About The Center

Carter Center Board of Trustees  


Promoting Democracy, Human Rights, and Peacemaking
The Center established its board in 1994. Chaired by John Moores since March 2005, and 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.

• Jimmy Carter, Founder, Trustee


• Rosalynn Carter, Founder, Trustee


• John Moores, Chair, Board of Trustees, The Carter Center
  Investor and Chairman, San Diego Padres Baseball Club
  
• Terrence B. Adamson, Executive Vice President
  National Geographic Society
  
• Arthur M. Blank
  Owner & CEO, Atlanta Falcons
  Owner & CEO, Georgia Force Arena Football Team
  Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
  
• Richard C. Blum, Chairman
  Blum Capital Partners
  
• Bradley N. Currey Jr., Retired Chairman and CEO
  Rock-Tenn Company
  
• The Hon. Gordon D. Giffin, Partner
  McKenna Long & Aldridge
  
• David A. Hamburg, M.D., President Emeritus
  Carnegie Corporation of New York
  
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault
  Journalist
  
• Ben F. Johnson III, Retired Partner
  Alston & Bird
  
• Frank C. Jones, Of Counsel
  Jones, Cork & Miller, LLP
  
• The Hon. James T. Laney, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
  
• Sherry Lansing, CEO
  The Sherry Lansing Foundation
  
• Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President and CEO
  The United Negro College Fund
  
• Kent C. "Oz" Nelson, Retired Chairman and CEO
  United Parcel Service
  
• Alice R. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director
  Rhodes Partners
  
• Marjorie M. Scardino, Chief Executive
  Pearson PLC
  
• Lynn H. Stahl, Chairman
  The Stahl Family Foundation
  
• James W. Wagner, Ph.D., President
  Emory University
  
• Tadahiro "Tad" Yoshida, President
  YKK Corporation