Honorary Board of Regents

Our Honorary Board of Regents comprises a distinguished ensemble of exemplary Americans, each a unique embodiment of scholarship, leadership, and service. We are honored to have them as NSCS supporters.

Maya Angelou
Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies
Wake Forest University

Joan Ganz Cooney
Chairman
Sesame Workshop

Marian Wright Edelman
Founder and President
Children’s Defense Fund

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Director, W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research
W.E.B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University

Daniel Goldin
Administrator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1992-2001)

Vartan Gregorian
President, Carnegie Corporation,New York
President, Brown University (1989-1997)

Alexis M. Herman
Secretary of Labor (1997-2001)

James V. Kimsey
Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus
America Online, Inc.

Wendy Kopp
CEO and Founder
Teach For America

J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Marriott International, Inc.

Federico F. Peña
Managing Partner, Vestar Capital Partners
Secretary of Energy (1997-1998)
Secretary of Transportation (1993-1997)

Richard W. Riley
Secretary of Education (1993-2001)
Governor, South Carolina (1979-1987)

Harold T. Shapiro
President
Princeton University (1988-2001)

Harris Wofford
Chairman, America’s Promise
CEO, Corporation for National Service (1995-2002)