About the Wilson Center

The Wilson Center, chartered by Congress in 1968 as the official memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, is the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community.

The Wilson Center brings fresh thinking and deep expertise to the most pressing policy challenges we face today. We convene scholars to create a global dialogue of ideas that Congress, the administration, and the international policy community can act on. In 2019, the Wilson Center was named the #1 regional studies think tank in the world.

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Jane Harman

Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center

Nonpartisanship. Intellectual rigor. Actionable ideas for policies that affect our security and our relations with the world. This is the Wilson Center - and we have never been more needed than we are today.

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Scott Walker

Former Chair, Board of Trustees;
Former Governor of Wisconsin

In a complex world, our scholars help leaders understand global trends through more than a dozen regional and thematic programs.

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Vice President Mike Pence

Vice President of the United States, former Governor of Indiana, former member of the House of Representatives (IN-2nd, IN-6th)

It’s an honor to be here at the Director’s Forum with the members and friends of this well-respected institution, an institution of independent research, open dialogue, and actionable ideas – truly a bipartisan stalwart here in Washington.