Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (or Wilson Center) was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by act of Congress in 1968. Named in honour of President Woodrow Wilson (the only U.S. President with a Ph.D.), its mission is:

Board of trustees

The Board of Trustees, currently led by Chairman Joseph B. Gildenhorn, 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.

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Current membership

• Chairman: Joseph Gildenhorn, Founding Partner, The JBG Companies
• Vice Chairman: David Metzner, Managing Partner & Founder, American Continental Group
• Private members:
• Carol Cartwright, President, Kent State University
• Robin Cook (novelist)
• Donald Garcia, President, Pinnacle Financial Group
• Bruce Gelb, Senior Consultant, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Charles Glazer, CEO C.L. Glazer & Company, Inc.
• Tami Longaberger, President & CEO, The Longaberger Company
• Ignacio Sanchez, Partner, Piper Rudnick, LLP
• Public members
• James Billington, The Librarian of Congress
• Bruce Cole, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
• Michael Leavitt, The Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Condoleezza Rice, The Secretary, U.S. Department of State
• Lawrence Small, The Secretary, Smithsonian Institute
• Margaret Spellings, The Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
• Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States