page_title: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: The inscription and relief at the center of the Memorial Hallway at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968. It is also a highly recognized think tank, ranked among the top ten in the world.
  Named in honor of President Woodrow Wilson, the only President of the United States to hold a PhD, its mission is "to commemorate the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson by: providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy; and fostering research, study, discussion, and collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs."
  In 2019, the Wilson Center was ranked by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program as the 11th best think tank in the world, the number five think tank in the U.S., and the world's top think tank for regional studies and institutional collaboration.
context_section_description: The Board of Trustees, currently led by Governor Scott Walker, are appointed to six-year terms by the President of the United States. Trustees serve on various committees including executive, audit and finance, development, investment, fellowship, and investment policy.
  Director, President, and CEO of the Wilson Center: Jane Harman
  Board of Directors
  Chairman: Scott Walker, Former Governor of Wisconsin
  Private citizen members:
  Peter J. Beshar, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies
  Thelma Duggin, President, AnBryce Foundation
  Barry S. Jackson, Managing Director, The Lindsey Group and Strategic Advisor, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  David Jacobson, Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and Vice Chair, BMO Financial Group
  Nathalie Rayes, Vice President of Public Affairs, Grupo Salinas
  Earl W. Stafford, Chief Executive Officer, The Wentworth Group, LLC
  Jane Watson Stetson, Philanthropist
  Louis Susman, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  Public members:
  Alex Azar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Elisabeth DeVos, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
  David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
  Carla D. Hayden, Librarian of Congress
  Jon Parrish Peede, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
  Michael Pompeo, Secretary, U.S. Department of State
  Lonnie Bunch, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
caption: Relief and inscription in the Memorial Hallway of the Woodrow Wilson Center
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