Board of Trustees

The Aspen Institute’s Board of Trustees guides the organization with insight, integrity, and a shared commitment to its purpose, mission, and people.

About Our Board

The Board of Trustees comprises distinguished leaders from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who bring a wealth of experience in governance, strategy, and civic leadership. Elected by their peers, trustees provide counsel to the President, oversee the management of the Institute’s assets and affairs, and help steward its mission to foster a more free, just, and equitable society. Their guidance helps ensure the Institute remains effective, forward-looking, and rooted in its values. In addition to the trustees below, we are honored to also recognize our Ex Officio Trustees and our Emeritus Trustees.

Margot L. Pritzker

Chair of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees / Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Community Food Navigator

Daniel R. Porterfield

President and CEO

Katie Albright

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chair, California Children and Families Commission

Jeffrey S. Aronin

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman and CEO, Paragon Biosciences

Alex M. Azar II

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman, Seraphim Strategies, LLC; 24th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Donna Barksdale

Aspen Institute Trustee / Philanthropist

Mercedes Bass

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman and President, Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation

Miguel (Mike) Bezos

Aspen Institute Trustee / Bezos Family Foundation

Joshua Bolten

Aspen Institute Trustee / CEO, Business Roundtable

William D. Budinger

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder, Rodel, Inc.

William Bynum

Aspen Institute Trustee / CEO, Hope Credit Union

Penny Coulter

Aspen Institute Trustee / President, Coulter Family Foundation; Chief of Protocol, Office of the Mayor, San Francisco

Katie Couric

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder and Executive Producer, Katie Couric Media

Lester Crown

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman Emeritus, Henry Crown and Company; Vice-Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute

Paula Crown

Aspen Institute Trustee / Artist; Principal, Henry Crown and Company

Andrea Cunningham

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder and President, Cunningham Collective

Kenneth L. Davis, MD

Aspen Institute Trustee / Executive Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Sinai Health System

Thelma Duggin

Aspen Institute Trustee / President Emeritus, AnBryce Foundation

Michael D. Eisner

Aspen Institute Trustee / President, Tornante Company

L. Brooks Entwistle

Vice Chairman, Aspen Institute Board of Trustees / Board of Directors, EQT AB

Elizabeth A. Fleming

Aspen Institute Trustee / Consultant and Early-Stage Investor, Cressence LLC

Russell Goldsmith

Aspen Institute Trustee / President, Forest Management Company, LLC

Antonio Gracias

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder/Manager/Chief Investment Officer, Valor Equity Partners

Patrick W. Gross

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman, The Lovell Group

Arjun Gupta

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chief Believer, TeleSoft Partners

Jane Harman

Aspen Institute Trustee and Aspen Strategy Group Member / President Emerita, Woodrow Wilson Center

Mark Hoplamazian

Vice Chairman, Aspen Institute Board of Trustees / President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Gerald Hosier

Aspen Institute Trustee / Principal, Law Offices of Gerald D. Hosier, Ltd.

Robert Hurst

Aspen Institute Trustee / Managing Director, Crestview Advisors, LLC

Sonia Kapadia

Aspen Institute Trustee / Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives, Equal Justice Initiative

Michael Klein

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman, CoStar Group

Laura Lauder

Aspen Institute Trustee / General Partner, Lauder Partners, LLC

Leonard Lauder

Aspen Institute Trustee / General Partner, Lauder Partners, LLC

Keli Lee

Aspen Institute Trustee / Senior Media Executive and Strategist

Melony Lewis

Aspen Institute Trustee / Co-Founder, BAMM Ventures

J. Michael Luttig

Aspen Institute Trustee / Counselor and Senior Advisor, Coca-Cola Company

Craig C. Martin

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman, Midwest, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

William E. Mayer

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute; Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners

Bonnie Palmer McCloskey

Aspen Institute Trustee / President, Cornerstone Holdings, LLC

Anne Welsh McNulty

Aspen Institute Trustee / Managing Partner, JBK Partners

Diane L. Morris

Aspen Institute Trustee / Chairman, Morris Capital Management

Karlheinz Muhr

Aspen Institute Trustee / Executive Vice Chairman, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Clare Muñana

Aspen Institute Trustee / President, Ancora Associates, Inc.

Jerry Murdock

Aspen Institute Trustee / Managing Director and Co-Founder, Insight Venture Partners

Asutosh Padhi

Aspen Institute Trustee / Senior Partner/North America Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Elaine Pagels

Aspen Institute Trustee / Professor of Religion, Princeton University

Perri Peltz

Aspen Institute Trustee / Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker, Co-director and Producer, Axios on HBO

Carrie Walton Penner

Aspen Institute Trustee / Former Board Chair, Walton Family Foundation

Carla Piñeyro Sublett

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder, the co effect

Lynda Resnick

Aspen Institute Trustee / Co-Owner and Vice Chairman, Wonderful Company

William Resnick

Aspen Institute Trustee / Philanthropist/Psychiatrist

Anna Deavere Smith

Aspen Institute Trustee / Professor, New York University

Robert K. Steel

Aspen Institute Trustee / Vice Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners; Chairman Emeritus, The Aspen Institute

Laurie M. Tisch

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Christopher Varelas

Aspen Institute Trustee / Partner, Riverwood Capital

Roderick von Lipsey

Aspen Institute Trustee / Managing Director, UBS Private Wealth Management

Jessie Woolley-Wilson

Aspen Institute Trustee / Operating Partner, Owl Ventures, LLC

Alice Young

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder, Alice Young Advisory, LLC

Xin Zhang

Aspen Institute Trustee / Founder, Closer Media

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