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