Council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Richard Dean Parsons, Co-Chair
Chairman, Time Warner, Inc.
Education: Mr. Parsons is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and Albany School of Law at Union University.
Affiliations: Director, Citigroup, Estée Lauder Inc.; Trustee, The Museum of Modern Art, Howard University.

Linda Johnson Rice, Co-Chair
Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.; publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines
Education: Ms. Rice earned her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Southern California (1980) and her M.B.A. from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1988).
Affiliations: Board Member, Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corporation, VIAD Corp, Omnicom Group, Inc., Magazine Publishers Association, University of Southern California, Northwestern Memorial Corporation, Advisory Board for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Princess Grace Foundation; Member, National Association of Black Journalists, Young Presidents Organization, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Commercial Club of Chicago, Fashion Group International; Honorary Director, Chicago Sinfonietta; Director, Northwestern Memorial Foundation.

James Ireland Cash, Jr.
Retired James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Publishing, Harvard Graduate School of Business
Education: Dr. Cash earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Texas Christian University (1969), his M.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences (1974), and his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management (1976).
Affiliations: Director, Microsoft Corporation, General Electric, The Chubb Corporation, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.; Trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners Healthcare; Board of Overseers, Boston Museum of Science.

Kenneth Irvine Chenault
Chairman and CEO, American Express Company
Education: Mr. Chenault earned his A.B. from Bowdoin College (1973) and his J.D. from Harvard Law School (1976).
Affiliations: Director, IBM Corporation, Partnership for New York City, National Academy Foundation, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University; Trustee, Mount Sinai NYU Medical Center and Health System; Member, Dean's Advisory Board of Harvard Law School, Council on Foreign Relations.

Ann Marie Fudge
Retired Chairman and CEO, Young & Rubicam Inc.
Education: Ms. Fudge earned her B.A. from Simmons College (1973) and her M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business (1977).
Affiliations: Director, General Electric, Catalyst; Trustee, Brookings Institution; Governor, Boys and Girls Clubs of America; Member, The Committee of 200, Council on Foreign Relations.

James A. Johnson
Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC; former Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae; former Chairman and CEO, Johnson Capital Partners
Education: Mr. Johnson earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota and his M.A. in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. He earned Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Skidmore College (2002) and Colby College (1997) and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Howard University (1999).
Affiliations: Director, Target Corporation, United HealthGroup, Gannett Co., Inc., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., KB Home, Temple-Inland Inc.; Chairman Emeritus, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees; Member, Council on Foreign Relations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Friends of Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission; Board of Regents, University of Minnesota; Trustee, University of Minnesota Foundation; Honorary Trustee, Brookings Institution.

Robert L. Johnson
Chairman and CEO, RLJ Companies; Founder, Chairman and CEO, Black Entertainment Television, Inc.
Education: Mr. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Illinois and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.
Affiliations: Director, US Airways, Hilton Hotels Corporation, General Mills, Inc., Strayer Education, Inc., United Negro College Fund, National Cable Television Association, American Film Institute, The Cable Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center; Trustee, Johns Hopkins University; Governor, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, UCLA Center for Communication Policy and Entertainment/Media.

Quincy D. Jones
Chief Executive Officer, Quincy Jones Productions, Inc.; composer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, record company executive, magazine founder, and record, film, and television producer.
Education: Mr. Jones is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.
Affiliations: President, Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation; Director, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Apollo Theater Foundation, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Geffen Playhouse, Netaid.org Foundation, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, National Music Center and Museum; Advisory Board Member, Follow-Your-Heart Foundation, Henry Mancini Institute, Harvard School of Public Health Center for Health Communication, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Foundation, The September Concert Foundation, American Society of Music Composers and Arrangers, Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiac Therapies, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, Center for Black Music Research; Member, Society of Singers, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Honorary Director, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Former Member, President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (appointed by President Clinton in 1994).

Ann Dibble Jordan
Consultant to and independent director of several public companies
Education: Ms. Jordan earned her M.A. from the University of Chicago (1961).
Affiliations: Director, Johnson & Johnson, Citigroup, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Catalyst; Member, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Chairman of the Board, The National Symphony Orchestra; Trustee, The Phillips Collection, University of Chicago, Brookings Institution, WETA; Former Director, Social Services Department, Chicago Lying-In Hospital, University of Chicago Medical Center.

Michael L. Lomax
President and CEO, United Negro College Fund; former President, Dillard University
Education: Dr. Lomax attended UNCF member institution Morehouse College, where he earned a B.A. in English and was one of the first group of students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in American and Afro-American Literature from Emory University.
Affiliations: Founding Chairman, Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival; Board Member, Studio Museum in Harlem, the Carter Center of Emory University, Teach for America, and United Way of America, where he is Chair of the Center for Community Leadership Advisory Board; President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Presidential Commission for the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Former Member, Board of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art.

Doris Matsui
Member of Congress, California’s Fifth Congressional District; Member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
Education: Rep. Matsui earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966.
Affiliations: Rep. Matsui has served in Congress since 2005 and is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Rules Committee. She was appointed to the Smithsonian Board of Regents in January 2007 by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Rep. Matsui chairs the Regents' Committee on Strategic Planning and Programs, and is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee.

Homer Alfred Neal
Director, University of Michigan ATLAS Project, Samuel A. Goudsmit Professor of Physics, and Interim President Emeritus, University of Michigan
Education: Dr. Neal earned his undergraduate degree with honors from Indiana University (1961), M.S. from the University of Michigan (1963), and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Michigan (1966).
Affiliations: Director, Ford Motor Company; Trustee, Center for the Study of the Presidency; Former Member, National Science Board, National Science Foundation, where he chaired the Committee on Undergraduate Science Education and later served on the Physics Advisory Committee; Former Advisory Board Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Regent Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution.

E. Stanley (Stan) O'Neal
Former Chairman, CEO, and President, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Education: Mr. O'Neal earned a B.S. in Industrial Administration from Kettering University, formerly known as the General Motors Institute, before earning an M.B.A. with distinction in Finance from Harvard University in 1978.
Affiliations: Director, General Motors Corporation, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Lincoln Center Theater, Center for Strategic & International Studies.

Samuel J. Palmisano
Chairman & CEO, International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation
Education: Mr. Palmisano earned a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University in 1973.
Affiliations: Trustee, Johns Hopkins University; Member, President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations; Co-chair, National Innovation Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; former Director, Gannett Co., Inc.; former National Chair, Second Decade Society (the leadership development organization for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences).

Franklin D. Raines
Former Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae; former Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Education: Mr. Raines earned his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard College, his J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School, and attended Magdalen College, Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar.
Affiliations: Director, Pfizer, Inc., Time Warner, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc.

H. Patrick (Pat) Swygert
Former President, Howard University; former President of the State University of New York at Albany and Executive Vice President of Temple University
Education: Mr. Swygert earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Howard University (1965 and 1968, respectively) and earned an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of New England (1997), and Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Temple University (1999) and Tuskegee University (2002).
Affiliations: Director, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., United Technologies Corporation, Fannie Mae Foundation; Chairman, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Program Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Education; Member, Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Commemoration Commission; Advisory Board, National Security Agency.

Anthony (Tony) Welters
Executive Vice President, United Health Group
Education: Mr. Welters attended Manhattanville College and earned his law degree from New York University.
Affiliations: Director, C.R. Bard, Inc., West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Horatio Alger Association; Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Oprah Winfrey
Chairman, Harpo, Inc., and talk show host
Education: Ms. Winfrey is a graduate of Tennessee State University.
Affiliations: Chairman, Angel Network Support Foundation and Oprah's Angel Network; National Spokesperson, A Better Chance; Member, Board of Advisors, Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation; Founder, The Oprah Winfrey Foundation; Creator, The Oprah Winfrey Scholars Program; Former Board Member, Reading is Fundamental, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.