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Carter Center Board of Trustees  


Promoting Democracy, Human Rights, and Peacemaking
The Center established its board in 1994. Chaired by John Moores since March 2005, and with President and Mrs. Carter as active members, 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, with the president of Emory serving as an ex officio member. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter chaired the board and Rosalynn Carter was vice chair from 1994-2005.

  • Jimmy Carter, Founder, Trustee

  • Rosalynn Carter, Founder, Trustee

  • John Moores, Chair, Board of Trustees, The Carter Center
    Investor and Chairman, San Diego Padres Baseball Club
  • Terrence B. Adamson, Executive Vice President
    National Geographic Society
  • Arthur M. Blank
    Owner & CEO, Atlanta Falcons
    Owner & CEO, Georgia Force Arena Football Team
    Chairman, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
  • Richard C. Blum, Chairman
    Blum Capital Partners
  • Bradley N. Currey Jr., Retired Chairman and CEO
    Rock-Tenn Company
  • The Hon. Gordon D. Giffin, Partner
    McKenna Long & Aldridge
  • David A. Hamburg, M.D., President Emeritus
    Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault
    Journalist
  • Ben F. Johnson III, Managing Partner
    Alston & Bird
  • Frank C. Jones, Of Counsel
    Jones, Cork & Miller, LLP
  • The Hon. James T. Laney, Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
  • Sherry Lansing, CEO
    The Sherry Lansing Foundation

  • Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President and CEO
    The United Negro College Fund
  • Kent C. "Oz" Nelson, Retired Chairman and CEO
    United Parcel Service
  • Alice R. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director
    Rhodes Partners
  • Marjorie M. Scardino, Chief Executive
    Pearson PLC
  • Lynn H. Stahl, Chairman
    The Stahl Family Foundation
  • James W. Wagner, Ph.D., President
    Emory University
  • Tadahiro "Tad" Yoshida, President
    YKK Corporation
Trustees Emeritus

  • Sidney Harman, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board and CEO
    Harman International Industries
  • Robert J. Lipshutz
    Lipshutz, Greenblatt & King