Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center

"Since opening in 1971, the Kennedy Center has continued its efforts to fulfill his vision—presenting the greatest performers and performances from across America and around the world, nurturing new works and young artists, and serving the nation as a leader in arts education." 

Honorary Chairs

 * Laura Bush
 * Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
 * Mrs. George Bush
 * Mrs. Ronald Reagan
 * Mrs. Jimmy Carter
 * Mrs. Gerald R. Ford
 * Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson

Officers

 * Stephen A. Schwarzman - Chairman
 * Michael M. Kaiser - President
 * Jean Kennedy Smith - Secretary
 * Ann Stock - Assistant Secretary
 * Roland Betts - Treasurer
 * Maria Kersten - General Counsel

Members Appointed by the President of the US

 * Wilma E. Bernstein
 * Lois Phifer Betts
 * Elliott Bryan Broidy
 * Bo Derek
 * Betsy DeVos
 * Edward William Easton
 * Stevie Eller
 * Emilio Estefan, Jr.
 * Melvyn J. Estrin
 * George Farias
 * David F. Girard-diCarlo
 * Albert B. Glickman
 * Roy Goodman
 * James A. Haslam II
 * Helen Lee Henderson
 * Anne Sewell Johnson
 * Sheldon B. Kamins
 * James V. Kimsey
 * Nancy G. Kinder
 * Kathi Koll
 * Marlene A. Malek
 * Norman Y. Mineta
 * Mary V. Mochary
 * Michael F. Neidorff
 * Jack L. Oliver III
 * Catherine B. Reynolds
 * Gabrielle B. Reynolds
 * Duane R. Roberts
 * David M. Rubenstein
 * Stephen A. Schwarzman
 * Jean Kennedy Smith
 * Dean A. Spanos
 * Catherine A. Stevens
 * Alexander F. Treadwell
 * Beatrice W. Welters
 * Stephen A. Wynn

Members Ex Officio designated by Act of Congress

 * Condoleezza Rice,
 * Michael O. Leavitt,
 * Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education
 * Edward M. Kennedy
 * James Inhofe
 * Kay Bailey Hutchison
 * Harry Reid
 * Thad Cochran
 * Mitch McConnell
 * Barbara Boxer
 * James L. Oberstar
 * Patrick J. Kennedy
 * Deborah Pryce
 * Nancy Pelosi
 * John Boehner
 * John Mica
 * Adrian M. Fenty,
 * Lawrence M. Small, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
 * James H. Billington,
 * Earl A. Powell III,
 * Mary Bomar, Director,
 * Clifford Janey, Superintendent D.C. Public Schools

Senior Counsel

 * Robert Barnett

=Founding Chairman==
 * Roger L. Stevens

Chairman Emeriti

 * James A. Johnson
 * James D. Wolfensohn

Honorary Trustees

 * Buffy Cafritz
 * Kenneth M. Duberstein
 * James H. Evans
 * Alma Gildenhorn
 * Melvin R. Laird
 * Leonard L. Silverstein
 * Henry Strong

Emeritus Trustees
Source
 * Richard Adler
 * Joe L. Allbritton
 * Robert O. Anderson
 * Philip F. Anschutz
 * Lucius D. Battle
 * Stuart A. Bernstein
 * Otis R. Bowen, M.D.
 * Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
 * Henry E. Catto
 * James C. Corman
 * Ralph P. Davidson
 * June Oppen Degnan
 * Bob Dole
 * Joseph Duffey
 * Marvin L. Esch
 * Robert Fryer
 * Craig L. Fuller
 * Mary Galvin
 * John W. Gardner
 * Bruce S. Gelb
 * Newt Gingrich
 * R. Philip Hanes, Jr.
 * Mrs. William Lee Hanley, Jr.
 * Orval Hansen
 * Mark O. Hatfield
 * Charlton Heston
 * Helen Joan Holt
 * Harold Howe II
 * Caroline Rose Hunt
 * Phyllis Middleton Jackson
 * William Johnson
 * Ann Jordan
 * Mrs. Earle Jorgensen
 * Richard Penn Kemble
 * Roger G. Kennedy
 * Donald M. Koll
 * Sol M. Linowitz
 * Carol Hill Lowe
 * Maureen Hayes Mansfield
 * David Matthews
 * James A. McClure
 * Richard McClure
 * Joseph McDade
 * Cappy McGarr
 * Harry McPherson
 * Dina Merrill
 * Norman Y. Mineta
 * Joan Mondale
 * Ron Nessen
 * John Ottina
 * Arthur Penn
 * Charles H. Percy
 * Ronald O. Perelman
 * John Edward Porter
 * Albert H. Ouie
 * Gerald M. Rafshoon
 * Edward D. Re
 * Charlotte T. Reid
 * A.A. Ribicoff
 * John Richardson
 * Richard W. Riley
 * Miles L. Rubin
 * Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
 * Richard S. Schweiker
 * Donna E. Shalala
 * Bud Shuster, U.S. Congress (Ret.)
 * Joy A. Silverman
 * John G. Spatuzza
 * Robert G. Stanton
 * Donna F. Tuttle
 * Ronald H. Walker
 * Lowell Weicker, Jr.
 * Caspar Willard Weinberger
 * Jerry Weintraub
 * Charles Z. Wick
 * Harrison A. Williams, Jr.
 * Charlie Wilson

Contact

 * Web: http://www.kennedy-center.org