Foundation for the National Archives

The Foundation for the National Archives, "a 501(c)(3) organization, is directed by men and women from the private sector who are dedicated to the institution that holds and preserves the records of the United States of America. The National Archives is guardian of the nation’s most important and treasured documents. At the heart of its holdings are the Charters of Freedom: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. These documents exist as the cornerstone of our society.

"It is the mission of the Foundation to create public awareness of the importance of the National Archives as a cultural resource in the American democracy—a place where historians, seekers of justice, and private citizens can find evidence on which truth is based." 

Key Staff
Source
 * Thora S. R. Colot - Executive Director, Washington, DC
 * Stefanie Mathew - Director of Development, Washington, DC
 * Bruce Banks - Accounting Manager, Washington, DC

Board of Directors, October 1, 2006

 * President - Thomas E. Wheeler - Core Capital Partners, Washington, DC
 * Vice President - Michael R. Beschloss - Presidential Historian, Washington, DC
 * Vice President - Albert H. Small - Southern Engineering Corporation, Bethesda, MD
 * Vice President - Patti Rosenfeld - Community Leader, Chevy Chase, MD
 * Secretary - Deborah Ratner Salzberg - Forest City Enterprises, North Bethesda, MD
 * Treasurer - Kenneth G. Lore - Bingham McCutchen, LLP, Washington, DC

Membership Source
 * Bess Abell - Merry Go Round Farm, Potomac, MD
 * Honey Alexander - Community Leader, Walland, TN
 * A'Lelia Bundles - Author/Historian, Washington, DC
 * Ken Burns - Florentine Films, Walpole, NH
 * Patrick Butler - The Washington Post Company, Washington, DC
 * Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn - Piper Rudnick US LLP, Washington, DC
 * Blair Effron - Centerview Partners LLC, New York, NY
 * Eugene Eidenberg - Granite Ventures, LLC, San Francisco, CA
 * Richard Eliasberg - Community Leader, Baltimore, MD
 * Jane Fawcett-Hoover - Community Leader, Great Falls, VA
 * Jerry E. Finger - Finger Interests, Inc., Houston, TX
 * Nancy Folger - Community Leader, Washington, DC
 * William R. Harman - Business Executive, New York, NY
 * Marilynn Wood Hill - Author/Historian, Bronxville, NY
 * Gov. Frank Keating - The American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, DC
 * Mary Lynn Kotz - Journalist, Washington, DC
 * Cappy McGarr - McGarr Capital Holdings LLC, Dallas, TX
 * David McKean - Author,
 * David W. Mesker - Community Leader, St. Louis, MO
 * Lawrence F. O'Brien III - The OBC Group, LLC, Washington, DC
 * Joel I. Picket - Gotham Construction Company, LLC, New York, NY
 * Steven Price - Centerbridge Partners, L.P., New York, NY
 * Henry Rivera - Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP,
 * Cokie Roberts - Journalist, Washington, DC
 * Howard J. Rubenstein - Rubenstein Associates, Inc., New York, NY
 * Riley Temple - Halprin Temple, Washington, DC
 * Ellie Trowbridge - Community Leader, Washington, DC
 * Robert M. Warner, Emeritus - Archivist Emeritus and University of Michigan Historian, Ann Arbor, MI
 * Allen Weinstein (Ex-officio) - Archivist of the United States, Washington, DC
 * Marvin F. Weissberg - The Weissberg Corporation, Arlington, VA
 * Diane Wolf - Community Leader, New York, NY
 * John H. Zentay - DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Washington, DC