselor to President James Ryan, UVA (Law ’73)

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Martha L. Karsh

Co-Founder, Karsh Family Foundation (CLAS ’78, Law ‘81)

Anthony Kennedy

The Honorable Anthony Kennedy

Years Active: 2022–2024

Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (retired)

Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin

Years Active: 2022–2024

Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Senior Fellow, Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute

Sandra Wicks Lewis

Sandra Wicks Lewis

Years Active: 2022–2024

Former Relationship Manager, Professional and Executive Banking Division, Bank of America

Co-Founder, Lewis Family Fund (CLAS ’72)

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James B. Murray, Jr.

Years Active: 2022–2024

Managing General Partner, Court Square Ventures

Founder, Presidential Precinct (CLAS ‘68)

Meghan Murray

Meghan Murray

Year Active: 2023

Former Interim Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service

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John L. Nau III

Chairman and CEO, SED Holdings LLC

President, John L. Nau III Foundation (CLAS ’68)

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Alexis K. Ohanian

Years Active: 2022–2024

Founder, Seven Seven Six

Co-Founder and Former Executive Chair, Reddit (Com ‘05)

John Owen

John M. Owen IV (Vice Chair)

Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, UVA Department of Politics

Faculty Senior Fellow, UVA Miller Center

Faculty Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, UVA

Larry Sabato

Larry J. Sabato

Founder and Director, UVA Center for Politics

University Professor of Politics, UVA (CLAS ’74)

Gabriel Salguero

Reverend Gabriel A. Salguero

Pastor, The Gathering Place

President and Founder, National Latino Evangelical Coalition

Ian Solomon

Ian H. Solomon

Dean, UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy

Suzanne Spaulding

Suzanne Spaulding

Director, Defending Democratic Institutions Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CLAS ‘78, Law ‘81)

Margaret Spellings

Margaret Spellings

Years Active: 2022–2024

President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center

U.S. Secretary of Education, Bush Administration (2005–2009)

Jayme Swain

Jayme Swain

President and CEO, VPM and the Virginia Foundation for Public Media (CLAS ‘97)

Craig Volden

Craig Volden

Professor of Public Policy and Politics, UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

Co-director, UVA Center for Effective Lawmaking