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Officers and Board of Trustees

Chairman of the Board
Jack H. Knott
C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Dean and Professor
School of Policy, Planning and Development
University of Southern California
Founding Chair and Trustee
Michael D. Rich
President & CEO
RAND Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
John E. Cox, Jr.
President and CEO
The Communications Institute
Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry Nunnally
Senior Philanthropic Advisor
Dartmouth College
Trustee Emeritus 2004-2006
Board Members
Donald Baker
Trustee,
Claremont Graduate University
John Humenik
Publisher and Editor
Arizona Daily Star
Lee Enterprises
Joseph P. Kalt
Professor of International Political Economy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Ford Foundation
Mark Zupan
Dean, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Rochester
Founding Trustee:
Robert O'Rourke
Assistant to the President
California Institute of Technology
(1938-2011)