The Center established its board in 1994. With President and Mrs. Carter as active members, the board decides and supports the Center's mission and manages its property and assets. Members of the board are appointed both by The Carter Center and Emory University, with the president of Emory serving as an ex-officio member. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chaired the board and Rosalynn Carter was vice chair from 1994-2005. Kent C. "Oz" Nelson was named chair in 2009. Click here for Board officers >
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Founders, Trustees
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter |
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Chair Kent C. "Oz" Nelson Retired Chairman and CEO United Parcel Service |
Vice Chair Kathryn E. Cade Chair Judge Baker Children's Center |
Terrence B. Adamson Executive Vice President National Geographic Society
Arthur M. Blank Owner & CEO, Atlanta Falcons Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Richard C. Blum Chairman Blum Capital Partners
Jason Carter Attorney Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Bradley N. Currey Jr. Retired Chairman and CEO Rock-Tenn Company
The Hon. Gordon D. Giffin Partner McKenna Long & Aldridge
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Journalist
Ben F. Johnson III Retired Partner Alston & Bird
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Sherry Lansing CEO The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Douglas W. Nelson Retired President and CEO Annie E. Casey Foundation
Wendell S. Reilly Managing Partner Grapevine Partners
Marjorie M. Scardino Chief Executive Pearson PLC
Justice Leah Ward Sears Partner Schiff Hardin LLP
Chilton D. Varner Partner King & Spalding, LLP
James W. Wagner, Ph.D. President Emory University
Tadahiro "Tad" Yoshida Chairman & CEO YKK Corporation |
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David A. Hamburg, M.D. President Emeritus Carnegie Corporation of New York |
The Hon. James T. Laney Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea |
John J. Moores Investor and Chair San Diego Padres |