Trustees Of The Foundation
Present Trustees
CHARLES P. AUSTIN, SR.
CHAIR
Former Chief of Police and City Manager
Columbia, SC
MARILYN MELKONIAN
President and Founder
Telesis Corporation
Washington, DC
DORA NEVARES-MUNIZ
Professor of Law
Inter-American University
San Juan, PR
BOBBY WLLIAM AUSTIN
President
Neighborhood Associates, Inc.
Washington, DC
JAMES P. COMER
Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry
Yale Child Study Center
Yale University
New Haven, CT
ALAN CURTIS
President and CEO
The Eisenhower Foundation
Washington, DC
JEFF FAUX
Founding President and Distinguished Fellow
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, DC
RICHARD LERNER
Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Tufts University
Medford, MA
ROBERT W. McCHESNEY
Gutgsell Endowed Professor
Department of Communications
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
MICHAEL I. SANDERS
Lead Partner
Washington Tax Group, Blank Rome LLP.,
Washington, DC
DARREL STEPHENS
Former Executive Director,
Major Cities Chiefs Association
Charlotte, NC
SOPHIA SUN
Executive Director
Cryolife Company Limited
Boston, MA
Past Trustees Who Founded The Foundation
Milton S. Eisenhower
was Chairman of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and President of Johns Hopkins University.
A. Leon Higginbotham
was Vice Chairman of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge.
Fred R. Harris
was a Member of the National Advisory Commission in Civil Disorders and United States Senator.
Edward W. Brooke
was a Member of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and United States Senator.
Henry G. Cisneros
was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor of San Antonio.
Lloyd N. Cutler
was Executive Director of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and Counselor to the President during the Carter Administration.
Nicholas deB Katzenbach
was Chairman of the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and Attorney General of the United States.
David Ginsburg
was Executive Director of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and Counselor to the President during the Johnson Administration.
Patricia Roberts Harris
was a member of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Elmer B. Staats
was Comptroller General of the United States.
Frank Stanton
was President of CBS, Inc. and Chairman of the American Red Cross.