Project Pericles Governance

GOVERNANCE OF PROJECT PERICLES
Project Pericles® is governed by its Chairman and executive staff, the Executive Planning Board, the Presidents’ Council, and the National Board of Advisors:

EXECUTIVE PLANNING BOARD
The Executive Planning Board consists of distinguished citizens who meet regularly to consider and act upon all matters of substance related to the development and operation of Project Pericles. All policy decisions and significant initiatives of Project Pericles are subject to EPB approval.

Chairman: Eugene M. Lang
Founder and President, Project Pericles; Chairman Emeritus, Swarthmore College; Trustee, New School University; Founder and Chairman Emeritus,“I Have A Dream”® Foundation

Executive Director: Karen E. Holt
Ex-officio; former Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, University of Virginia; former Associate General Counsel, University of Tennessee

Alison R. Bernstein
Vice President, Education and Culture Program, Ford Foundation; former Assoc. Dean of Faculty, Princeton University; former Exec. Editor, Change magazine; Member, Board of Advisors, CAPHE

Alfred H. Bloom
President, Swarthmore College; former Provost, Pitzer College; former Chairman, Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges; Board Member, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

David A. Caputo
President, Pace University; former President, Hunter College; former Dean of Liberal Arts, Purdue University; Co-chair, Professional Standards of Teaching, N.Y.S. Board of Regents

Nicholas H. Farnham
President, Educational Leadership Program; Chairman, New England College; former Executive Director, International Council on Future of the University

Ellen V. Futter
President, American Museum of Natural History; former President, Barnard College; former Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Fellow, Academy of Arts and Sciences

Neil R. Grabois
Vice President, Carnegie Corporation of New York; former President, Colgate University; former Provost, Williams College

Leo M. Lambert
Ex-officio as Chairman, Presidents’ Council of Project Pericles; President, Elon University; former Provost and Vice Chancellor of University of Wisconsin

Arthur E. Levine
President, Teachers College (Columbia University); former Chairman, Higher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education; former President, Bradford College

Michael S. McPherson
President, The Spencer Foundation; former President, Macalester College

Allen P. Splete
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, The Council of Independent Colleges; former President, Westminster College

Harris L. Wofford
Chairman, America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth; former CEO, The Corporation for National Service; former U.S. Senator; former President, Bryn Mawr College

PRESIDENTS’ COUNCIL
All members of the Presidents’ Council are presidents of Periclean colleges and universities. With its own bylaws, the Council is constituted as an advisory adjunct of the Executive Planning Board and of the Executive Office of Project Pericles. It serves as a specially qualified interface between the Executive Office and Pericleans. The Council has an active collaborative role with the Executive Office, and its Chair is an ex officio member of the Executive Planning Board. The Council also advises and assists Periclean institutions in Program development and administrative policy-making, and promotes their interactions and cooperative initiatives.

Leo M. Lambert
Chairman, Elon University

Alfred H. Bloom, Swarthmore College • Oswald P. Bronson, Sr., Bethune-Cookman College
David A. Caputo, Pace University • Richard J. Cook, Allegheny College
Ellen Hurwitz, New England College • Brian Rosenberg, Macalester College
Gregory S. Prince, Jr., Hampshire College • John Strassburger, Ursinus College
Laura Skandera Trombley, Pitzer College

NATIONAL BOARD OF ADVISORS
The National Board of Advisors consists of distinguished national figures who are willing to have their prestige associated with Project Pericles. Its members are accessible to the Executive Office and Executive Planning Board for advice and guidance.

Clark Kerr and Marian Wright Edelman
Honorary Co-Chairs

Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker
David Baltimore • John Baugh • J. Herman Blake
Sen. Bill Bradley • Paul Brest
Russell L. Carson • Raymond A. Chambers
Jerome A. Chazen • Gov. Mario Cuomo
Christopher F. Edley, Jr. • Richard Ekman
Jonathan Fanton • Llewellyn P. Haden
Samuel L. Hayes, III Antonia Hernandez
Amb. James C. Hormel • Helene L. Kaplan
Gov. Thomas Kean
Reuben Mark • Elizabeth McCormack
Mary Patterson McPherson
Paul Newman • Nancy B. Peretsman
Robert D. Putnam • Judith A. Ramaley
Ruth J. Simmons • Sen. Paul Simon

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