Board of Trustees

Established in 1994, 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.

Chair

Jason Carter

Partner, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
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Vice Chair

C.D. Glin

President and Global Head of Philanthropy, The PepsiCo Foundation

Board Officers

Paige Alexander

Chief Executive Officer
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Christopher D. Brown

Treasurer
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Lauren Gay

Corporate Secretary

Board Members

Arthur M. Blank

Owner & Chairman, Atlanta Falcons, Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Tom Barkin

President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Kathryn E. Cade

Board Member, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers

Susan A. Cahoon

Retired Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Doug Dillard

Managing Partner, Slewgrass Partners

Mrs. J. Crystal Edmonson

Broadcast Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Gregory L. Fenves

Chancellor, Emory University

The Hon. Gordon D. Giffin

Partner, Dentons US LLP

Sherry Lansing

Chief Executive Officer, The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Ambassador Susan D. Page

Professor of Practice, Weiser Diplomacy Center, University of Michigan

Wendell Reilly

Chairman (retired), Berman Capital Advisors

Teresa Rivero

Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Justice Leah Ward Sears

Interim President, Emory University

The Hon. Doug Shipman

President, Atlanta City Council

Hugo X. Shong

Founding General Partner, IDG Capital Partners

John Tien

Distinguished Fellow and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Aminata Touré

Human Rights Activist

Gregory J. Vaughn, M.D.

Consultant, Spencer Stuart

Rochelle Walensky, M.D.

Former Director, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ellen H. Yankellow, PharmD

President and CEO, Correct Rx Pharmacy Services, Inc.

Trustee Emeritus

Terrence B. Adamson

Co-Chair, Board of Directors, The Henry Luce Foundation

Ben F. Johnson III

Retired Partner, Alston & Bird

The Hon. James T. Laney

Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

John J. Moores

Investor and Chair, San Diego Padres

Douglas W. Nelson

Retired President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Dame Marjorie Scardino

Former CEO of Pearson PLC

Chilton D. Varner

Partner, King & Spalding