51²è¹Ý

Charles H. Lydecker*

Chair of the Board; Chairman and CEO, Foundation Risk Partners, Ormond Beach, FL

Gaurdie Banister Jr.

Vice Chair of the Board; Founder and CEO, Different Points of View, Houston, TX

Janice Menke Abraham*

Former President & CEO, United Educators, Bethesda, MD

Sally Amoruso

Chief Partner Officer, EAB, Washington, DC

Stephanie M. Bennett-Smith

President Emerita, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ

Jack C. Cassell*

Chairman and CEO, Cassell Global Investments, Jupiter, FL

Debra K. Decker*

President, Decker Advisors LLC, Dallas, TX; Senior Advisor, Stimson Center, Washington, DC

Pamela M. Deese*

Partner, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC

Marc N. Duber*

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The Bernstein Companies, Washington, DC

Hani M.S. Farsi*

CEO, Corniche Group, Ltd., London, England

Victoria C. Harker*

Former Executive Vice President and CFO, TEGNA Inc., McLean, VA

Mehdi Heravi*

Former Professor and Author, Washington, DC

Robert W. Johnson*

Former Assistant General Counsel, ExxonMobil, Houston, TX

Michael W. Kempner*

Founder & CEO, MikeWorldWide, New York, NY

Amy V. Kothari*

Former President and CEO, My Alarm Center, Philadelphia, PA

Margery Kraus*

Founder & Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide, Washington, DC

Gerald Bruce Lee*

Judge (retired), United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria, VA

Fernando Lewis Navarro*

Executive President, Grupo Mundial, Panama City, Panama

Alan L. Meltzer*

Life Insurance Agent, NFP, Bethesda, MD

Korey Neal Sr.*

President, K. Neal Truck and Bus Center, Hyattsville, MD

Matthew S. Pittinsky*

CEO, Parchment, Scottsdale, AZ

Steven Poskanzer

President Emeritus and Professor of Political Science, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

Jeffrey A. Sine*

Partner and Co-Founder, The Raine Group LLC, New York, NY

Ex-officio Trustees

Jonathan R. Alger^

President, 51²è¹Ý, Washington, DC

Reverend LaTrelle Easterling

Bishop, Peninsula-Delaware Conference and Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, Washington, DC

Roland Fernandes

General Secretary, Global Ministries, UMCOR and General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

Faculty Trustees

Jennifer Axe^

2024-25 Chair, Faculty Senate; Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, 51²è¹Ý, Washington, DC

Stephen J. Silvia^

2025-26 Chair, Faculty Senate; Professor, Politics, Governance and Economics, School of International Service, 51²è¹Ý, Washington, DC

Student Trustee

Marcus McNeill^*

Senior, School of Public Affairs, 51²è¹Ý

Student Trustee-Elect

TBD

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The Student Trustee-Elect attends meetings of the Board of Trustees as an observer and shadows the Student Trustee.

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* Alumna/alumnus of 51²è¹Ý
^ Non-voting trustee

Updated May 2025