Leadership
Chartered by Congress, the Wilson Center provides nonpartisan counsel and insights on global affairs to policymakers through deep research, impartial analysis, and independent scholarship.
Wilson Center Board of Trustees
Vacant
Private Citizen Members
Nicholas Adams
Trustee, Wilson Center;
The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG)
The Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG)
Alan N. Rechtschaffen
Trustee, Wilson Center;
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
Daniel Abrahamson
Trustee, Wilson Center
Brittany Collins
Trustee, Wilson Center
David Mansdoerfer
Trustee, Wilson Center
Sean Sanders
Trustee, Wilson Center
Public Members
Hon. Lonnie G. Bunch III
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Carla D. Hayden
Librarian of Congress
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary, US Health and Human Services
Michael McDonald
Acting Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Linda McMahon
Secretary, US Department of Education
Marco Rubio
Secretary, US Department of State; Archivist of the United States
Staff Leadership
Natasha Jacome
President and CEO
Megan Doherty
Vice President for Programs
Mary D'Amico
Chief of Staff and Director of Operations
Nora Shuler Bodner
Secretary to the Board of Trustees; Deputy Director of Development
Haresh Vayal
Chief Financial Officer
Paige Rotunda
Deputy Director, Office of Congressional Relations
Julie Wadler
Senior Consultant to Development
Robert S. Litwak
Senior Vice President and Director of International Security Studies
Nicole Gaouette
Vice President for External Relations
Prince Palmer
Director Support Operations
Bruce Griffith
Chief Information Officer
Kimberly Conner
Director of Fellowships
Renel Sample
Director of Human Resources
Oge Onubogu
Director, Africa Program
Shihoko Goto
Director, Indo-Pacific Program
Bruna Santos
Director, Brazil Institute
Christopher Sands
Director, Canada Institute
Jennifer L. Turner
Director, China Environment Forum
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Christian F. Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project;
Woodrow Wilson Center
Woodrow Wilson Center
Michael Kimmage
Director, Kennan Institute
Robert Daly
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Troy Stangarone
Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy; Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Program
Sarah B. Barnes
Director, Maternal Health Initiative
Benjamin N. Gedan, PhD
Director, Latin America Program, Wilson Center
Lila Abed
Director, Mexico Institute
Rebecca Pincus
Director, Polar Institute
Merissa Khurma
Director, Middle East Program
John Thon Majok
Director of Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI); Deputy Director of Development
Michael Kugelman
Director, South Asia Institute
Kellee Wicker
Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program
James F. Jeffrey
Chair of the Middle East Program, Slater Family Distinguished Fellow;
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS
Former ambassador to Iraq and Turkey, and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS