
Christa D. Acampora
Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, UVA
Buckner W. Clay Professor of Philosophy, UVA

William J. Antholis
Director and CEO, UVA Miller Center (CLAS ‘86)

Deborah Archer
Years Active: 2022–2024
President, ACLU
Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law School

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
Executive Vice President and Provost, UVA

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

John Bridgeland
Founder and CEO, More Perfect
Executive Chairman, Office of American Possibilities (Law ‘87)

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Years Active: 2022–2024
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jim Donovan
Vice Chairman, Global Client Coverage, Goldman Sachs
Adjunct Professor, UVA School of Law

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

Risa Goluboff (Chair)
David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law
Professor of History, UVA
Professor of History, UVA

Desiree Ho
Years Active: 2023–2024
Student Representative, UVA (Batten ’25)

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.
David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, UVA School of Law
Counselor to President James Ryan, UVA (Law ’73)

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

The Honorable Anthony Kennedy
Years Active: 2022–2024
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (retired)

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
Years Active: 2022–2024
Former Relationship Manager, Professional and Executive Banking Division, Bank of America
Co-Founder, Lewis Family Fund (CLAS ’72)

Manu Meel
CEO, BridgeUSA

James B. Murray, Jr.
Years Active: 2022–2024
Managing General Partner, Court Square Ventures
Founder, Presidential Precinct (CLAS ‘68)

Meghan Murray
Year Active: 2023
Former Interim Executive Director, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service

John L. Nau III
Chairman and CEO, SED Holdings LLC
President, John L. Nau III Foundation (CLAS ’68)

Alexis K. Ohanian
Years Active: 2022–2024
Founder, Seven Seven Six
Co-Founder and Former Executive Chair, Reddit (Com ‘05)

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 J. Sabato
Founder and Director, UVA Center for Politics
University Professor of Politics, UVA (CLAS ’74)

Reverend Gabriel A. Salguero
Pastor, The Gathering Place
President and Founder, National Latino Evangelical Coalition

Ian H. Solomon
Dean, UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy

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

Margaret Spellings
Years Active: 2022–2024
President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center
U.S. Secretary of Education, Bush Administration (2005–2009)

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

Craig Volden
Professor of Public Policy and Politics, UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Co-director, UVA Center for Effective Lawmaking